Ruud Geels
Personal information
Full name	Geertruida Maria Geels
Date of birth	July 28, 1948 (1948-07-28) (age 60)
Place of birth	Haarlem, Netherlands
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	RKVV DSS RKSV Onze Gezellen
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1964-1966 1966-1970 1970-1972 1972-1974 1974-1978 1978-1979 1979-1981 1981-1982 1982-1984 1964-1984	Telstar Feijenoord Go Ahead Eagles Club Brugge Ajax Amsterdam RSC Anderlecht Sparta Rotterdam PSV Eindhoven NAC Breda Total	8 (5) 89 (46) 62 (35) 53 (28) 131 (123) 28 (25) 48 (35) 32 (15) 22 (6) 473 (318)
National team2
1974-1981	Netherlands	20 (11)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Geertruida ("Ruud") Maria Geels (born July 28, 1948 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who obtained 20 caps for the Dutch national team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s.

Geels was a prolific goal scorer, scoring 388 goals in seventeen years of professional football. He served several clubs. Geels is one of very few players, alongside Ronald Koeman for instance, who played for all three big clubs in the Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord Rotterdam and PSV Eindhoven. Geels was a member of the national team that ended up in second place at the 1974 FIFA World Cup under the guidance of manager Rinus Michels.

Clubs

• Telstar 1964-66
• Feyenoord Rotterdam 1966-70
• Go Ahead Eagles 1970-72
• Club Brugge 1972-74
• Ajax Amsterdam 1974-78
• R.S.C. Anderlecht 1978-79
• Sparta Rotterdam 1979-81
• PSV Eindhoven 1981-82
• NAC 1982-83

References

• (Dutch) Profile
• Ruud Geels profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

v • d • e Netherlands squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Geels • 2 Haan • 3 van Hanegem • 4 van Ierssel • 5 Israël • 6 Jansen • 7 de Jong • 8 Jongbloed • 9 Keizer • 10 R. van de Kerkhof • 11 W. van de Kerkhof • 12 Krol • 13 Neeskens • 14 Cruijff • 15 Rensenbrink • 16 Rep • 17 Rijsbergen • 18 Schrijvers • 19 Strik • 20 Suurbier • 21 Treijtel • 22 Vos • Coach: Michels

v • d • e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1976 Third Place 1 Schrijvers • 2 Suurbier • 3 Rijsbergen • 4 van Kraay • 5 Krol • 6 Neeskens • 7 Jansen • 8 Rep • 9 Cruijff • 10 W. van de Kerkhof • 11 Rensenbrink  • 12 van Hanegem • 13 Geels • 14 Peters • 15 R. van de Kerkhof • 16 Arntz • 17 Ruiter • 18 Jongbloed • 19 Kist • 20 Meutstege • Coach: Knobel

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