Personal informationFull name : Wesley Benjamin Sneijder
Date of birth : 9 June 1984 (age 26)
Place of birth : Utrecht, Netherlands
Height : 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position : Attacking midfielder
Current club : Internazionale
Number : 10
Youth career
1991–2002 Ajax
Senior career
2002–2007 Ajax
2007–2009 Real Madrid
2009– Internazionale
National team
2003– Netherlands
Club career
Ajax
Sneijder began his career in AFC Ajax's legendary youth academy. Following his senior brother's footsteps, he gestured for Ajax as a seventeen-year-old, originally on experiment but impressed enough to be gestured on a permanent basis. He first prepared the bench as an unused substitute for Ajax in a 2–0 win at SBV Excelsior on 22 December 2002 as shortly as administrator Ronald Koeman, anxious via an injury-filled squad, paged him upward, coached via Danny Blind, the then-coach of the Ajax youth squad. He thereafter prepared his official Ajax debut against Willem II afterwards the winter breach on two February 2003 in a 6–0 win. He quickly deployed himself in the role of midfield overall and occasional retired winger.
Sneijder playing for Ajax
On 12 August 2007, Ajax matched to sell Sneijder to Real Madrid for €27 million, according to the club's website, earning him the second majority expensive Dutch football player.
Real Madrid
Sneijder was the second of three Dutchmen to clue for Real Madrid for the 2007-08 season, stringing Royston Drenthe and Arjen Robben. He also was given the figure 23, which was worn via David Beckham for four seasons at Real. In his first La Liga suit for Real, he scored the winner in the Madrid derby against Atlético Madrid. On the second matchday, he scored pair targets against Villarreal CF, one of them on a guide free-kick. Sneijder capped a fine first season in Spain via hammering a spectacular adrift kick in the final game of the season against Levante UD at the Bernabéu, taking his target score to nine in the La Liga season, a season which also saw Real retain their title.
Sneijder with Ajax in 2006
On three August 2008, Sneijder was stretchered off in the pre-season friendly at Arsenal with a suspected cruciate ligament injury afterwards a collision with Abou Diaby. Sneijder had an MRI which confirmed the length of the injury to be not as evil as first feared. It was expected that he would be out for at least three months.
However, he handled to recover in time and was included in the beginning eleven for the Champions League clash against Juventus in Turin. On two September 2008, AS reported that afterwards Robinho's withdrawal to Manchester City for €42 million, Sneijder would now be Real Madrid's fresh figure 10. One day subsequent, Real Madrid confirmed on their web site Sneijder's fresh figure, 10. His earlier figure, 23, was removed across via his fellow Dutchman Rafael van der Vaart, whose favourite figure is 23.
Internazionale
On 27 August 2009, Sneijder was purchased via Internazionale from Real Madrid for a reported payment of €15 million. He was given the figure ten shirt and prepared his debut a day afterwards he gestured the contract. He prepared an realtime impact via being on the winning side in the Milan derby (4–0) against AC Milan. On three October 2009 he scored his first, definite target, in the 92nd tiny against Udinese in a 2–1 win, afterwards a bright match. His second target was scored on 24 October 2009 against Catania, immediately from adrift kick, and he scored his first UEFA Champions League target for Inter in a dramatic 2-1 win against Dynamo Kiev in the 89th minute. His following target was also scored off a hard-swerving adrift kick in a Coppa Italia game against Livorno. On 9 January 2010 he scored pair spectacular adrift kicks against Siena in the game which Inter won 4–3, however on 24 January he received a straight red card in the Milan derby. On April six Sneijder scored a adrift kick against CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final in the sixth tiny, earning it 2–0 on compound to Inter Milan. On twenty April 2010 he scored Inter's equalising target during their UEFA Champions League 1st Leg Semi-Final against Barcelona. He leveled the game via shooting in right-footed from a Diego Milito pass. Inter went on to win the game 3–1. Sneijder was given the nickname 'The Sniper' via the Media for his skill to deliver ideal exceeds and score from remarkable distances. On 22 May 2010, Inter won the 2010 Champions League Final against Bayern Munich via 2–0. Both targets were scored via Diego Milito, with Sneijder providing the contribute for the first goal.
On 21 August 2010, Inter began the 2010-11 season via winning the 2010 Italian Super Cup with a 3-1 win against Roma. On 26 August 2010, Sneijder was dubbed via UEFA as the best club midfielder of the Champions League 2009-10 season. The day afterwards in Monaco, Inter no where to Atlético Madrid in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup.He scored his first target of the season in a 2-2 draw against FC Twente in the Champions League on 14 September 2010, and chased that upward with another target in Inter's second game against Werder Bremen in a 4-0 win at the San Siro on 29 September 2010. On 26 October 2010, Sneijder was shortlisted for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or award, the winner shall be disclosed on ten January 2011. On October 28 2010, Sneijder gestured a five year contract extension with Inter, knotting him to the club until 2015.
International career
Sneijder (right) with Arjen Robben training for the Netherlands
Sneijder prepared his debut for the Netherlands under-21 side against the Czech Republic on 28 March 2003. His first game with the senior Dutch side was against Portugal on thirty April that same year,[citation needed] as shortly as he became the eighth youngest actor to play for the Netherlands in the first team's history.
Euro 2004
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Sneijder arrived the UEFA Euro 2004 semi-finals with the Netherlands. He originated the competition primarily on the bench, and was subbed into pair team degree matches. He had also contributed pair targets in the qualifying tournament.
2006 World Cup
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Sneijder (left) with Rafael van der Vaart
Sneijder began all four sport for the Netherlands at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He received one of the record 16 yellow cards doled out during the notorious Round of 16 clash with Portugal (titled the "Battle of Nuremberg"); Portugal went on to win 1–0.
Euro 2008
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In the build-up to UEFA Euro 2008, Sneijder scored a adrift kick in a friendly against Wales on 31 May, earning it his second attack from a guide adrift kick in a row. The game ended 2–0 with a target from fellow-Real Madrid teammate Arjen Robben.
Sneijder labeled his 24th birthday in style via scoring one of the targets of the tournament; the second target in the 31st tiny of the Euro 2008 suit against the World Cup heroes, Italy. Following Giovanni van Bronckhorst's goal-line clearance and later run into the Italian half, Sneijder received a headed ball from Dirk Kuyt and volleyed it with an acrobatic attack past Gianluigi Buffon. This brought the score to 2–0 afterwards Ruud van Nistelrooy's opener five minutes prior. The suit done with a 3–0 victory to the Dutch afterwards a third target was scored via van Bronkhorst afterwards another run via him, chasing a vital save from Edwin van der Sar. Sneijder's target contributed to the Netherlands' first victory across Italy in thirty years, which was the largest defeat Italy had suffered since Sweden defeat them via the same margin in 1983. Many fans and pundits matched that this target was one of the best of the tournament. On 13 June, he scored another target for the Oranje in the Euro 2008 team degree suit against France: in the 92nd tiny, from outdoors the box, Sneijder beaten the ball into the corner of the net, bouncing off the crossbar on its way in. The suit done 4–1 for the Netherlands. Although the Dutch no where to the Russians in the quarter-final, Sneijder was dubbed in the Team of the Tournament for his intense performances.
2010 World Cup
Sneijder the day ago the Dutch team's withdrawal to South Africa
Sneijder was in the beginning line-up for their first suit in the competition, a 2–0 victory across Denmark. Sneijder scored the winning target in a 1–0 victory across Japan. In the first pair suits of the team degree at the FIFA World Cup he was chosen as the man of the suit in both of them. In the Netherlands' around of 16 suit against Slovakia, Sneijder scored in a 2–1 victory. He also gave what was at first thought to be an contribute for the first target against Brazil in the quarter finals, but was subsequent credited with the goal. He thereafter scored the first header of his carreer guide from a corner and delivered Brazil to a 2–1 defeat, bringing his target total in the tournament to four. Sneijder was again dubbed man of the suit on FIFA's website.
In the semi final against Uruguay, Sneijder scored in the 70th tiny, taking his total in the competition to five, lifting him at the time to first position in terms of targets scored, along with David Villa. The Netherlands won the suit 3–2 and progressed to the final. Sneijder was yet again dubbed on FIFA's website as the Budweiser man of the suit according to the public online vote. In the World Cup Final, the Dutch no where to Spain 1-0 afterwards extra time, conceding the merely target of the suit afterwards 116 minutes.
Date of birth : 9 June 1984 (age 26)
Place of birth : Utrecht, Netherlands
Height : 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position : Attacking midfielder
Current club : Internazionale
Number : 10
Youth career
1991–2002 Ajax
Senior career
2002–2007 Ajax
2007–2009 Real Madrid
2009– Internazionale
National team
2003– Netherlands
Club career
Ajax
Sneijder began his career in AFC Ajax's legendary youth academy. Following his senior brother's footsteps, he gestured for Ajax as a seventeen-year-old, originally on experiment but impressed enough to be gestured on a permanent basis. He first prepared the bench as an unused substitute for Ajax in a 2–0 win at SBV Excelsior on 22 December 2002 as shortly as administrator Ronald Koeman, anxious via an injury-filled squad, paged him upward, coached via Danny Blind, the then-coach of the Ajax youth squad. He thereafter prepared his official Ajax debut against Willem II afterwards the winter breach on two February 2003 in a 6–0 win. He quickly deployed himself in the role of midfield overall and occasional retired winger.
Sneijder playing for Ajax
On 12 August 2007, Ajax matched to sell Sneijder to Real Madrid for €27 million, according to the club's website, earning him the second majority expensive Dutch football player.
Real Madrid
Sneijder was the second of three Dutchmen to clue for Real Madrid for the 2007-08 season, stringing Royston Drenthe and Arjen Robben. He also was given the figure 23, which was worn via David Beckham for four seasons at Real. In his first La Liga suit for Real, he scored the winner in the Madrid derby against Atlético Madrid. On the second matchday, he scored pair targets against Villarreal CF, one of them on a guide free-kick. Sneijder capped a fine first season in Spain via hammering a spectacular adrift kick in the final game of the season against Levante UD at the Bernabéu, taking his target score to nine in the La Liga season, a season which also saw Real retain their title.
Sneijder with Ajax in 2006
On three August 2008, Sneijder was stretchered off in the pre-season friendly at Arsenal with a suspected cruciate ligament injury afterwards a collision with Abou Diaby. Sneijder had an MRI which confirmed the length of the injury to be not as evil as first feared. It was expected that he would be out for at least three months.
However, he handled to recover in time and was included in the beginning eleven for the Champions League clash against Juventus in Turin. On two September 2008, AS reported that afterwards Robinho's withdrawal to Manchester City for €42 million, Sneijder would now be Real Madrid's fresh figure 10. One day subsequent, Real Madrid confirmed on their web site Sneijder's fresh figure, 10. His earlier figure, 23, was removed across via his fellow Dutchman Rafael van der Vaart, whose favourite figure is 23.
Internazionale
On 27 August 2009, Sneijder was purchased via Internazionale from Real Madrid for a reported payment of €15 million. He was given the figure ten shirt and prepared his debut a day afterwards he gestured the contract. He prepared an realtime impact via being on the winning side in the Milan derby (4–0) against AC Milan. On three October 2009 he scored his first, definite target, in the 92nd tiny against Udinese in a 2–1 win, afterwards a bright match. His second target was scored on 24 October 2009 against Catania, immediately from adrift kick, and he scored his first UEFA Champions League target for Inter in a dramatic 2-1 win against Dynamo Kiev in the 89th minute. His following target was also scored off a hard-swerving adrift kick in a Coppa Italia game against Livorno. On 9 January 2010 he scored pair spectacular adrift kicks against Siena in the game which Inter won 4–3, however on 24 January he received a straight red card in the Milan derby. On April six Sneijder scored a adrift kick against CSKA Moscow in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final in the sixth tiny, earning it 2–0 on compound to Inter Milan. On twenty April 2010 he scored Inter's equalising target during their UEFA Champions League 1st Leg Semi-Final against Barcelona. He leveled the game via shooting in right-footed from a Diego Milito pass. Inter went on to win the game 3–1. Sneijder was given the nickname 'The Sniper' via the Media for his skill to deliver ideal exceeds and score from remarkable distances. On 22 May 2010, Inter won the 2010 Champions League Final against Bayern Munich via 2–0. Both targets were scored via Diego Milito, with Sneijder providing the contribute for the first goal.
On 21 August 2010, Inter began the 2010-11 season via winning the 2010 Italian Super Cup with a 3-1 win against Roma. On 26 August 2010, Sneijder was dubbed via UEFA as the best club midfielder of the Champions League 2009-10 season. The day afterwards in Monaco, Inter no where to Atlético Madrid in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup.He scored his first target of the season in a 2-2 draw against FC Twente in the Champions League on 14 September 2010, and chased that upward with another target in Inter's second game against Werder Bremen in a 4-0 win at the San Siro on 29 September 2010. On 26 October 2010, Sneijder was shortlisted for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or award, the winner shall be disclosed on ten January 2011. On October 28 2010, Sneijder gestured a five year contract extension with Inter, knotting him to the club until 2015.
International careerSneijder (right) with Arjen Robben training for the Netherlands
Sneijder prepared his debut for the Netherlands under-21 side against the Czech Republic on 28 March 2003. His first game with the senior Dutch side was against Portugal on thirty April that same year,[citation needed] as shortly as he became the eighth youngest actor to play for the Netherlands in the first team's history.
Euro 2004
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Sneijder arrived the UEFA Euro 2004 semi-finals with the Netherlands. He originated the competition primarily on the bench, and was subbed into pair team degree matches. He had also contributed pair targets in the qualifying tournament.
2006 World Cup
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Sneijder (left) with Rafael van der Vaart
Sneijder began all four sport for the Netherlands at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He received one of the record 16 yellow cards doled out during the notorious Round of 16 clash with Portugal (titled the "Battle of Nuremberg"); Portugal went on to win 1–0.
Euro 2008
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In the build-up to UEFA Euro 2008, Sneijder scored a adrift kick in a friendly against Wales on 31 May, earning it his second attack from a guide adrift kick in a row. The game ended 2–0 with a target from fellow-Real Madrid teammate Arjen Robben.
Sneijder labeled his 24th birthday in style via scoring one of the targets of the tournament; the second target in the 31st tiny of the Euro 2008 suit against the World Cup heroes, Italy. Following Giovanni van Bronckhorst's goal-line clearance and later run into the Italian half, Sneijder received a headed ball from Dirk Kuyt and volleyed it with an acrobatic attack past Gianluigi Buffon. This brought the score to 2–0 afterwards Ruud van Nistelrooy's opener five minutes prior. The suit done with a 3–0 victory to the Dutch afterwards a third target was scored via van Bronkhorst afterwards another run via him, chasing a vital save from Edwin van der Sar. Sneijder's target contributed to the Netherlands' first victory across Italy in thirty years, which was the largest defeat Italy had suffered since Sweden defeat them via the same margin in 1983. Many fans and pundits matched that this target was one of the best of the tournament. On 13 June, he scored another target for the Oranje in the Euro 2008 team degree suit against France: in the 92nd tiny, from outdoors the box, Sneijder beaten the ball into the corner of the net, bouncing off the crossbar on its way in. The suit done 4–1 for the Netherlands. Although the Dutch no where to the Russians in the quarter-final, Sneijder was dubbed in the Team of the Tournament for his intense performances.
2010 World Cup
Sneijder the day ago the Dutch team's withdrawal to South Africa
Sneijder was in the beginning line-up for their first suit in the competition, a 2–0 victory across Denmark. Sneijder scored the winning target in a 1–0 victory across Japan. In the first pair suits of the team degree at the FIFA World Cup he was chosen as the man of the suit in both of them. In the Netherlands' around of 16 suit against Slovakia, Sneijder scored in a 2–1 victory. He also gave what was at first thought to be an contribute for the first target against Brazil in the quarter finals, but was subsequent credited with the goal. He thereafter scored the first header of his carreer guide from a corner and delivered Brazil to a 2–1 defeat, bringing his target total in the tournament to four. Sneijder was again dubbed man of the suit on FIFA's website.
In the semi final against Uruguay, Sneijder scored in the 70th tiny, taking his total in the competition to five, lifting him at the time to first position in terms of targets scored, along with David Villa. The Netherlands won the suit 3–2 and progressed to the final. Sneijder was yet again dubbed on FIFA's website as the Budweiser man of the suit according to the public online vote. In the World Cup Final, the Dutch no where to Spain 1-0 afterwards extra time, conceding the merely target of the suit afterwards 116 minutes.
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