| General |
| Dirk Kuyt | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Dirk Kuyt | |
| Date of birth: | 22 July 1980 | |
| Place of birth: | Katwijk aan Zee,  Netherlands
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| Height: | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |
| Playing position: | Forward, right winger | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1985–1998 | Quick Boys
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1998–2003 2003–2006 2006–2012 2012–2015 2015–2017 2018 Total |
Utrecht Feyenoord Liverpool Fenerbahçe Feyenoord Quick Boys
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176 (58) 119 (81) 285 (71) 130 (37) 77 (38) 3 (0) 790 (285) |
| National team | ||
| 1998–1999 2000–2001 2004–2014 |
Netherlands U18 Netherlands U21 Netherlands
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105 (24) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2018–2020 2022 2023– |
Feyenoord (U19) ADO Den Haag Beerschot
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Dirk Kuyt (born 22 July 1980) is a retired Dutch former footballer who most recently played for Feyenoord as a forward. In April 2015, Kuyt signed a one-year contract to rejoin his former club Feyenoord for the 2015–16 season.
Kuyt began his professional career with FC Utrecht in 1998 and quickly became part of their first team. He spent five years at the club and in his final season he won his first senior honour, the KNVB Cup, and was chosen as the season's Dutch Golden Shoe Winner. Following this, he left Utrecht in a €1 million transfer to Feyenoord. He became the club captain in 2005 and was a prolific goalscorer at the Rotterdam club; he was the club's top scorer for three consecutive seasons, the top goalscorer in the 2004–05 Eredivisie season, and the 2005–06 Dutch Footballer of the Year. Kuyt missed only five games over seven seasons from 1999 until 2006 and appeared in 179 consecutive matches between 2001–06, striking up a fruitful partnership with fellow Feyenoord teammate Salomon Kalou.
He left Feyenoord after three years, having scored 71 league goals in 101 appearances, and joined Premier League side Liverpool for £10 million. He made his Premier League debut late in 2006 and became part of the first team squad. He scored in his first ever UEFA Champions League final with Liverpool against AC Milan.
Kuyt scored several important goals for Liverpool elsewhere, including seven goals in the 2007–08 Champions League, including a goal in the quarter-final against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium and in the semi-final against Chelsea, and two penalty kicks against Everton in the derby the same season. He scored his first hat-trick for Liverpool against Manchester United in March 2011. After coming on as a substitute, his extra time goal at Wembley for Liverpool against Cardiff City in the 2012 League Cup Final helped win the trophy for Liverpool, and was also his only trophy as a Liverpool player.
He made his international debut in 2004 and has represented the Netherlands at five major international tournaments, the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and the 2008 and 2012 UEFA European Championships.
Honours[]
Clubs[]
- Utrecht
- KNVB Cup (1): 2002–03
- Liverpool
Winner
- League Cup (1): 2011-12
Runner Up
- Premier League (1): 2008-09
- FA Cup (1): 2011-12
- UEFA Champions League (1): 2006-07
- Fenerbahçe
- Süper Lig (1): 2013–14
- Turkish Cup (1): 2012–13
- Turkish Super Cup (1): 2014
- Feyenoord
- KNVB Cup (1): 2015–16
- Eredivisie (1): 2016–17
International[]
- Netherlands
- FIFA World Cup Runner-up: 2010
- FIFA World Cup Third Place: 2014
Individual[]
- Dutch Golden Shoe (1): 2003
- Eredivisie Top Scorer (1): 2005
- Dutch Footballer of the Year (1): 2006
- Malta Supporters Club Player of the Season (1): 2012
- Standard Chartered Liverpool Player of the Month Award (1): April 2011
External links[]
- Dirk Kuyt Liverpool F.C.
Dirk Kuyt FIFA competition record- The Dirk Kuyt Foundation
- Dirk Kuyt profile at Soccerbase
- Player profile LFChistory.net
- Player Profile: Dirk Kuyt This is Anfield
- Profile ESPN Soccernet
- Profile at Premier League
- Dirk Kuyt at National-Football-Teams.com
| Netherlands
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| Netherlands – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16 |
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1. van der Sar
2. Jaliens
3. Boulahrouz
4. Mathijsen
5. van Bronckhorst
6. Landzaat
7. Kuyt
8. Cocu
9. van Nistelrooy
10. van der Vaart
11. Robben
12. Kromkamp
13. Ooijer
14. Heitinga
15. de Cler
16. Maduro
17. van Persie
18. van Bommel
19. Vennegoor of Hesselink
20. Sneijder
21. Babel
22. Timmer
23. Stekelenburg
Manager: |
| Netherlands – UEFA Euro 2008 |
|
1. van der Sar
2. Ooijer
3. Heitinga
4. Mathijsen
5. van Bronckhorst
6. De Zeeuw
7. van Persie
8. Engelaar
9. van Nistelrooy
10. Sneijder
11. Robben
12. Melchiot
13. Timmer
14. Bouma
15. De Cler
16. Stekelenburg
17. De Jong
18. Kuyt
19. Huntelaar
20. Afellay
21. Boulahrouz
22. Vennegoor of Hesselink
23. van der Vaart
Manager: |
| Netherlands – 2010 FIFA World Cup - Runners-up |
|
1. Stekelenburg
2. van der Wiel
3. Heitinga
4. Mathijsen
5. van Bronckhorst
6. van Bommel
7. Kuyt
8. de Jong
9. van Persie
10. Sneijder
11. Robben
12. Boulahrouz
13. Ooijer
14. de Zeeuw
15. Braafheid
16. Vorm
17. Elia
18. Schaars
19. Babel
20. Afellay
21. Huntelaar
22. Boschker
23. van der Vaart
Manager: |
| Netherlands – UEFA Euro 2012 |
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1. Stekelenburg
2. Van der Wiel
3. Heitinga
4. Mathijsen
5. Bouma
6. Van Bommel (c)
7. Kuyt
8. N. De Jong
9. Huntelaar
10. Sneijder
11. Robben
12. Vorm
13. Vlaar
14. Schaars
15. Willems
16. Van Persie
17. Strootman
18. L. De Jong
19. Narsingh
20. Afellay
21. Boulahrouz
22. Krul
23. Van der Vaart
Manager: |
| Netherlands – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Third place |
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1. Cillessen
2. Vlaar
3. De Vrij
4. Martins Indi
5. Blind
6. De Jong
7. Janmaat
8. De Guzmán
9. Van Persie (c)
10. Sneijder
11. Robben
12. Verhaegh
13. Veltman
14. Kongolo
15. Kuyt
16. Clasie
17. Lens
18. Fer
19. Huntelaar
20. Wijnaldum
21. Memphis
22. Vorm
23. Krul
Manager: |