Ruud Geels

Ruud Geels

Personal information
Full name	Geertruida Maria Geels
Date of birth	July 28, 1948 (1948-07-28)
Place of birth	Haarlem, Netherlands
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	RKVV DSS
–	RKSV Onze Gezellen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1964–1966	Telstar	8	(5)
1966–1970	Feijenoord	89	(46)
1970–1972	Go Ahead Eagles	62	(35)
1972–1974	Club Brugge	53	(28)
1974–1978	Ajax Amsterdam	131	(123)
1978–1979	RSC Anderlecht	28	(25)
1979–1981	Sparta Rotterdam	48	(35)
1981–1982	PSV Eindhoven	32	(15)
1982–1984	NAC Breda	22	(6)
1964–1984	Total	473	(318)
National team
1974–1981	Netherlands	20	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Geertruida ("Ruud") Maria Geels (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɣeːr.ˌtrœy̯.daː (ˈryt) mɑ.ˈrijaː ˈɣeːls]) (born July 28, 1948 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 20 caps for the Dutch national team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s.

Geels was a prolific goal scorer, scoring 388 goals in seventeen years of professional football. He served several clubs. Geels is one of very few players alongside Ronald Koeman, who played for all three big clubs in the Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven. Geels was a member of the national team that ended up in second place at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

Clubs

• Telstar 1964-66
• Feyenoord Rotterdam 1966-70
• Go Ahead Eagles 1970-72
• Club Brugge 1972-74
• Ajax Amsterdam 1974-78
• R.S.C. Anderlecht 1978-79
• Sparta Rotterdam 1979-81
• PSV Eindhoven 1981-82
• NAC 1982-83

External links

• Ruud Geels on Playerhistory.com

References

• (Dutch) Profile
• Ruud Geels profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)