Season | League | FA | LC | Europe | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | 208 | 15 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 285 |
2006-2007 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 48 |
2007-2008 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 48 |
2008-2009 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 51 |
2009-2010 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 53 |
2010-2011 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 41 |
2011-2012 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
Apps | Minutes | Opponent |
---|---|---|
20 | 1582 | Chelsea |
15 | 1271 | Arsenal |
13 | 1127 | Manchester City |
13 | 1074 | Everton |
13 | 1058 | Manchester United |
12 | 961 | Aston Villa |
12 | 854 | Wigan Athletic |
11 | 826 | Tottenham |
11 | 780 | Bolton Wanderers |
10 | 791 | West Ham United |
10 | 718 | Stoke City |
10 | 649 | Sunderland |
10 | 647 | Newcastle United |
9 | 584 | Fulham |
8 | 600 | Blackburn Rovers |
6 | 430 | Reading |
6 | 393 | Wolves |
6 | 385 | Middlesbrough |
5 | 425 | WBA |
5 | 395 | Portsmouth |
5 | 369 | Birmingham City |
4 | 360 | Hull City |
4 | 360 | PSV Eindhoven |
4 | 337 | Atletico Madrid |
4 | 272 | Marseille |
2 | 203 | Standard Liege |
2 | 180 | QPR |
2 | 180 | Real Madrid |
2 | 180 | Benfica |
2 | 180 | Debrecen VSC |
2 | 180 | Lyon |
2 | 180 | Sparta Prague |
2 | 180 | Braga |
2 | 179 | Barcelona |
2 | 178 | Lille |
2 | 171 | Inter Milan |
2 | 167 | Watford |
2 | 167 | Charlton Athletic |
2 | 166 | Blackpool |
2 | 145 | Fiorentina |
2 | 118 | Burnley |
2 | 116 | Bordeaux |
2 | 115 | Luton Town |
2 | 109 | Derby |
2 | 107 | Utrecht |
2 | 104 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
2 | 95 | Norwich City |
2 | 95 | Porto |
2 | 61 | Swansea City |
1 | 90 | Trabzonspor |
1 | 90 | Barnsley |
1 | 90 | Toulouse |
1 | 90 | Unirea Urziceni |
1 | 90 | AC Milan |
1 | 90 | Besiktas |
1 | 87 | Oldham Athletic |
1 | 67 | Sheffield United |
1 | 66 | Galatasaray |
1 | 18 | Havant |
1 | 17 | Cardiff City |
Total | Started/substitutions |
---|---|
237 | Started |
15 | On the bench |
48 | Substitute |
80 | Substituted |
Total | Venue |
---|---|
148 | Home |
134 | Away |
3 | Neutral |
Total | Competition |
---|---|
208 | Premier League |
40 | Champions League |
15 | FA Cup |
14 | Europa League |
8 | League Cup |
Total | W | D | L | Win % | Manager |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
200 | 110 | 48 | 42 | 55% | Rafa Benítez |
67 | 31 | 15 | 21 | 46.3% | Kenny Dalglish |
18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 33.3% | Roy Hodgson |
Season | League | FA | LC | Europe | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | 51 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 71 |
2006-2007 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
2007-2008 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
2008-2009 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
2009-2010 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
2010-2011 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
2011-2012 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | Opponent |
---|---|
5 | Newcastle United |
5 | Everton |
5 | Wigan Athletic |
4 | Tottenham |
4 | Arsenal |
4 | Manchester United |
3 | Bolton Wanderers |
3 | Chelsea |
3 | Manchester City |
3 | West Ham United |
3 | Reading |
2 | Toulouse |
2 | Sunderland |
2 | Aston Villa |
2 | Hull City |
1 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
1 | Stoke City |
1 | Portsmouth |
1 | Cardiff City |
1 | WBA |
1 | Burnley |
1 | Wolves |
1 | Debrecen VSC |
1 | Sparta Prague |
1 | Birmingham City |
1 | Fulham |
1 | Inter Milan |
1 | Standard Liege |
1 | QPR |
1 | Trabzonspor |
1 | Benfica |
1 | Barnsley |
1 | Porto |
1 | Marseille |
1 | AC Milan |
1 | PSV Eindhoven |
Total | Started/substitutions |
---|---|
67 | Started |
4 | Substitute |
Total | Competition |
---|---|
51 | Premier League |
12 | Champions League |
3 | FA Cup |
3 | Europa League |
2 | League Cup |
Total | Goal minute period |
---|---|
7 | 1-15 minutes |
10 | 16-30 minutes |
14 | 31-45 minutes |
7 | 46-60 minutes |
9 | 61-75 minutes |
22 | 76-90 minutes |
2 | 91-120 minutes |
Total | Goal origin |
---|---|
63 | Open play |
8 | Penalty |
Season | League | FA | LC | Europe | Other | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Totals | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
2006-2007 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
2007-2008 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
2008-2009 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
2009-2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2010-2011 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
2011-2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | Opponent |
---|---|
3 | Bolton Wanderers |
3 | Arsenal |
2 | West Bromwich Albion |
2 | Manchester United |
2 | Newcastle United |
2 | Manchester City |
2 | PSV Eindhoven |
1 | Toulouse |
1 | Blackburn Rovers |
1 | West Ham United |
1 | Everton |
1 | Wolves |
1 | Hull City |
1 | Middlesbrough |
1 | Stoke City |
1 | Sunderland |
1 | Charlton Athletic |
1 | Chelsea |
1 | Birmingham City |
1 | Tottenham Hotspur |
1 | Watford |
1 | Benfica |
1 | Real Madrid |
1 | Marseille |
Total | Competition |
---|---|
26 | Premier League |
6 | Champions League |
1 | Europa League |
Total | For player |
---|---|
13 | Fernando Torres |
4 | Steven Gerrard |
3 | Yossi Benayoun |
3 | Ryan Babel |
3 | Luis Suarez |
2 | Xabi Alonso |
2 | Peter Crouch |
1 | Álvaro Arbeloa |
1 | Joe Cole |
1 | Charlie Adam |
# | Date | Against | Stadium | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 26.08.2006 | West Ham United | Anfield | League |
50 | 19.08.2007 | Chelsea | Anfield | League |
100 | 27.08.2008 | Standard Liege | Anfield | Europe |
150 | 24.08.2009 | Aston Villa | Anfield | League |
200 | 09.05.2010 | Hull City | KC Stadium | League |
250 | 22.10.2011 | Norwich City | Anfield | League |
# | Minute | Date | Against | Stadium | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 29 | 20.09.2006 | Newcastle United | Anfield | League |
50 | 55 | 06.02.2010 | Everton | Anfield | League |
Arnie at LFCHistory.net (who incidentally shares a birthday with him) met with Dirk Kuyt to share his story with our readers.
Interview by The Anfield Wrap 30 August 2016
Liverpool Echo press report on Liverpool - Manchester United on 06.03.2011.
From Soccer AM on Sky Sports in March 2010 - Teammates.
For all his supposed shortcomings, and lingering critics, Dirk Kuyt is absolutely critical to the way Liverpool play.
DIRK KUYT TALKS TO MATT LAWTON: On almost shunning football for fishing, graft over glory, respect for Rafa - and drawing Chelsea in Europe on 4th April 2009.
The Observer report on Liverpool - Wigan on 21.04.2007.
An article by Jonathan Northcroft in the Sunday Times on 10th September 2006.
Match report from the Observer on Liverpool - West Ham on 26th August 2006.
Rafa had been chasing Dirk Kuyt for two years. Article by Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo on 17th August 2006.
"We've been trying to find a top goalscorer in Europe. That's difficult, but we knew Kuyt was one such player. He's been playing well for a long time, and he's someone I'm sure will bring a quality to the team. Sometimes you see a top class player who may find it hard to adapt to the Premiership, but in his case he has the work rate, game intelligence and goalscoring ability to make him succeed in England.
We needed someone who would be different to Bellamy and Robbie, but maybe similar in a way to Crouch. Kuyt can not only play as a target man, he can play as the second striker, on the right or on the left. For sure, he's not someone we'll use as a winger, but he can play alongside Bellamy, Fowler, Crouch and Luis and give us many options.
We first talked about him when we were at Valencia. That was when we first monitored him and kept having him watched. I know Liverpool supporters like players who work really hard, and he is like this. He is a complete type of player. He does everything well. He'll score with both feet and his head."
Rafa is happy with the signature of Dirk Kuyt
"I said last year, when nobody knew him, that he was a '20-20' player - 20 goals and 20 assists a season. In Europe there is maybe no-one else who is a '20-20' player.
We came very close to signing him and everybody knows him now. He is the best character you can have. He works, he can head the ball, he can score goals - not like David Ginola or even Robbie Keane - but he is so functional in his way.
He never loses a ball and is a 100 per cent team player. He is different. He has got strength as well. He is not only a gifted forward - he's an all-rounder. He moves well and his fitness levels are unbelievable. He makes things look simple but that is his strength. He started off in non-league but his career then went like a rocket. He was not at Ajax, Feyenoord or PSV - he was not in a youth academy. He came from an amateur club when he was 18.
He went to Utrecht and they sold him to Feyenoord. He could have moved on from Feyenoord but he wanted to stay because he is the most popular player ever at that club. He is an honest player. His mentality is so good that he wants to be better and better and works day and night to do that. So that is his strength."
Tottenham boss, Martin Jol, on Dirk Kuyt in September 2006
"We had confidence because of watching him working during the games but also training and how he could score goals, we knew that he could be a good player for English football. The physical approach that he has to each game is really important for him.
When I was talking with him trying to bring him here he always said the same to me, that he was a Liverpool supporter. I have a friend of mine who was his team mate and he said to me that Kuyt was always watching the Premiership and Liverpool was his target."
Rafa in March 2007 on Dirk Kuyt's capture
"Also, you can see Dirk Kuyt running around like Forrest Gump non-stop for 120 minutes if necessary, that shows their passion and commitment."
Rafa's praise, if you can call it so, in August 2007
Kuyt has a fantastic mentality. We talk about him being a striker who has played on the right because we needed it. He can also play as a second striker. When we played in the Cup and Philipp Degen had cramps, he said to me that if I wanted he could play at right-back. It's not just his versatility and the fact he's in very good condition, it's his mentality. He's always ready to help the team. He is a player that every manager would want in their team. You can play him or not but he's always available, always ready and always helping the team.
When you talk about a squad or a winning team, you need players with this mentality. If you have to change something for a game or have to put a player out of position, he is always available. That's massive for a manager.
Rafa on Dirk Kuyt in January 2010
Look at Dirk Kuyt: I can think of far more vaunted wide-men, and yet he was the sixth top scorer in the entire Premier League last season, and the league's sixth top assist-maker, with not one single winger ahead of him. Given that he doesn't take the corners and free-kicks that help players rack up assists, that's a great contribution, even before considering his work-rate and general team-ethic. He's not flash, but he delivers.
The manager and his scouts will check a player's background, his attitude, his lifestyle. They will be the ones looking into the player's eyes in a negotiation, to find out what motivates him. Bill Shankly always preferred players with less skill if they had more character. A lot has changed in the game, but core attributes, like commitment and temperament, remain crucial. Not tricks on YouTube.
Paul Tomkins' wise words on Dirk Kuyt in the summer of 2009
Look at what Kuyt did so far, He started the tournament on the right, then as a forward, and then against Brazil on the left. Not only did he keep Maicon out of the game, he also went and set up the winner. Someone like that is worth his weight in gold.
Johan Cruyff praised Dirk Kuyt for his performance at the World Cup 2010
Dirk Kuyt nearly missed the 2007 Champions League final because of a ridiculous injury: I was happy that I was playing in that match at all, as before the final there had been an incident that almost prevented me from taking part. When we were in the training camp before the final, the squad went go-karting. I didn't join in, as I wanted to rest a small injury, but I went along to watch and picked a safe-looking spot to stand beside the track with Rafa.
"Out of nowhere, Peter Crouch drove straight at me at roughly 35 mph. He couldn't brake! The only thing I could do was to jump in the air, and in the end I just managed to jump over Peter, and he crashed into cardboard boxes behind me. I was within a whisker of having my ankles torn to pieces, and would surely have missed the Champions League final. It was incredible that I saw him just in time and could jump over him! Crouchy's face was as pale as death, he'd had some kind of blackout. Fortunately everything was alright.
Talking to FourFourTwo the then PSV forward revealed how teammate Peter Crouch nearly kept him out of his biggest club game.
Club | Season | Club rank | League apps | League goals | Total apps | Total goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quick Boys | 1997-1998 | Netherlands non-league | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Utrecht | 1998-1999 | Netherlands 1 | 28 | 5 | 30 | 6 |
Utrecht | 1999-2000 | Netherlands 1 | 32 | 6 | 36 | 10 |
Utrecht | 2000-2001 | Netherlands 1 | 32 | 13 | 37 | 16 |
Utrecht | 2001-2002 | Netherlands 1 | 34 | 7 | 41 | 11 |
Utrecht | 2002-2003 | Netherlands 1 | 34 | 20 | 40 | 23 |
Feyenoord | 2003-2004 | Netherlands 1 | 34 | 20 | 38 | 21 |
Feyenoord | 2004-2005 | Netherlands 1 | 34 | 29 | 41 | 32 |
Feyenoord | 2005-2006 | Netherlands 1 | 33 | 22 | 35 | 23 |
Fenerbahce | 2012-2013 | Turkey 1 | 31 | 8 | 56 | 16 |
Fenerbahce | 2013-2014 | Turkey 1 | 32 | 10 | 37 | 10 |
Fenerbahce | 2014-2015 | Turkey 1 | 32 | 8 | 37 | 10 |
Feyenoord | 2015-2016 | Holland 1 | 32 | 19 | 38 | 23 |
Feyenoord | 2016-2017 | Netherlands 1 | 31 | 12 | 39 | 15 |
Quick Boys | 2017-2018 | Netherlands 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Total | 428 | 182 | 514 | 219 |