Dennis Bergkamp

**Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp** (; born 10 May 1969) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who was most recently the Assistant manager of Ajax.

Bergkamp was named in FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers made by Brazilian retired footballer Pelé.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup<sup>†</sup>|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Ajax|1986–87|Eredivisie|14|2|5|0|4|0|23|2|
|1987–88|Eredivisie|25|5|1|0|6|1|32|6|||
|1988–89|Eredivisie|30|13|3|3|1|0|34|16|||
|1989–90|Eredivisie|25|8|2|1|1|0|28|9|||
|1990–91|Eredivisie|33|25|3|1|–|–|36|26|||
|1991–92|Eredivisie|30|24|3|0|11|6|44|30|||
|1992–93|Eredivisie|28|26|4|4|8|3|40|33|||
|rowspan="3"|Inter Milan|1993–94|Serie A|31|8|6|2|11|8|48|18|
|1994–95|Serie A|21|3|3|0|2|1|26|4|||
|rowspan="12"|Arsenal|1995–96|Premier League|33|11|8|5|–|–|41|16|
|1996–97|Premier League|29|12|4|2|1|0|34|14|||
|1997–98|Premier League|28|16|11|5|1|1|40|22|||
|1998–99|Premier League|29|12|8|3|3|1|40|16|||
|1999–2000|Premier League|28|6|0|0|11|4|39|10|||
|2000–01|Premier League|25|3|5|1|5|1|35|5|||
|2001–02|Premier League|33|9|6|2|7|3|46|14|||
|2002–03|Premier League|29|4|7|1|5|2|41|7|||
|2003–04|Premier League|28|4|4|1|6|0|38|5|||
|2004–05|Premier League|29|8|5|0|4|0|38|8|||
|2005–06|Premier League|24|2|3|0|4|1|31|3|||

<sup>†</sup>Includes cup competitions: the KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia, Football League Cup and FA Cup. Super Cups such as the FA Community Shield are not included.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="11"|Netherlands|1990|4|3|
|1991|5|2|||
|1992|11|7|||
|1993|6|4|||
|1994|11|6|||
|1995|5|1|||
|1996|10|6|||
|1997|5|4|||
|1998|9|3|||
|1999|5|1|||
|2000|8|0|||

- _Scores and results list Netherlands goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bergkamp goal_.

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|21 November 1990|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||
|2|19 December 1990|Ta' Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta||5–0|8–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||
|3|7–0|||||||||||||
|4|11 September 1991|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands||1–1|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|5|4 December 1991|Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying||||||||
|6|27 May 1992|Trendwork Arena, Sittard, Netherlands||2–0|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|7|12 June 1992|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 1992||||||||
|8|18 June 1992|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden||3–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 1992||||||||
|9|22 June 1992|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden||1–1|2–2|UEFA Euro 1992||||||||
|10|9 September 1992|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands||1–0|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|11|2–0|||||||||||||
|12|23 September 1992|Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway||1–1|1–2|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|13|28 April 1993|Wembley Stadium, London, England||1–2|2–2|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|14|13 October 1993|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||2–0|2–0|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|15|17 November 1993|Stadion Miejski, Poznań, Poland||1–0|3–1|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|16|2–1|||||||||||||
|17|1 June 1994|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands||1–1|7–1|Friendly||||||||
|18|7–1|||||||||||||
|19|12 June 1994|Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|20|29 June 1994|Citrus Bowl, Orlando, United States||1–0|2–1|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|21|4 July 1994|Citrus Bowl, Orlando, United States||1–0|2–0|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|22|9 July 1994|Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States||1–2|2–3|1994 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|23|29 March 1995|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||2–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying||||||||
|24|4 June 1996|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||1–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|25|13 June 1996|Villa Park, Birmingham, England||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 1996||||||||
|26|9 November 1996|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands||1–0|7–1|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|27|6–0|||||||||||||
|28|7–1|||||||||||||
|29|12 December 1996|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||1–0|3–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|30|26 February 1997|Parc des Princes, Paris, France||1–0|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|31|30 April 1997|Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino||1–0|6–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|32|6–0|||||||||||||
|33|6 September 1997|Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands||3–1|3–1|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|34|20 June 1998|Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France||3–0|5–0|1998 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|35|29 June 1998|Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse, France||1–0|2–1|1998 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|36|4 July 1998|Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France||2–1|2–1|1998 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|37|9 October 1999|Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands||1–0|2–2|Friendly||||||||

## Honours

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 1989–90
- KNVB Cup: 1986–87, 1992–93
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87; runner-up: 1987–88
- UEFA Cup: 1991–92

**Inter Milan**
- UEFA Cup: 1993–94

**Arsenal**
- Premier League: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04
- FA Cup: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05; runner-up: 2000–01
- FA Charity/Community Shield: 1998, 2002, 2004
- UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 1999–2000

**Individual**

- Dutch Football Talent of the Year: 1990
- Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1991, 1992
- Eredivisie top scorer: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1992
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer: 1992
- Ballon d'Or runner-up: 1993; third place: 1992
- FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze Award: 1993, 1997
- UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1993–94
- Most assists in the Premier League: 1998–99 _(shared)_
- Premier League Player of the Month: August 1997, September 1997, March 2002, February 2004
- PFA Team of the Year: 1997–98 Premier League
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1997–98
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1997–98
- BBC Goal of the Season: 1997–98, 2001–02
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1998
- FIFA 100
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2007
- Premier League Hall of Fame: 2021