Ruud Geels
46 league goals for Feyenoord before a record five Eredivisie scoring titles elsewhere.
Ruud Geels (28 July 1948 - 18 November 2023) joined Feyenoord from Telstar after eight games there and scored 46 goals in 89 league matches, competing with Ove Kindvall for the striker's place. He won the Eredivisie and KNVB Cup in 1968-69 and the 1969-70 European Cup, though he was not in the squad for the final against Celtic.
Quick Facts
- Full name
- Geertruida Maria Geels
- Born
- 28 July 1948
- Birthplace
- Haarlem, Netherlands
- Died
- 18 November 2023
- Position
- Striker
- Total caps
- 487
Reader's Guide
He left for Go Ahead Eagles in 1970 and his records came later: he is the only player to be the Eredivisie's top scorer five times, four of them at Ajax and the fifth at Sparta in 1980-81, and the second highest scorer in the division's history behind Willy van der Kuijlen. He was the first of two players, with Ronald Koeman, to play for Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord, and won 20 caps with 11 goals for the Netherlands.
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