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In this Dutch name, the surname is van de Kerkhof, not Kerkhof.

René van de Kerkhof

Van de Kerkhof in 1974

Personal information

Full name

Reinier Lambertus van de Kerkhof

Date of birth

(1951-09-16) 16 September 1951 (age 73)

Place of birth

Helmond, Netherlands

Position(s)

Right winger

Youth career

Twente

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

1970–1973

Twente

(34)

1973–1983

PSV Eindhoven

278

(85)

1983–1984

Apollon Smyrnis

(3)

1984–1985

Seiko

(8)

1985–1988

Helmond Sport

(8)

1988–1989

FC Eindhoven

(3)

Total

505

(141)

International career

1973–1982

Netherlands

(5)

Medal record

Men's football

Representing Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up	1974 West Germany
Runner-up	1978 Argentina
European Championship
	1976 Yugoslavia

*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Reinier Lambertus "René" van de Kerkhof (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛiniːr lɑmˈbɛrtʏs rəˈneː vɑn də ˈkɛr(ə)kɦɔf]; born 16 September 1951) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger for FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven and the Netherlands national team.

Career

Van de Kerkhof and his twin brother Willy were squad members of the Dutch national team that made the World Cup final in 1974 and became key players in the team that made the 1978 final, losing to hosts West Germany and Argentina, respectively. He also played for the Netherlands at the Euro 1976 and Euro 1980. Overall, van de Kerkhof appeared 47 times for his country, scoring five goals.

He is well remembered due to the incident before the 1978 World Cup final, when the opponent Argentina national team objected to the cast he wore on his injured forearm since it could have injured an Argentinian player. Despite the bandage having been passed by FIFA and worn in previous matches, the referee, Italian Sergio Gonella vacillated. The Dutch players threatened to walk off the field in protest, delaying the kickoff of the game. Finally an extra layer of padding was applied to the bandage as a solution, and the match could start.

1978 was his most successful year, besides becoming runners-up at the World Cup, he also won the UEFA Cup, the Dutch championship and the KNVB Beker with PSV that year: "we had won everything possible – the title, the Dutch Cup and the UEFA Cup, and we had five or six players who had been runners-up at the FIFA World Cup in Argentina with the Netherlands. It was a beautiful period under coach Kees Rijvers", van de Kerkhof later would tell to Berend Scholten.

Van de Kerkhof was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Twente	1970–71	Eredivisie	33	12
	1971–72		32	10
	1972–73		34	12
	Total		99	34
PSV Eindhoven	1973–74	Eredivisie	31	20
	1974–75		30	9
	1975–76		34	8
	1976–77		28	9
	1977–78		29	10
	1978–79		27	8
	1979–80		29	3
	1980–81		18	1
	1981–82		29	9
	1982–83		23	8
	Total		278	85
Apollon Smyrnis	1983–84	Alpha Ethniki	23	3
Seiko	1984–85	First Division	14	8	6	1
Helmond Sport	1985–86		14	4
	1986–87		23	3
	1987–88		24	1
	Total		61	8
FC Eindhoven	1987–88		11	1
	1988–89		19	2
	Total		30	3
Career total			505	141

Honours

PSV Eindhoven

Seiko

Hong Kong First Division: 1984–85
Hong Kong Senior Shield: 1984–85

Netherlands

FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1974, 1978
UEFA European Championship third place: 1976
Tournoi de Paris: 1978

Individual

FIFA 100

References

"Rene van de Kerkhof – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012.
Salvation army: part two. Guardian (4 June 2006). Retrieved on 8 November 2013.
PSV smell danger as Rangers visit stirs memories by Berend Scholten
"1978 Tournoi de Paris". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

v t e FIFA 100
UEFA	Baggio Ballack Banks Baresi Van Basten Beckenbauer Beckham Bergkamp Bergomi Best Boniek Boniperti Breitner Buffon Butragueño Cantona Ceulemans Charlton Cruyff Dalglish Dasayev Davids Del Piero Desailly Deschamps Emre Eusébio Facchetti Figo Fontaine Gullit Hagi Henry Kahn Keane Keegan R. van de Kerkhof W. van de Kerkhof Klinsmann Kluivert Kopa B. Laudrup M. Laudrup Lineker Luis Enrique Maier Maldini Masopust Matthäus Müller Nedvěd Neeskens Nesta Van Nistelrooy Owen Papin Pfaff Pires Platini Puskás Raúl Rensenbrink Rijkaard Rivera Rossi Rui Costa Rummenigge Rüştü Schmeichel Seedorf Seeler Shearer Shevchenko Stoichkov Šuker Thuram Totti Trésor Trezeguet Van der Elst Vieira Vieri Zidane Zoff
CONMEBOL	Carlos Alberto Batistuta Cafu Crespo Cubillas Di Stéfano Falcão Figueroa Francescoli Júnior Kempes Maradona Passarella Pelé Rivaldo Rivelino Roberto Carlos Romário Romerito Ronaldinho Ronaldo Djalma Santos Nílton Santos Saviola Sívori Sócrates Valderrama Verón Zamorano Zanetti Zico
CAF	Diouf Milla Okocha Abedi Pelé Weah
CONCACAF	Akers Hamm Sánchez
AFC	Hong M.B. Nakata

Netherlands squads

v t e Netherlands squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup runners-up
1 Geels 2 Haan 3 Van Hanegem 4 Van Ierssel 5 Israël 6 Jansen 7 De Jong 8 Jongbloed 9 Keizer 10 R. van de Kerkhof 11 W. van de Kerkhof 12 Krol 13 Neeskens 14 Cruijff (c) 15 Rensenbrink 16 Rep 17 Rijsbergen 18 Schrijvers 19 Strik 20 Suurbier 21 Treijtel 22 Vos Coach: Michels

v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1976 third place
1 Schrijvers 2 Suurbier 3 Rijsbergen 4 Van Kraay 5 Krol 6 Neeskens 7 Jansen 8 Rep 9 Cruijff (c) 10 W. van de Kerkhof 11 Rensenbrink 12 Van Hanegem 13 Geels 14 Peters 15 R. van de Kerkhof 16 Arntz 17 Ruiter 18 Jongbloed 19 Kist 20 Meutstege Coach: Knobel

v t e Netherlands squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup runners-up
1 Schrijvers 2 Poortvliet 3 Schoenaker 4 Van Kraay 5 Krol (c) 6 Jansen 7 Wildschut 8 Jongbloed 9 Haan 10 R. van de Kerkhof 11 W. van de Kerkhof 12 Rensenbrink 13 Neeskens 14 Boskamp 15 Hovenkamp 16 Rep 17 Rijsbergen 18 Nanninga 19 Doesburg 20 Suurbier 21 Lubse 22 Brandts Coach: Happel

v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1980
1 Schrijvers 2 Wijnstekers 3 Van de Korput 4 Hovenkamp 5 Krol (c) 6 Poortvliet 7 R. van de Kerkhof 8 W. van de Kerkhof 9 Kist 10 Haan 11 Otto 12 Rep 13 Nanninga 14 Koster 15 Stevens 16 Doesburg 17 Vreijsen 18 Thijssen 19 Zondervan 20 Van Breukelen 21 Brandts 22 Metgod Coach: Zwartkruis

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