Arjen Robben

Arjen Robben (born 23 January 1984) is a Dutch football player. He played for Bayern Munich and Netherlands national team.

Arjen Robben

Robben playing for Bayern Munich in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Arjen Robben[1]
Date of birth	(1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth	Bedum, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1989–1996	VV Bedum
1996–2000	Groningen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Groningen	46	(8)
2002–2004	PSV	56	(17)
2004–2007	Chelsea	67	(15)
2007–2009	Real Madrid	50	(11)
2009–2019	Bayern Munich	201	(99)
2020–2021	Groningen	6	(0)
Total		426	(150)
International career
1999	Netherlands U15	1	(0)
1999–2000	Netherlands U16	11	(4)
2000	Netherlands U17	3	(1)
2001–2002	Netherlands U19	8	(2)
2001–2003	Netherlands U21	8	(1)
2003–2017	Netherlands	96	(37)
Medal record Representing  Netherlands Men's football FIFA World Cup Runner-up 2010 South Africa 2014 Brazil UEFA European Championship 2004 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup1		Continental2		Other3		Total		Ref.
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Groningen	2000–01	Eredivisie	18	2	0	0	—		—		18	2	[4]
	2001–02	Eredivisie	28	6	6	4	—		—		34	10	[4]
	Total		46	8	6	4	—		—		52	12	—
PSV	2002–03	Eredivisie	33	12	3	0	4	1	1	0	41	13	[4]
	2003–04	Eredivisie	23	5	2	0	8	2	1	1	34	8	[4]
	Total		56	17	5	0	12	3	2	1	75	21	—
Chelsea	2004–05	Premier League	18	7	2	0	5	1	4	1	29	9	[4]
	2005–06	Premier League	28	6	4	1	6	0	2	0	40	7	[4]
	2006–07	Premier League	21	2	4	0	8	1	4	0	37	3	[4]
	Total		67	15	10	1	19	2	10	1	106	19	—
Real Madrid	2007–08	La Liga	21	4	2	1	5	0	0	0	28	5	[4]
	2008–09	La Liga	29	7	0	0	6	1	2	0	37	8	[4]
	Total		50	11	2	1	11	1	2	0	65	13	—
Bayern Munich	2009–10	Bundesliga	24	16	3	3	10	4	—		37	23	[5]
	2010–11	Bundesliga	14	12	2	1	2	0	0	0	18	13	[6]
	2011–12	Bundesliga	24	12	3	2	9	5	—		36	19	[7]
	2012–13	Bundesliga	16	5	5	4	9	4	1	0	31	13	[4][8]
	2013–14	Bundesliga	28	11	5	4	10	4	2	2	45	21	[4][9]
	2014–15	Bundesliga	21	17	2	0	7	2	0	0	30	19	[4][10]
	2015–16	Bundesliga	15	4	3	0	3	2	1	1	22	7	[11][12]
	2016–17	Bundesliga	26	13	3	0	8	3	0	0	37	16	[13]
	2017–18	Bundesliga	21	5	4	2	9	0	0	0	34	7	[14]
	2018–19	Bundesliga	12	4	2	0	4	2	1	0	19	6	[15]
	Total		201	99	32	16	71	26	5	3	309	144	—
Groningen	2020–21	Eredivisie	6	0	0	0	—		1	0	7	0	—
Career total			426	150	55	22	113	32	20	5	614	209	—

• 1.^ Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup, Copa del Rey and DFB-Pokal.
• 2.^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
• 3.^ Includes Eredivisie playoff, English League Cup, FA Community Shield, Spanish Super Cup, German Super Cup, and UEFA Super Cup.

International

Robben with Dutch teammate Dirk Kuyt

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[16]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands[17]	2003	3	1
	2004	8	2
	2005	6	3
	2006	10	2
	2007	4	0
	2008	6	2
	2009	8	1
	2010	7	4
	2011	1	0
	2012	10	2
	2013	10	5
	2014	13	6
	2015	2	2
	2016	1	1
	2017	7	6
Total		96	37

Robben scored his first ever international goal in October 2003 during a UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier against Moldova.^[18] He ultimately decided to retire from international duty in 2017 following their unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.^[19]

Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Robben goal.

List of international goals scored by Arjen Robben

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	11 October 2003	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Moldova	5–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification	[20]
2	18 February 2004	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	United States	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[21]
3	17 November 2004	Mini Estadi, Barcelona, Spain	Andorra	2–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[22]
4	4 June 2005	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Romania	1–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	[23]
5	17 August 2005	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Germany	1–0	2–2	Friendly	[24]
6				2–0
7	11 June 2006	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	Serbia and Montenegro	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup	[25]
8	16 August 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2–0	4–0	Friendly	[26]
9	1 June 2008	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Wales	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[27]
10	13 June 2008	Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland	France	3–1	4–1	UEFA Euro 2008	[28]
11	10 June 2009	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Norway	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification	[29]
12	5 June 2010	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Hungary	3–1	6–1	Friendly	[30]
13				6–1
14	28 June 2010	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa	Slovakia	1–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup	[31]
15	6 July 2010	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa	Uruguay	3–1	3–2	2010 FIFA World Cup	[32]
16	29 February 2012	Wembley Stadium, London, England	England	1–0	3–2	Friendly	[33]
17				3–2
18	7 June 2013	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia	Indonesia	3–0	3–0	Friendly	[34]
19	6 September 2013	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1–0	2–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[35]
20	11 October 2013	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Hungary	8–1	8–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[36]
21	15 October 2013	Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	1–0	2–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[37]
22	16 November 2013	Cristal Arena, Genk, Belgium	Japan	2–0	2–2	Friendly	[38]
23	4 June 2014	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Wales	1–0	2–0	Friendly	[39]
24	13 June 2014	Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil	Spain	2–1	5–1	2014 FIFA World Cup	[40]
25				5–1
26	18 June 2014	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	Australia	1–0	3–2	2014 FIFA World Cup	[41]
27	16 November 2014	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Latvia	2–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification	[42]
28				5–0
29	16 November 2015	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	2–1	3–2	Friendly	[43]
30				3–2
31	13 November 2016	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1–0	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[44]
32	4 June 2017	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Ivory Coast	2–0	5–0	Friendly	[45]
33	9 June 2017	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Luxembourg	1–0	5–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[46]
34	3 September 2017	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Bulgaria	2–0	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[47]
35	7 October 2017	Borisov Arena, Barysaw, Belarus	Belarus	2–1	3–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[48]
36	10 October 2017	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Sweden	1–0	2–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[49]
37				2–0

Honours

PSV

• Eredivisie: 2002–03^[50]
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2003^[51]

Chelsea

• Premier League: 2004–05, 2005–06^[52]
• FA Cup: 2006–07^[53]
• Football League Cup: 2004–05, 2006–07^[51]
• FA Community Shield: 2005^[51]

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2007–08^[50]
• Supercopa de España: 2008^[54]

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19^[50]
• DFB-Pokal: 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19^[50]
• DFL-Supercup: 2012,^[55][56] 2018
• UEFA Champions League: 2012–13^[50]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2013^[57]

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup runners up: 2010;^[50] third place: 2014^[58]

Individual

• Johan Cruyff Trophy: 2002–03^[59]
• UEFA European Championship top assist provider: 2004^[60]
• Premier League Player of the Month: November 2004^[52]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2004–05 Premier League^[61]
• ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05,^[62] 2009–10, 2014–15^[63]
• Bravo Award: 2005^[64]
• Goal of the Month in Germany: January 2010,^[65] March 2010,^[65] April 2010,^[65] February 2013
• VDV Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2009–10
• The kicker Man of the Year: 2010^[66]
• Footballer of the Year in Germany: 2010^[67]
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2011, 2014^[68]
• UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2013–14
• FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 2014^[69]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2014^[70]
• FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2014^[71]
• Dutch Sportsman of the year: 2014^[72]