Ryan Babel

Ryan Guno Babel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɑiɑm ˈbaːbəl]; born 19 December 1986)^[4] is a Dutch professional footballer who last played for TFF First League club Eyüpspor. He can play as a striker or left winger.

Ryan Babel

Personal information
Full name	Ryan Guno Babel[1]
Date of birth	(1986-12-19) 19 December 1986 (age 39)[2]
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1992–1994	SV Diemen
1994–1997	ASV Fortius
1997–2004	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2007	Ajax	73	(14)
2007–2011	Liverpool	91	(12)
2011–2012	1899 Hoffenheim	46	(5)
2012–2013	Ajax	16	(4)
2013–2015	Kasımpaşa	58	(14)
2015–2016	Al Ain	8	(1)
2016	Deportivo La Coruña	11	(4)
2017–2019	Beşiktaş	62	(22)
2019	Fulham	16	(5)
2019–2022	Galatasaray	77	(15)
2020	→ Ajax (loan)	5	(0)
2022–2023	Eyüpspor	28	(5)
International career‡
2002–2003	Netherlands U17	6	(3)
2003–2004	Netherlands U19	6	(2)
2004–2005	Netherlands U20	4	(2)
2005–2007	Netherlands U21	5	(2)
2008	Netherlands U23	5	(2)
2005–2021	Netherlands	69	(10)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Netherlands FIFA World Cup Runner-up 2010 South Africa UEFA Nations League Runner-up 2019 Portugal UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 2007 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 June 2023^[5][6][7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ajax	2003–04	Eredivisie	1	0	—		—		0	0	0	0	1	0
	2004–05	Eredivisie	20	7	3	1	—		4[c]	1	0	0	27	9
	2005–06	Eredivisie	25	2	3	2	—		11[c]	2	1[d]	1	40	7
	2006–07	Eredivisie	27	5	4	0	—		7[e]	2	1[d]	0	39	7
	Total		73	14	10	3	—		22	5	2	1	107	23
Liverpool	2007–08	Premier League	30	4	4	1	2	0	13[c]	5	—		49	10
	2008–09	Premier League	27	3	3	0	2	0	10[c]	1	—		42	4
	2009–10	Premier League	25	4	1	0	2	0	10[f]	2	—		38	6
	2010–11	Premier League	9	1	1	0	1	0	6[g]	1	—		17	2
	Total		91	12	9	1	7	0	39	9	—		146	22
1899 Hoffenheim	2010–11	Bundesliga	15	1	1	0	—		—		—		16	1
	2011–12	Bundesliga	31	4	4	1	—		—		—		35	5
	Total		46	5	5	1	—		—		—		51	6
Ajax	2012–13	Eredivisie	16	4	2	1	—		4[c]	0	0	0	22	5
Kasımpaşa	2013–14	Süper Lig	29	5	1	0	—		—		—		30	5
	2014–15	Süper Lig	29	9	0	0	—		—		—		29	9
	Total		58	14	1	0	—		—		—		59	14
Al-Ain	2015–16	UAE Pro League	8	1	0	0	5	1	—		1[h]	0	14	2
Deportivo La Coruña	2016–17	La Liga	11	4	1	1	—		—		—		12	5
Beşiktaş	2016–17	Süper Lig	18	5	0	0	—		6[g]	3	0	0	24	8
	2017–18	Süper Lig	32	13	4	0	—		6[c]	2	1[i]	0	43	15
	2018–19	Süper Lig	12	4	0	0	—		7[g]	2	—		19	6
	Total		62	22	4	0	—		19	7	1	0	86	29
Fulham	2018–19	Premier League	16	5	0	0	0	0	—		—		16	5
Galatasaray	2019–20	Süper Lig	15	5	0	0	—		4[c]	0	1[i]	0	20	5
	2020–21	Süper Lig	32	7	2	0	—		3[g]	1	—		37	8
	2021–22	Süper Lig	30	3	0	0	—		13[j]	1	—		43	4
	Total		77	15	2	0	—		20	2	1	0	100	17
Ajax (loan)	2019–20	Eredivisie	5	0	2	1	—		2[g]	0	0	0	9	1
Eyüpspor	2022–23	TFF First League	27	5	1	0	—		—		—		28	5
Career total			490	101	37	8	12	1	106	23	5	1	650	134

1. Includes KNVB Cup, FA Cup, DFB-Pokal, Turkish Cup, Copa del Rey
2. Includes Football League Cup, UAE League Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and two goals in UEFA Cup
6. Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
8. Appearance in UAE Super Cup
9. Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
10. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 30 March 2021^[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2005	4	2
	2006	7	1
	2007	10	1
	2008	8	1
	2009	8	0
	2010	3	0
	2011	2	0
	2012	0	0
	2013	0	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	0	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	4	1
	2018	8	2
	2019	9	2
	2020	4	0
	2021	2	0
Total		69	10

As of match played 9 September 2019. Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Babel goal.^[8]

International goals by date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 March 2005	Stadionul Giuleşti, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	2–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	12 November 2005	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Italy	1–0	1–3	Friendly
3	1 June 2006	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Mexico	2–1	2–1	Friendly
4	7 February 2007	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Russia	1–0	4–1	Friendly
5	24 May 2008	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Ukraine	3–0	3–0	Friendly
6	14 November 2017	Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	2–0	3–0	Friendly
7	26 March 2018	Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland	Portugal	2–0	3–0	Friendly
8	9 September 2018	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	France	1–1	1–2	2018–19 UEFA Nations League A
9	9 September 2019	A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
10				2–0

Honours

Ajax^[9]

• Eredivisie: 2003–04, 2012–13
• KNVB Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2005, 2006

Al Ain

• UAE Super Cup: 2015^[9]

Beşiktaş

• Süper Lig: 2016–17^[9]

Galatasaray

• Turkish Super Cup: 2019^[9]

Netherlands U21^[9]

• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 2007

Netherlands^[9]

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2010
• UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2018–19

Individual

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2007^[10]
• Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 2006–07^[11]