Ruud Geels

**Geertruida** "**Ruud**" **Maria Geels** (; 28 July 1948 – 18 November 2023) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a striker.

Geels died in 18 November 2023, at the age of 75.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|Cup|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Telstar|1965–66|Eredivisie|8|5|||—|—|8|5||||
|rowspan=5|Feijenoord|1966–67|Eredivisie|25|8|||—|—|25|8|||
|1967–68|Eredivisie|32|20|||—|—|32|20|||||
|1968–69|Eredivisie|20|10|||1|0|—|21|10||||
|1969–70|Eredivisie|12|8|||4|6|—|16|14||||
|rowspan=3|Go Ahead Eagles|1970–71|Eredivisie|34|17|||—|—|34|17|||
|1971–72|Eredivisie|28|18|||—|—|28|18|||||
|rowspan=3|Club Brugge|1972–73|Belgian First Division|23|10|||4|2|—|27|12||
|1973–74|Belgian First Division|30|18|||4|0|—|34|18||||
|rowspan=5|Ajax|1974–75|Eredivisie|32|30|||5|1|—|37|31||
|1975–76|Eredivisie|33|29|||6|11|—|39|40||||
|1976–77|Eredivisie|34|34|||2|0|—|36|34||||
|1977–78|Eredivisie|32|30|1|0|6|3|—|39|33||||
|Anderlecht|1978–79|Belgian First Division|28|25|||2|0|2|0|32|25||
|rowspan=3|Sparta Rotterdam|1979–80|Eredivisie|18|13|||—|—|18|13|||
|1980–81|Eredivisie|30|22|||—|—|30|22|||||
|rowspan=3|PSV|1981–82|Eredivisie|28|15|||4|3|—|32|18||
|1982–83|Eredivisie|4|0|||0|0|—|4|0||||
|NAC|1982–83|Eredivisie|22|6|||—|—|22|6||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Netherlands|1974|5|1|
|1975|3|1|||
|1976|4|3|||
|1977|3|2|||
|1978|2|3|||
|1979|1|0|||
|1980|0|0|||
|1981|2|1|||

## Honours

**Feyenoord**
- Eredivisie: 1968–69
- KNVB Cup: 1968–69
- European Cup: 1969–70

**Club Brugge**
- Belgian First Division: 1972–73

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 1976–77

**Anderlecht**
- UEFA Super Cup: 1978
- Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978

**Individual**
- Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81
- UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1975–76
- World XI: 1976

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ruud Geels
- **image**: Ruud Geels 1974c.jpg
- **caption**: Geels in 1974
- **full name**: Geertruida Maria Geels
- **birth place**: Haarlem, Netherlands
- **position**: Striker (association football), Striker
- **youthclubs1**: RKVV DSS
- **youthclubs2**: RKSV Onze Gezellen
- **years1**: 1964–1966
- **years2**: 1966–1970
- **years3**: 1970–1972
- **years4**: 1972–1974
- **years5**: 1974–1978
- **years6**: 1978–1979
- **years7**: 1979–1981
- **years8**: 1981–1982
- **years9**: 1982–1984
- **years10**: 1964–1984
- **clubs1**: SC Telstar, Telstar
- **clubs2**: Feyenoord, Feijenoord
- **clubs3**: Go Ahead Eagles
- **clubs4**: Club Brugge KV, Club Brugge
- **clubs5**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **clubs6**: R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht
- **clubs7**: Sparta Rotterdam, Sparta
- **clubs8**: PSV Eindhoven, PSV
- **clubs9**: NAC Breda, NAC
- **caps1**: 8
- **caps2**: 89
- **caps3**: 62
- **caps4**: 53
- **caps5**: 131
- **caps6**: 28
- **caps7**: 48
- **caps8**: 32
- **caps9**: 22
- **totalcaps**: 473
- **goals1**: 5
- **goals2**: 46
- **goals3**: 35
- **goals4**: 28
- **goals5**: 123
- **goals6**: 25
- **goals7**: 35
- **goals8**: 15
- **goals9**: 6
- **totalgoals**: 318
- **nationalyears1**: 1974–1981
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **nationalcaps1**: 20
- **nationalgoals1**: 11