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Wesley Sneijder
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Personal information
Full name: Wesley Benjamin Sneijder
Date of birth: 9 June 1984 (1984-06-09) (age 40)
Place of birth:    Utrecht, Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position: Attacking midfielder
Youth clubs
1991-2002 Flag of Netherlands Ajax
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
2002–2007
2007–2009
2009–2013
2013–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
Total
Flag of Netherlands Ajax
Flag of Spain Real Madrid
Flag of Italy Inter Milan
Flag of Turkey Galatasaray
Flag of France Nice
Flag of Qatar Al-Gharafa
126 0(43)
052 0(11)
076 0(13)
124 0(35)
0000(0)
022 0(15)
405 (117)   
National team
2000–2001
2001–2002
2003
2003–2018
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands U17
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands U19
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands U21
Flag of Netherlands Netherlands
0000(2)
0000(3)
0000(0)
134 0(31)

Wesley Sneijder (born 9 June 1984) is a retired Dutch professional footballer. He was named UEFA midfielder of the season and one of the three best midfielders in the world for 2010 by FIFA. A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he started his professional career playing for Ajax, with whom he won four trophies and was awarded the Johan Cruyff Trophy in 2004. He was sold to Real Madrid for €27 million in 2007, winning La Liga in his first season with the club, and transferred to Inter Milan for €15 million in 2009. At Inter, he won Serie A, the UEFA Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, and two Coppa Italia. After being sold to Galatasaray for €7.5 million in 2013, he helped the club win the Süper Lig in his first season, following with the capture of the Turkish Super Cup, after a 1–0 win against rivals Fenerbahçe. After an unsuccessful stint with Nice, he concluded his footballing career at Qatar Stars League team Al Gharafa.

Honours[]

Clubs[]

Ajax
Real Madrid
Internazionale
Galatasaray

International[]

Netherlands

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Netherlands – UEFA Euro 2004

1. van der Sar 2. Reiziger 3. Stam 4. Bouma 5. van Bronckhorst 6. Cocu 7. van der Meyde 8. Davids 9. Kluivert 10. van Nistelrooy 11. van der Vaart 12. Makaay 13. Westerveld 14. Sneijder 15. F. de Boer 16. Overmars 17. van Hooijdonk 18. Heitinga 19. Robben 20. Seedorf 21. Bosvelt 22. Zenden 23. Waterreus Manager:  Flag of Netherlands Dick Advocaat

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Netherlands – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16

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:  Flag of Netherlands Marco van Basten

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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:  Flag of Netherlands Marco van Basten

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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:  Flag of Netherlands Bert van Marwijk

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Netherlands – UEFA Euro 2012

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:  Flag of Netherlands Bert van Marwijk

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Netherlands – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Third place

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:  Flag of Netherlands Louis van Gaal

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