Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Van Wolfswinkel playing for Sporting CP in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ricky van Wolfswinkel | ||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Woudenberg, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Vitesse | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–1999 | v.v. Woudenberg | ||
| 1999–2008 | Vitesse | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Vitesse | 33 | (8) |
| 2009–2011 | Utrecht | 64 | (26) |
| 2011–2013 | Sporting CP | 55 | (28) |
| 2013–2016 | Norwich City | 26 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 28 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | → Betis (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2016– | Vitesse | 32 | (20) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Netherlands U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Netherlands U21 | 7 | (3) |
| 2010– | Netherlands | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 July 2014 |
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Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɪki vɑn ˈʋɔlfsˌʋɪŋkəl]; born 27 January 1989) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Vitesse.
Whilst playing in Portugal with Sporting CP, he was nicknamed O Lobo ("The Wolf"), although during his early days in the Netherlands, he was known as "HatRicky" because of the number of hat-tricks he scored.
He has been capped twice by the Netherlands national football team.
Van Wolfswinkel started his football career at the D-pupils of Vitesse Arnhem. In the A-juniors, he became top scorer in the national first division, winning a prize awarded by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) for the feat. This prize was handed over by Wesley Sneijder in 2007. On 5 April 2008, Van Wolfswinkel made his debut for Vitesse's first team in a match against Sparta Rotterdam, in which Van Wolfswinkel was substituted in the 85th minute for Santi Kolk. Against De Graafschap, in the 2008–09 season, he was in the starting lineup for the first time. In his third match this season, against Sparta Rotterdam, he scored his first Eredivisie goal.
On 29 May 2009, Van Wolfswinkel announced his departure from Vitesse, subsequently signing a three-year contract with FC Utrecht. He began the 2010–11 league campaign with a goal in a 3–1 loss against Feyenoord. On 22 August 2010, he scored two goals against Willem II resulting in a 3–0 win for Utrecht. On 26 August 2010, Van Wolfswinkel scored a hat-trick against Celtic in the UEFA Europa League; Utrecht went on to win the match 4–0. On 3 October 2010, Van Wolfswinkel scored two penalties against Ajax to gain a 2–1 away win over the Dutch runners-up.
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