Wesley Sneijder

Wesley Sneijder
Personal information
Full name	Wesley Benjamin Sneijder
Date of birth	9 June 1984 (1984-06-09)
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Youth clubs
1991-2002	Ajax
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
2002–2007 2007–2009 2009–2013 2013–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 Total	Ajax Real Madrid Inter Milan Galatasaray Nice Al-Gharafa	126 0(43) 052 0(11) 076 0(13) 124 0(35) 005 00(0) 022 0(15) 405 (117)
National team
2000–2001 2001–2002 2003 2003–2018	Netherlands U17 Netherlands U19 Netherlands U21 Netherlands	006 00(2) 008 00(3) 001 00(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

• Eredivisie (1): 2003–04
• KNVB Cup (2): 2005–06, 2006–07
• Johan Cruijff-schaal (4): 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007

Real Madrid

• La Liga (1): 2007–08
• Supercopa de España (1): 2008

Internazionale

• Serie A (1): 2009–10
• Coppa Italia (2): 2009–10, 2010–11
• Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2010
• UEFA Champions League (1): 2009–10
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2010

Galatasaray

• Süper Lig (1): 2012–13
• Turkish Super Cup (1): 2013
• Turkish Cup (1): 2013–14

International

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup Runner-up: 2010

External links

• Official website
• Sneijder Wesley 2009/10 profile Inter Milan
• Sneijder Wesley profile Sportepoch
• Wesley Sneijder Owes His Place in National Team to Gökhan Saki and Kickboxing on WorldKickboxing.Net

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:  Dick Advocaat

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:  Marco van Basten

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:  Marco van Basten

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:  Bert van Marwijk

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:  Bert van Marwijk

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:  Louis van Gaal