Ryan Babel

Ryan Babel
Personal information
Full name Ryan Guno Babel
Date of birth (1986-12-19) 19 December 1986 (age 39)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1992–1994 SV Diemen
1994–1997 ASV Fortius
1997–2004 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Ajax 73 (14)
2007–2011 Liverpool 91 (12)
2011–2012 1899 Hoffenheim 46 (5)
2012–2013 Ajax 16 (4)
2013–2015 Kasımpaşa 58 (14)
2015–2016 Al Ain 8 (1)
2016 Deportivo La Coruña 11 (4)
2017–2019 Beşiktaş 62 (22)
2019 Fulham 16 (5)
2019–2022 Galatasaray 77 (15)
2020 → Ajax (loan) 5 (0)
2022–2023 Eyüpspor 28 (5)
International career‡
2002–2003 Netherlands U17 6 (3)
2003–2004 Netherlands U19 6 (2)
2004–2005 Netherlands U20 4 (2)
2005–2007 Netherlands U21 5 (2)
2008 Netherlands U23 5 (2)
2005–2021 Netherlands 69 (10)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2010 South Africa
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up2019 Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2007 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Ryan Guno Babel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɑiɑm ˈbaːbəl]; born 19 December 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who last played for TFF First League club Eyüpspor. He can play as a striker or left winger.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 June 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax 2003–04 Eredivisie 10——000010
2004–05 Eredivisie 20731—4100279
2005–06 Eredivisie 25232—11211407
2006–07 Eredivisie 27540—7210397
Total 7314103—2252110723
Liverpool 2007–08 Premier League 3044120135—4910
2008–09 Premier League 2733020101—424
2009–10 Premier League 2541020102—386
2010–11 Premier League 91101061—172
Total 91129170399—14622
1899 Hoffenheim 2010–11 Bundesliga 15110———161
2011–12 Bundesliga 31441———355
Total 46551———516
Ajax 2012–13 Eredivisie 16421—4000225
Kasımpaşa 2013–14 Süper Lig 29510———305
2014–15 Süper Lig 29900———299
Total 581410———5914
Al-Ain 2015–16 UAE Pro League 810051—10142
Deportivo La Coruña 2016–17 La Liga 11411———125
Beşiktaş 2016–17 Süper Lig 18500—6300248
2017–18 Süper Lig 321340—62104315
2018–19 Süper Lig 12400—72—196
Total 622240—197108629
Fulham 2018–19 Premier League 1650000——165
Galatasaray 2019–20 Süper Lig 15500—4010205
2020–21 Süper Lig 32720—31—378
2021–22 Süper Lig 30300—131—434
Total 771520—2021010017
Ajax (loan) 2019–20 Eredivisie 5021—200091
Eyüpspor 2022–23 TFF First League 27510———285
Career total 4901013781211062351650134
  1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup, DFB-Pokal, Turkish Cup, Copa del Rey
  2. ↑ Includes Football League Cup, UAE League Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. 1 2 Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and two goals in UEFA Cup
  6. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ↑ Appearance in UAE Super Cup
  9. 1 2 Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  10. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 30 March 2021
National team YearAppsGoals
Netherlands 200542
200671
2007101
200881
200980
201030
201120
2012 0 0
2013 0 0
2014 0 0
2015 0 0
2016 0 0
201741
201882
201992
202040
202120
Total6910
As of match played 9 September 2019. Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Babel goal.
International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 March 2005Stadionul Giuleşti, Bucharest, Romania Romania2–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 12 November 2005Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Italy1–01–3Friendly
3 1 June 2006Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands Mexico2–12–1 Friendly
4 7 February 2007Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands Russia1–04–1 Friendly
5 24 May 2008De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands Ukraine3–03–0 Friendly
6 14 November 2017Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania Romania2–03–0 Friendly
7 26 March 2018Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Portugal2–03–0 Friendly
8 9 September 2018Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France France1–11–22018–19 UEFA Nations League A
9 9 September 2019A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia1–04–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
10 2–0

Honours

Ajax

Al Ain

Beşiktaş

Galatasaray

Netherlands U21

Netherlands

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squad lists for 2018/19 Premier League". Premier League. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  3. ↑ "Ryan Babel". Premier League. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Liverpool F.C. Official profile". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "R. Babel". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Ryan Babel Player Profile". ESPN FC. 7 May 2007. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ryan Babel" (in Dutch). voetbalstats.nl. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  8. 1 2 Ryan Babel at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ryan Babel - Career Honours". Soccerway.
  10. ↑ Haslam, Andrew (29 June 2007). "Il dream team Under 21" [The Under 21 dream team] (in Italian). UEFA. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "De wonderlijke carrière van Ryan Babel". AD.nl. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.