Rafael van der Vaart

Retired
Last club: Esbjerg fB Most games for: Hamburger SV Retired since: Nov 4, 2018

Date of birth/Age: Feb 11, 1983 (41)
Place of birth: Heemskerk
Citizenship: Netherlands

Height: N/A
Position: Attacking Midfield

Former International: Netherlands
Caps/Goals: 109 / 25

Last position:

Assistant Manager Club: Esbjerg fB

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Netherlands
-		Netherlands	Oct 6, 2001	109	25	Louis van Gaal	18 years 07 months 25 days
	Netherlands U21
-		Netherlands U21	Mar 27, 2001	7	2	Mark Wotte	18 years 01 month 16 days
	Netherlands U20
-		Netherlands U20	Jun 18, 2001	5	1	Louis van Gaal	18 years 04 months 07 days
	Netherlands U19
-		Netherlands U19	Jul 17, 2000	8	1		17 years 05 months 06 days
	Netherlands U18
-		Netherlands U18	Jul 17, 2000	3	-	Ruud Kaiser	17 years 05 months 06 days
	Netherlands U17
-		Netherlands U17	Sep 16, 1998	19	6		15 years 07 months 05 days
	Netherlands U15
-		Netherlands U15	Apr 22, 1998	1	-	Ruud Dokter	15 years 02 months 11 days

Stats of Rafael van der Vaart

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			109	25	29	-	33	43	9	-	-	3	278'	6.961'
	International Friendlies	47	10	17	-	12	24	1	-	-	2	293'	2.929'
	European Qualifiers	23	5	3	-	6	7	2	-	-	-	320'	1.599'
	World Cup qualification	22	9	7	-	7	8	3	-	-	1	157'	1.413'
	EURO	9	1	1	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	569'	569'
	World Cup	8	-	1	-	4	3	2	-	-	-	-	451'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	Arnhem	Oct 6, 2001	Netherlands	Andorra	4:0					66'		24'
	Group 1	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Sep 8, 2004	Netherlands	Czechia	2:0	LM		1			64'	64'
	Group 1	Skopje	Oct 9, 2004	Macedonia	Netherlands	2:2					60'		30'
	Group 1	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 13, 2004	Netherlands	Finland	3:1	CM					72'	72'
	Group 1	Barcelona	Nov 17, 2004	Andorra	Netherlands	0:3	Not in squad
	Group 1	Bukarest	Mar 26, 2005	Romania	Netherlands	0:2	on the bench
	Group 1	Eindhoven	Mar 30, 2005	Netherlands	Armenia	2:0				57'	50'		40'
	Group 1	Rotterdam	Jun 4, 2005	Netherlands	Romania	2:0	AM			63'		80'	80'
	Group 1	Helsinki	Jun 8, 2005	Finland	Netherlands	0:4	Not in squad
	Group 1	Yerevan	Sep 3, 2005	Armenia	Netherlands	0:1					75'		15'
	Group 1	Eindhoven	Sep 7, 2005	Netherlands	Andorra	4:0	AM	1					90'
	Group 1	Prag	Oct 8, 2005	Czechia	Netherlands	0:2	AM	1					90'
	Group 1	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 12, 2005	Netherlands	Macedonia	0:0	AM						90'
	group I	Skopje	Sep 10, 2008	Macedonia	Netherlands	1:2	AM	1		75'			90'
	group I	Rotterdam	Oct 11, 2008	Netherlands	Iceland	2:0	AM		2			81'	81'
	group I	Oslo	Oct 15, 2008	Norway	Netherlands	0:1	AM					76'	76'
	group I	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 28, 2009	Netherlands	Scotland	3:0	on the bench
	group I	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Apr 1, 2009	Netherlands	Macedonia	4:0		1			77'		13'
	group I	Reykjavík	Jun 6, 2009	Iceland	Netherlands	1:2	AM		1			75'	75'
	group I	Rotterdam	Jun 10, 2009	Netherlands	Norway	2:0	AM		1				90'
	group I	Glasgow	Sep 9, 2009	Scotland	Netherlands	0:1	AM				77'		13'
	Group D	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Sep 7, 2012	Netherlands	Türkiye	2:0	Not in squad
	Group D	Budapest	Sep 11, 2012	Hungary	Netherlands	1:4	Not in squad
	Group D	Rotterdam	Oct 12, 2012	Netherlands	Andorra	3:0	AM	1				70'	70'
	Group D	Bucharest	Oct 16, 2012	Romania	Netherlands	1:4	AM	1	2			76'	76'
	Group D	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 22, 2013	Netherlands	Estonia	3:0	AM	1			36'		54'
	Group D	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 26, 2013	Netherlands	Romania	4:0	AM	1					90'
	Group D	Tallinn	Sep 6, 2013	Estonia	Netherlands	2:2	Thigh problems
	Group D	Andorra la Vella	Sep 10, 2013	Andorra	Netherlands	0:2	Thigh problems
	Group D	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 11, 2013	Netherlands	Hungary	8:1	AM	1					90'
	Group D	Kadıköy/İstanbul	Oct 15, 2013	Türkiye	Netherlands	0:2	on the bench
Squad: 25, Starting eleven: 15, Substituted in: 7, On the bench: 3, Suspended: 0, Injured: 2,