Clarence Seedorf

Dutch association football player and manager

Clarence Clyde Seedorf (born 1 April 1976) is a Dutch former football player and current manager. He played for the Netherlands national team.

Clarence Seedorf
Personal information
Full name Clarence Clyde Seedorf[1]
Date of birth (1976-04-01) 1 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname[2]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1982–1983 VV AS' 80
1983–1986 Real Almere
1986–1992 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Ajax 65 (11)
1995–1996 Sampdoria 32 (3)
1996–2000 Real Madrid 121 (15)
2000–2002 Inter Milan 64 (8)
2002–2012 AC Milan 300 (47)
2012–2014 Botafogo 72 (23)
Total 654 (107)
National team
1994–2008 Netherlands 87 (11)
Teams managed
2014 AC Milan
2016 Shenzhen
2018 Deportivo La Coruña
2018–2019 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[3]
Club Season League[4] National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ajax 1992–93 Eredivisie 12 1 3 0 3[b] 0 18 1
1993–94 Eredivisie 19 4 2 0 2[c] 0 1[d] 0 24 4
1994–95 Eredivisie 34 6 3 0 11[e] 0 1[d] 0 49 6
Total 65 11 8 0 16 0 2 0 91 11
Sampdoria 1995–96 Serie A 32 3 2 1 34 4
Real Madrid 1996–97 La Liga 38 6 4 0 42 6
1997–98 La Liga 36 6 0 0 11[e] 0 2[f] 1 49 7
1998–99 La Liga 37 3 5 1 8[e] 3 2[g] 0 52 7
1999–2000 La Liga 10 0 0 0 6[e] 0 0 0 16 0
Total 121 15 9 1 25 3 4 1 159 20
Inter Milan 1999–2000 Serie A 20 3 5 2 25 5
2000–01 Serie A 24 2 4 0 7[h] 3 1[i] 0 36 5
2001–02 Serie A 20 3 2 1 10[b] 0 32 4
Total 64 8 11 3 17 3 1 0 93 14
AC Milan 2002–03 Serie A 29 4 3 2 16[e] 1 48 7
2003–04 Serie A 29 3 5 0 8[e] 0 3[j] 0 45 3
2004–05 Serie A 32 5 4 1 13[e] 1 0 0 49 7
2005–06 Serie A 36 4 2 1 11[e] 1 49 6
2006–07 Serie A 32 7 5 0 14[e] 3 51 10
2007–08 Serie A 32 7 0 0 7[e] 2 3[k] 1 42 10
2008–09 Serie A 33 6 1 0 7[b] 0 41 6
2009–10 Serie A 29 5 0 0 8[e] 1 37 6
2010–11 Serie A 30 4 2 0 8[e] 0 40 4
2011–12 Serie A 18 2 3 1 8[e] 0 1[i] 0 30 3
Total 300 47 25 5 100 9 7 1 432 62
Botafogo 2012 Série A 24 8 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 9
2013 Série A 34 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 56 15
Total 58 16 8 0 1 1 0 0 81 24
Career total 640 100 57 7 159 16 14 2 890 135
  1. Includes KNVB Cup, Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey, Copa do Brasil
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  4. 4.0 4.1 Appearance in Dutch Supercup
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  6. Appearances in Supercopa de España
  7. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  8. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and three goals in UEFA Cup
  9. 9.0 9.1 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  10. One appearance in Supercoppa Italiana, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  11. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[5][6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Netherlands 1994 1 1
1995 7 3
1996 11 2
1997 7 0
1998 12 1
1999 7 0
2000 10 2
2001 4 1
2002 2 1
2003 7 0
2004 9 0
2005 0 0
2006 1 0
2007 8 0
2008 1 0
Total 87 11
Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Seedorf goal.
List of international goals scored by Clarence Seedorf[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 14 December 1994 De Kuip, Rotterdam   Luxembourg 5–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
2 29 March 1995 De Kuip, Rotterdam   Malta 1–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
3 11 October 1995 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Attard   Malta 4–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
4 15 November 1995 De Kuip, Rotterdam   Norway 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
5 4 June 1996 De Kuip, Rotterdam   Republic of Ireland 2–1 3–1 Friendly
6 14 December 1996 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels   Belgium 2–0 3–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 21 February 1998 Orange Bowl, Miami   United States 2–0 2–0 Friendly
8 7 October 2000 GSP Stadium, Nicosia   Cyprus 1–0 4–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 2–0
10 6 October 2001 GelreDome, Arnhem   Andorra 2–0 4–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 16 October 2002 Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna   Austria 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Managerial statistics

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As of 6 July 2019
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
AC Milan 16 January 2014[8] 9 June 2014[9] 22 11 2 9 28 26 +2 050.00
Shenzhen 7 July 2016 5 December 2016 14 4 4 6 17 24 −7 028.57
Deportivo de La Coruña 5 February 2018 22 May 2018 16 2 6 8 14 25 −11 012.50
Cameroon 4 August 2018 16 July 2019 13 4 5 4 10 11 −1 030.77
Total 64 21 17 26 69 84 −15 032.81

Honours

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[10]

Player

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Ajax[11]

Real Madrid[11]

AC Milan[11]

Botafogo[11]

Individual

References

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  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 20 de mayo de 2018, en Valencia" [Minutes of the Match held on 20 May 2018, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Clarence Seedorf – A.C. Milan squad 2011/2012". AC Milan. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  3. "Clarence Seedorf – Career Statistics". Worldfootball.net. 5 July 2019.
  4. Includes Campeonato Carioca 2013.
  5. "Clarence Seedorf". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  6. Clarence Seedorf – International Appearances. rsssf.org. Retrieved on 22 June 2013.
  7. "Clarence Seedorf – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  8. "CLARENCE SEEDORF RETURNS TO AC MILAN AS A COACH | News | AC Milan". acmilan.com. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  9. "AC Milan sacks manager Clarence Seedorf and replaces him with youth-team coach Filippo Inzaghi". Milan, Italy: Fox News. Associated Press. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  10. House, Future Publishing Limited Quay; Ambury, The; Engl, Bath BA1 1UA All rights reserved; number 2008885, Wales company registration (24 May 2017). "The big interview: Clarence Seedorf – "The manager who had the biggest cultural impact on me? Sven-Goran Eriksson"". FourFourTwo.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Clarence Seedorf – Career Honours". Soccerway.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Scholten, Berend (1 April 2019). "Four-time winner Seedorf one of a kind". UEFA.com. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. uefa.com (18 May 2016). "UEFA Europa League – News – UEFA.com".
  14. "Clarence Seedorf – Dutch Talent of the Year". RSSSF.
  15. "Clarence Seedorf – ESM Team of the Year". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016.
  16. "Clarence Seedorf - UEFA Team of the Year 2002". UEFA. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  17. "Clarence Seedorf - UEFA Team of the Year 2007". UEFA. Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  18. "UEFA Champions League Awards". UEFA. May 2011.
  19. "FIFA Club World Cup Awards". RSSSF.
  20. "News & Media – FIFPro World Players' Union". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  21. "Ryan Giggs vs Clarence Seedorf: Who's the Best Player?". Bleacher Report.
  22. "Para Seedorf, seleção do prêmio Bola de Prata venceria a Champions". ESPN.br. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  23. "Clarence Seedorf delighted with knighthood". RNW. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014.
  24. "Seedorf koninklijk onderscheiden". NOS. 21 April 2011.
  25. "Clarence Seedorf becomes a legacy champion". Nelsonmandela.org.
  26. "Fifa names greatest list". BBC. 4 March 2004.
  27. "AC Milan Hall of Fame: Clarence Seedorf". AC Milan. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  28. "Il Golden Foot 2018 è Edinson Cavani" (in Italian). www.radiomontecarlo.net. Retrieved 6 December 2018.


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