Ruud Geels

Football player infobox
playername= Ruud Geels
fullname = Geertruida Maria Geels
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1948|07|28
cityofbirth = Haarlem
countryofbirth = Netherlands
height =
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = RKVV DSS
RKSV Onze Gezellen
years = 1964-1966
1966-1970
1970-1972
1972-1974
1974-1978
1978-1979
1979-1981
1981-1982
1982-1984
1964-1984
clubs = Telstar
Feijenoord
Go Ahead Eagles
Club Brugge
Ajax Amsterdam
RSC Anderlecht
Sparta Rotterdam
PSV Eindhoven
NAC Breda
Total
caps(goals) = 8 (5)
89 (46)
62 (35)
53 (28)
131 (123)
28 (25)
48 (35)
32 (15)
22 (6)
473 (318)
nationalyears = 1974-1981
nationalteam = Netherlands
nationalcaps(goals) = 20 (11)
pcupdate = 4 June 2007
ntupdate = 4 June 2007

Geertruida ("Ruud") Maria Geels (born July 28, 1948 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 20 caps for the Dutch national team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s.

Geels was a prolific goal scorer, scoring 388 goals in seventeen years of professional football. He served several clubs. Geels is one of very few players, alongside Ronald Koeman for instance, who played for all three big clubs in the Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven. Geels was a member of the national team that ended up in second place at the 1974 FIFA World Cup under the guidance of manager Rinus Michels.

Clubs

* Telstar 1964-66
* Feyenoord Rotterdam 1966-70
* Go Ahead Eagles 1970-72
* Club Brugge 1972-74
* Ajax Amsterdam 1974-78
* R.S.C. Anderlecht 1978-79
* Sparta Rotterdam 1979-81
* PSV Eindhoven 1981-82
* NAC 1982-83

References

* [http://www.beijen.net/frank/cvs/geels-r.htm Profile]
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