Ruud Geels
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Geertruida Maria Geels | ||
Date of birth | July 28, 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Haarlem, Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Second striker / Attacking midfielder (retired) | ||
Youth career | |||
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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) |
Total | 473 | (318) | |
International career | |||
1974–1981 | Netherlands | 20 | (11) |
*Club domestic league appearances and 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/midfielder 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
Honours
With Feyenoord
Eredivisie: 1965, 1969
KNVB Cup: 1965, 1969
Uefa Champions League: 1970
With Club Brugge KV
Belgian League: 1973
With AFC Ajax
Eredivisie: 1977
With RSC Anderlecht
UEFA Super Cup: 1978
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References
- Template:Nl icon Profile
- Ruud Geels at Wereld van Oranje (archived) (in Dutch)
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Dutch footballers
- Association football forwards
- Association football midfielders
- AFC Ajax players
- Feyenoord players
- PSV Eindhoven players
- Go Ahead Eagles players
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- Club Brugge K.V. players
- NAC Breda players
- Stormvogels Telstar players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- Sportspeople from Haarlem
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1976 players
- Netherlands international footballers
- Eredivisie players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Dutch football midfielder stubs
- Dutch football forward stubs