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.

Georginio Wijnaldum

Wijnaldum with the Netherlands in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Georginio Gregion Emile Wijnaldum
Date of birth	(1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Paris Saint-Germain
Number	18
Youth career
1997–2004	Sparta Rotterdam
2004–2007	Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Feyenoord	111	(23)
2011–2015	PSV	109	(40)
2015–2016	Newcastle United	38	(11)
2016–2021	Liverpool	103	(10)
2021–	Paris Saint-Germain	22	(1)
International career‡
2005–2007	Netherlands U17	15	(4)
2007–2009	Netherlands U19	17	(5)
2009–2013	Netherlands U21	24	(10)
2011–	Netherlands	85	(26)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 May 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 March 2019

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.^[2]

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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 11 November 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Feyenoord	2006–07	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[c]	1	3[d]	0	45	5
	2009–10		31	4	7	1	—		—		—		38	5
	2010–11		34	14	1	0	—		2[e]	0	—		37	14
	Total		111	23	13	1	—		8	1	3	0	135	25
PSV Eindhoven	2011–12	Eredivisie	32	8	6	2	—		12[e]	4	—		50	14
	2012–13		33	14	6	1	—		5[e]	4	1[f]	1	45	20
	2013–14		11	4	0	0	—		4[g]	0	—		15	4
	2014–15		33	14	3	2	—		8[e]	2	—		44	18
	Total		109	40	15	5	—		29	10	1	1	154	56
Newcastle United	2015–16[3]	Premier League	38	11	1	0	1	0	—		—		40	11
Liverpool	2016–17[4]	Premier League	36	6	1	0	5	0	—		—		42	6
	2017–18[5]		33	1	2	0	1	0	14[g]	1	—		50	2
	2018–19[6]		35	3	0	0	0	0	12[g]	2	—		47	5
	2019–20[7]		37	4	0	0	0	0	8[g]	2	2[h]	0	47	6
	2020–21[8]		38	2	2	1	1	0	9[g]	0	1[i]	0	51	3
	Total		179	16	5	1	7	0	43	5	3	0	237	22
Paris Saint-Germain	2021–22[9]	Ligue 1	31	1	1	0	—		5[g]	2	1[j]	0	38	3
Roma (loan)	2022–23[10]	Serie A	14	2	0	0	—		9[e]	0	—		23	2
Al-Ettifaq	2023–24	Saudi Pro League	8	4	2	1	—		—		—		10	5
Career total			490	97	37	8	8	0	94	18	8	1	637	124

1. Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup, Coupe de France, King Cup
2. Includes Football League/EFL Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
4. One appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield, two appearances in Eredivisie European play-offs
5. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
7. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
8. One appearance in FA Community Shield, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
9. Appearance in FA Community Shield
10. Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

As of match played 18 June 2023^[11]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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
Total		90	27

As of match played 18 June 2023

Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wijnaldum goal.^[11]

List of international goals scored by Georginio Wijnaldum

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

Honours

Feyenoord

• KNVB Cup: 2007–08^[12]

PSV

• Eredivisie: 2014–15^[13]
• KNVB Cup: 2011–12^[14]
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2012^[15]

Liverpool

• Premier League: 2019–20^[16]
• UEFA Champions League: 2018–19;^[17] runner-up: 2017–18^[18]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2019^[19]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2019^[20]

Paris Saint-Germain

• Ligue 1: 2021–22^[21]

Roma

• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2022–23^[22]

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup third place: 2014^[23][24]
• UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2018–19^[25]

Individual

• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 2014–15^[13]
• UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2018–19^[26]
• UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament: 2019^[27]
• Rotterdam Talent of the Year: 2007^[28]