Fact file

Full name: Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart

Nickname: Raffie

Date of birth: 11 February 1983

Place of Birth: Heemskerk, Holland

Nationality: Dutch

Height: 1.78m

Position: Playmaker/Attacking midfielder

National team appearances*: 67

Goals for national team*: 14

Debut for national team: 6 October 2001

First goal for national team: 7 September 2003
*Correct as of 20 November 2008

CAREER STATISTICS

LeagueCupEuropeNational
1999-2000: Ajax1/00/00/00/0
2000-01: Ajax27/70/00/00/0
2001-02: Ajax20/40/02/21/0
2002-03: Ajax21/181/26/26/0
2003-04: Ajax26/70/07/114/4
2004-05: Ajax22/61/07/18/0
2005-06: HSV19/92/09/79/2
2006-07: HSV26/80/05/36/5
2007-08: HSV29/124/411/514/1
2008-09: Real Madrid32/53/07/09/2
Total223/7611/654/2167/14

*As of June 11, 2009.
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