Wesley Sneijder

**Wesley Sneijder** (born 9 June 1984) is a Dutch retired football player. He played for clubs such as Real Madrid, Ajax, Inter Milan, and Galatasaray. He also played for the Netherlands national team, and he has been called one of the best midfielders of all time. He played in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, and was one of the top scorers of that tournament.

## Personal life

Sneijder became a Roman Catholic in 2010.

Sneijder has two sons and two brothers: Jeffrey and Rodney. His paternal grandmother was Greek and was born in Kavala.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental<sup>1</sup>|colspan="2"|Other<sup>2</sup>|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Ajax|2002–03|17|4|3|1|3|0|—|23|5|||
|2002–03|30|9|1|0|7|1|—|38|10|||||
|2002–03|30|7|3|1|7|0|1|1|41|9||||
|2003–04|19|5|3|2|7|4|2|1|31|12||||
|2004–05|30|18|4|1|9|1|4|2|47|22||||
|rowspan="3"|Real Madrid|2005–06|30|9|2|0|5|0|1|0|38|9||
|2006–07|22|2|2|0|4|0|0|0|28|2||||
|rowspan="5"|Inter Milan|2007–08|26|4|4|1|11|3|—|41|8|||
|2008–09|25|4|2|0|9|3|3|0|39|7||||
|2009–10|20|4|2|0|5|0|1|1|28|5||||
|2010–11|5|1|0|0|3|1|—|8|2|||||
|rowspan="6"|Galatasaray|2011–12|12|3|—|4|1|—|16|4||||
|2012–13|28|12|6|3|7|2|1|0|42|17||||
|2013–14|31|10|6|3|6|1|1|0|44|14||||
|2014–15|25|5|6|1|8|0|1|0|40|6||||
|2015–16|28|5|4|0|—|1|0|31|5|||||
|Nice|2016–17|5|0|0|0|3|0|—|8|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Al-Gharafa|2017–18|11|9|0|0|6|2|—|17|11|||
|2018–19|11|6|2|2|—|—|13|8||||||

<small><sup>1</sup> Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and AFC Champions League matches.</small>

<small><sup>2</sup> Includes Johan Cruijff Shield, Eredivisie playoffs, Supercopa de España, Supercoppa Italiana, TFF Süper Kupa, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup matches.</small>

### International

|-
|2003||3||2
|-
|2004||14||3
|-
|2005||3||0
|-
|2006||10||0
|-
|2007||11||3
|-
|2008||10||3
|-
|2009||7||1
|-
|2010||15||7
|-
|2011||7||4
|-
|2012||10||1
|-
|2013||6||2
|-
|2014||15||2
|-
|2015||9||1
|-
|2016||6||1
|-
|2017||7||1
|-
|2018||1||0
|-
!Total||134||31
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Wesley Sneijder
- **image**: Wesley2012.JPG
- **caption**: Sneijder with the Netherlands national football team, Netherlands national team in 2012.
- **fullname**: Wesley Sneijder
- **birth place**: Utrecht, Netherlands
- **height**: 1.70 m
- **position**: Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, Attacking midfielder
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1991
- **youthclubs1**: VV DOS, DOS
- **youthyears2**: 1991–2002
- **youthclubs2**: Ajax Youth Academy, Ajax
- **years1**: 2002–2007
- **clubs1**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps1**: 126
- **goals1**: 43
- **years2**: 2007–2009
- **clubs2**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **caps2**: 52
- **goals2**: 11
- **years3**: 2009–2012
- **clubs3**: Inter Milan
- **caps3**: 76
- **goals3**: 13
- **years4**: 2013–2017
- **clubs4**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray
- **caps4**: 124
- **goals4**: 35
- **years5**: 2017–2018
- **clubs5**: O.G.C. Nice, Nice
- **caps5**: 5
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2018–2019
- **clubs6**: Al-Gharafa Sports Club, Al-Gharafa
- **caps6**: 22
- **goals6**: 15
- **totalcaps**: 405
- **totalgoals**: 117
- **nationalyears1**: 2000–2001
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national under-17 football team, Netherlands U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2001–2002
- **nationalteam2**: Netherlands national under-19 football team, Netherlands U19
- **nationalcaps2**: 8
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **nationalyears3**: 2003
- **nationalteam3**: Netherlands national under-21 football team, Netherlands U21
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2003–2018
- **nationalteam4**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **nationalcaps4**: 134
- **nationalgoals4**: 31