Profile Mark Van Bommel

Personal information

Full name : Mark Peter Gertruda
Andreas van Bommel
Date of birth : 22 April 1977
Place of birth : Maasbracht, Netherlands
Height : 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Midfielder
Current club : Milan
Number : 4
Youth career :
RKVV Maasbracht
Senior career :
1992–1999 Fortuna Sittard
1999–2005 PSV
2005–2006 Barcelona
2006–2011 Bayern Munich
2011– Milan
National team :
2000– Netherlands

Club career

PSV

Van Bommel was signed via PSV within 1999 whereas he formed a midfield partnership with Swiss international Johann Vogel. He won three Eredivisie titles and two Johan Cruijff Shield with the club. He was also named Dutch Player of the Year within 2001 and 2005. In his final season with PSV, having assisted the team towards the Dutch league title and a Champions League semi-final site, he was expected towards collaborate his father-in-law Bert van Marwijk whom at the moment managed the Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund, but van Bommel opted towards stay at PSV until the end of the 2004–05 season. After the Champions League semi-final loss towards AC Milan and with the Eredivisie title within PSV's hands at the end of April, he proved he would collaborate FC Barcelona within May 2005 as soon as the club won their own domestic league.
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Barcelona

Seeking towards bolster his already title-winning squad, Frank Rijkaard signed van Bommel onto a free shift for Barcelona, the club that he had backed as a child. Van Bommel spent the summer prior towards his move towards Spain knowledge Spanish within a convent within Eindhoven. Similar towards his role at PSV whereas he was largely consumed within a ball-winning midfielder, Rijkaard consumed van Bommel largely as an aggressive centre midfielder, utilising his ball-winning ability towards complement the many skillful musicians already at the club. As per his squad role, around the league campaign he was rotated with fellow midfielders Xavi, Edmílson, Andrés Iniesta, Deco and Thiago Motta, featuring within 24 domestic fits and a further 12 within cup competitions. His season with Barcelona was hugely successful as the club won La Liga and the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League. He won his third prize with the club onto twenty August 2006 as Barça hammered city rivals RCD Espanyol within the 2006 Supercopa de España. Six days afterwards, however, it was informed that van Bommel had attended Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich

On 26 August 2006, Bayern Munich team executive Uli Hoeneß informed van Bommel would be attending the Bavarian side. Media reports invested that the move was touched via the ongoing Owen Hargreaves shift saga, but Hoeneß pressured the club intended towards go forward with both players. Bayern Munich remunerated six million euro towards Barcelona within the deal. Soon as soon as attending the German side, van Bommel proved towards be a key musician for them, providing intensity within the middle of the pitch. Due towards his terrific dramas during his former season at Bayern, he was voted the Bayern Player of the Year for the 2006–07 season, hammering out long moment fan-favorites Roy Makaay and Mehmet Scholl. After Oliver Kahn retired within 2008, van Bommel was appointed as captain. He is the former non-German captain of Bayern Munich.

Milan

On 25 January 2011, Van Bommel signed a six-month contract with Italian club Milan onto a free shift as soon as terminating his contract with Bayern Munich. He was granted the number 4 shirt, and the day as soon as, made his debut within a 2–1 victory against Sampdoria within the 2010–11 Coppa Italia quarter-finals leg. On 29 January 2011, Van Bommel made his Serie A debut against Catania Calcio, he was posted off as soon as obtaining a second yellow card morning within the second half.

International career

His debut for the Dutch national team was onto seven October 2000 against Cyprus, which was won 4–0. However, for Oranje, he did not earn an impression within a principal tournament until 2006, with the Dutch national team faltering towards qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and sting deterring him from performing during UEFA Euro 2004 within Portugal.

Dutch national team executive Marco van Basten was dissatisfied with van Bommel's protective operation within the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Romania and he was subsequently not appointed for the lie down of the qualification series. With a lot Dutch football observers suspecting van Bommel's international career towards be again, he was appointed back into the Dutch side for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In the 2006 World Cup, van Bommel performed within three of the toys for his nation (all except the match against Argentina, whereas both teams had already plugged their passage towards the knockout level of the tournament). He was substituted twice within these three matches. His grading within the team was as right-half. His tasks were mainly towards play the anchor role within the Dutch three-man midfield within their habitual 4–3–3 formation.

A controversially steely tackling player, he was the former of a lot musicians booked within the second-round match Dutch team defeat against Portugal, dubbed "The Battle of Nuremberg" via the press. After the World Cup, van Bommel was not branded up for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers against Luxembourg and Belarus. In September 2006, as soon as his move towards Bayern, he was plus van Basten's squad towards face Bulgaria; however, van Bommel reported (alongside Ruud van Nistelrooy) he would not play for Oranje during van Basten was within charge. After van Basten deserted towards manage AFC Ajax, novel Netherlands brain instructor and father-in-law Bert van Marwijk branded up van Bommel again, which ruled towards his replace within the Dutch national team. Van Bommel was portion of the activating line-up within the Dutch team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup managed via Bert van Marwijk. Van Bommel was appointed via father-in-law Bert van Marwijk towards succeed Giovanni van Bronckhorst as the novel captain of the Netherlands, despite initial allegations he did not need towards be the novel captain, having been absent from the national team for two years. He captained the side for the former moment within a 5-0 away victory against San Marino.