Ryan Babel
Babel in 2016
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| Full name | Ryan Guno Babel | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1986 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Winger | ||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Beşiktaş | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 49 | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | SV Diemen | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | ASV Fortius | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | 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– | Beşiktaş | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2011 | Netherlands | 43 | (5) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:35, 20 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011 |
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Ryan Babel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɑjɐn ˈbaːbəl]; born 19 December 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Beşiktaş. He can play as a striker or left winger.
Babel began his career at Ajax in 1998, working his way up through the youth team and into the senior squad. He played three seasons for the first team before he was transferred to Liverpool in mid-2007, where under three successive managers he failed to secure a regular first team position. Babel was sold to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in January 2011, for a sum around half of that which Liverpool paid for him. His time at Hoffenheim was marred with disciplinary problems with three managers at the club. In the summer of 2012, Babel bought out the remaining final year of his contract, making him a free agent, and re-signed a one-year contract with Ajax. After this season, Babel went on to sign with Kasımpaşa on 21 June 2013. Babel often was linked to a return to the Premier League during his time in Turkey, before ending rumours by signing for UAE side Al Ain FC in July 2015.
Babel has been part of the Dutch national football team since 2005, and has represented his country at all youth team levels. He played in two World Cups, 2006 and 2010, reaching the final of the latter.
Babel was born in Amsterdam. Inspired by the local footballing talent, including Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, Babel played for nearby youth-teams S.V Diemen, then Fortius. In 1997, he attended a youth selection day with AFC Ajax. He made it through the first selection round, but failed to progress any further. However, the next year Ajax accepted him and he played the 1999–2000 season for their D1 team. After having graduated through the C1, B1 and A1 teams, Babel signed his first professional contract in January 2004.
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