Ryan Babel

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Ryan Babel

Full name	Ryan Guno Babel
Date of birth	December 19, 1986 (age 20)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	185cm
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	AFC Ajax
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003-	AFC Ajax	70 (13)
National team²
2005-	Netherlands	12 (4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 march 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 7 february 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ryan Guno Babel (born December 19, 1986 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch footballer, usually playing at the striker or left winger positions despite being predominately right footed.

Ryan Babel made his debut on 1 February 2004 in Ajax's 4-0 home win over ADO Den Haag. He made his international debut on 26 March 2005, away against Romania as a substitute for Arjen Robben. The Netherlands won the game 2-0 with Babel scoring the second goal, making him the fourth youngest goal scorer for the Dutch national team and the youngest, post-World War II.

He is considered to be one of the greatest talents of the Netherlands. Marco van Basten said about him: "He has all the potential to become the next Thierry Henry". He has been reportedly been linked with Arsenal ^[1] and Newcastle United ^[2] but Glenn Roeder called this speculation simply no more than "pie-in-the-sky." Fans at Ajax have nick named him 'Uncle' Babel, or 'The Uncle'.

1 Career
2 Dutch national team
3 Transfer Speculation
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

Babel in Germany during the World Cup

Season	Club	Country	Competition	Matches	Goals
2003/04	Ajax	Netherlands	Eredivisie	1	0
2004/05	Ajax	Netherlands	Eredivisie	20	7
2005/06	Ajax	Netherlands	Eredivisie	18	2

[edit] Dutch national team

Babel played 12 career games for the Dutch national team, scoring four times, and was a member of the team that played the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] Transfer Speculation

When the 2007 January transfer window opened, Babel was linked with moves to Arsenal and Newcastle United. On 29th January, it was reported Newcastle would offer £5m plus flop striker Albert Luque for the speedy striker. However, Glenn Roeder has denied this and now looks like Albert Luque could be on his way to another Dutch team, PSV Eindhoven.

[edit] References

^ Burt, Jason. "West Ham in for Ljungberg as Arsenal line up Dutch star", The Independent, 9-1-2007.
^ van Leeuwen, Gerrit. "Babel catching Magpies' eye", Sky Sports, 18-1-2007.

[edit] External links

Ryan Babel site

Ajax Amsterdam - Current Squad
1 Stekelenburg \| 2 Heitinga \| 3 Stam \| 4 Vermaelen \| 5 Emanuelson \| 6 Maduro \| 8 Babel \| 9 Huntelaar \| 10 Sneijder \| 11 Perez \| 12 Vermeer \| 13 Davids \| 14 Roger \| 15 Lindenbergh \| 16 de Mul \| 18 Gabri \| 20 Ogăraru \| 21 Mitea \| 22 Grygera \| 23 Leonardo \| 24 Schilder \| 25 Sarpong \| 26 Manucharyan \| 28 Vertonghen \| 29 Poepon \| 30 Gentenaar \| 32 van Duin \| Manager: ten Cate

	Netherlands squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 van der Sar \| 2 Jaliens \| 3 Boulahrouz \| 4 Mathijsen \| 5 van Bronckhorst \| 6 Landzaat \| 7 Kuyt \| 8 Cocu \| 9 van Nistelrooy \| 10 van der Vaart \| 11 Robben \| 12 Kromkamp \| 13 Ooijer \| 14 Heitinga \| 15 de Cler \| 16 Maduro \| 17 van Persie \| 18 van Bommel \| 19 Vennegoor of Hesselink \| 20 Sneijder \| 21 Babel \| 22 Timmer \| 23 Stekelenburg \| Coach: van Basten