Georginio Wijnaldum

**Georginio Gregion Emile** "**Gini**" **Wijnaldum** (born 11 November 1990) is a Dutch professional footballer. He plays for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Netherlands national team. He plays as a midfielder. He was born in Rotterdam, South Holland.

Wijnaldum played for Eredivisie side Feyenoord in his youth. He went on to became the youngest person to ever player the club when he played his first game in 2007. After playing 134 matches for Feyenoord over five years, he signed for PSV Eindhoven in 2011. He won the KNVB Cup and Eredivisie title during his time at Eredivisie. He also earned the Dutch Footballer of the Year award during his time with PSV. In 2015, Wijnaldum joined Premier League side Newcastle United for £14.5 million. He left the club after their relegation a year later to join Liverpool in a £23 million deal.

Wijnaldum plays for the Netherlands. Since 2011, he has made over 50 caps. He was part of his country's squad which came third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|League cup|colspan=2|Europe|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=6|Feyenoord|2006–07|rowspan=5|Eredivisie|3|0|0|0|—|0|0|—|3|0||
|2007–08|10|1|2|0|—|0|0|—|12|1||||||
|2008–09|33|4|3|0|—|6|1|3|0|45|5|||||
|2009–10|31|4|7|1|—|—|—|38|5|||||||
|2010–11|34|14|1|0|—|2|0|—|37|14||||||
|rowspan=5|PSV Eindhoven|2011–12|rowspan=4|Eredivisie|32|8|6|2|—|12|4|—|50|14||
|2012–13|33|14|6|1|—|5|4|1|1|45|20|||||
|2013–14|11|4|0|0|—|4|0|—|15|4||||||
|2014–15|33|14|3|2|—|8|2|—|44|18||||||
|Newcastle United|2015–16|Premier League|38|11|1|0|1|0|—|—|40|11||||
|rowspan=6|Liverpool|2016–17|rowspan=5|Premier League|36|6|1|0|5|0|—|—|42|6||
|2017–18|33|1|2|0|1|0|14|1|—|50|2|||||
|2018–19|35|3|0|0|0|0|12|2|—|47|5|||||
|2019–20|37|4|0|0|0|0|8|2|2|0|47|6||||
|2020–21|38|2|2|1|1|0|9|0|1|0|51|3||||
|Paris Saint-Germain|2021–22|Ligue 1|31|1|1|0|—|5|2|1|0|38|3|||
|Roma (loan)|2022–23|Serie A|14|2|0|0|—|9|0|—|23|2||||
|Al-Ettifaq|2023–24|Saudi Pro League|8|4|2|1|—|—|—|10|5|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Netherlands|2011|2|1|
|2012|0|0|||
|2013|1|0|||
|2014|13|1|||
|2015|9|2|||
|2016|11|3|||
|2017|9|1|||
|2018|8|2|||
|2019|9|8|||
|2020|8|3|||
|2021|15|5|||
|2022|1|0|||
|2023|4|1|||

- _Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wijnaldum goal._

|scope=col|No.|scope=col|Date|scope=col|Venue|scope=col|Cap|scope=col|Opponent|scope=col|Score|scope=col|Result|scope=col|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|2 September 2011|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands|1||11–0|11–0|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying|||||||||
|2|12 July 2014|Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil|12||3–0|3–0|2014 FIFA World Cup|||||||||
|3|12 June 2015|Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia|20||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|||||||||
|4|10 October 2015|Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan|23||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|||||||||
|5|1 June 2016|Stadion Energa Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland|29||2–1|2–1|Friendly|||||||||
|6|4 June 2016|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria|30||2–0|2–0|Friendly|||||||||
|7|1 September 2016|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands|31||1–0|1–2|Friendly|||||||||
|8|9 June 2017|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands|40||3–0|5–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|9|13 October 2018|Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|51||3–0|3–0|2018–19 UEFA Nations League A|||||||||
|10|16 November 2018|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands|52||1–0|2–0|2018–19 UEFA Nations League A|||||||||
|11|21 March 2019|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands|54||2–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|||||||||
|12|6 September 2019|Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany|58||4–2|4–2|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|||||||||
|13|9 September 2019|A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia|59||4–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|||||||||
|14|13 October 2019|Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus|61|rowspan=2|align=center|1–0|2–1|rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying||||||||
|15|2–0|||||||||||||||
|16|19 November 2019|Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|62|rowspan=3|align=center|1–0|5–0|rowspan="3"|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying||||||||
|17|3–0|||||||||||||||
|18|4–0|||||||||||||||
|19|15 November 2020|Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|69|rowspan=2|align=center|1–0|3–1|2020–21 UEFA Nations League A|||||||||
|20|2–0|||||||||||||||
|21|18 November 2020|Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland|70||2–1|2–1|2020–21 UEFA Nations League A|||||||||
|22|30 March 2021|Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar|73||4–0|7–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|23|13 June 2021|Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|76||1–0|3–2|UEFA Euro 2020|||||||||
|24|21 June 2021|Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|78|rowspan=2|align=center|2–0|3–0|rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2020||||||||
|25|3–0|||||||||||||||
|26|4 September 2021|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands|81||3–0|4–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||
|27|18 June 2023|De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands|90||2–3|2–3|2023 UEFA Nations League Finals|||||||||

## Honours

**Feyenoord**
- KNVB Cup: 2007–08

**PSV**
- Eredivisie: 2014–15
- KNVB Cup: 2011–12
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 2012

**Liverpool**
- Premier League: 2019–20
- UEFA Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18
- UEFA Super Cup: 2019
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2019

**Paris Saint-Germain**

- Ligue 1: 2021–22
**Roma**
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2022–23

**Netherlands**
- FIFA World Cup third place: 2014
- UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2018–19

**Individual**
- Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2014–15
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2018–19
- UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament: 2019
- Rotterdam Talent of the Year: 2007

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Georginio Wijnaldum
- **image**: 20160604 AUT NED 8839.jpg
- **caption**: Wijnaldum with the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands in 2016
- **fullname**: Georginio Gregion Emile Wijnaldum
- **birth place**: Rotterdam, Netherlands
- **height**: 1.75 m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **clubnumber**: 18
- **youthyears1**: 1997–2004
- **youthclubs1**: Sparta Rotterdam
- **youthyears2**: 2004–2007
- **youthclubs2**: Feyenoord
- **years1**: 2007–2011
- **clubs1**: Feyenoord
- **caps1**: 111
- **goals1**: 23
- **years2**: 2011–2015
- **clubs2**: PSV Eindhoven, PSV
- **caps2**: 109
- **goals2**: 40
- **years3**: 2015–2016
- **clubs3**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **caps3**: 38
- **goals3**: 11
- **years4**: 2016–2021
- **clubs4**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps4**: 103
- **goals4**: 10
- **years5**: 2021–
- **clubs5**: Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain
- **caps5**: 22
- **goals5**: 1
- **nationalyears1**: 2005–2007
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national under-17 football team, Netherlands U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 15
- **nationalgoals1**: 4
- **nationalyears2**: 2007–2009
- **nationalteam2**: Netherlands national under-19 football team, Netherlands U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 17
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **nationalyears3**: 2009–2013
- **nationalteam3**: Netherlands national under-21 football team, Netherlands U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 24
- **nationalgoals3**: 10
- **nationalyears4**: 2011–
- **nationalteam4**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **nationalcaps4**: 85
- **nationalgoals4**: 26
- **club-update**: 7 May 2019
- **nationalteam-update**: 21 March 2019