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Mark van Bommel

Mark van Bommel
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Van Bommel playing for the Netherlands in 2012
Personal information
Full name Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel
Date of birth (1977-04-22) 22 April 1977 (age 39)
Place of birth Maasbracht, Limburg, Netherlands
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1985–1992 RKVV Maasbracht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1999 Fortuna Sittard 153 (13)
1999–2005 PSV 169 (46)
2005–2006 Barcelona 24 (2)
2006–2011 Bayern Munich 123 (11)
2011–2012 Milan 39 (0)
2012–2013 PSV 28 (6)
Total 536 (78)
National team
1996–2000 Netherlands U21 27 (3)
2000–2012 Netherlands 79 (10)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.



* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑr(ə)k fɑm ˈbɔməl]; born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch former professional footballer.

Van Bommel won the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League with Barcelona and was part of the Netherlands team that finished runner-up of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackling machine and expert ball-winner, but he also boasts a fine array of passes and a powerful shot, having been a free-kick specialist during his PSV days". When he played for Bayern Munich, he was the club's first non-German captain. During this period, he led the team to two Bundesliga titles, and finished runner-up in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final.

Between 2000 and 2011, Van Bommel won eight national championship titles in four different competitions, four with PSV, two with Bayern Munich, one with Barcelona and one with Milan. He is also the son-in-law of former Netherlands national team manager Bert van Marwijk.

Van Bommel started his amateur career at local club RKVV Maasbracht before earning a professional contract with Fortuna Sittard in 1992. His colleagues at Fortuna who would later join PSV alongside him were Wilfred Bouma and Kevin Hofland.


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