2010 World Cup: Holland Squad Announced, Ruud Van Nistelrooy Misses Cut

By Chris Wright

Holland coach Bert Van Marwijk has named his provisional squad for this summer’s World Cup, with the former Feyenoord boss selecting a draft of 30 players, to be trimmed down to 23 names before the deadline passes on June 1st.

The biggest talking point is the exclusion of veteran Hamburg striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy from the squad. The former Manchester United goal machine retired from international football after Euro 2008 but has recently expressed an interest in making a return for the Oranje.

There are a some very inexperienced names included within the preliminary squad, notably those of Ajax’s 21-year-old Vurnon Anita, Twente midfielder Wout Brama and AZ winger Jeremain Lens – who have a grand total of one full cap between them (Brama, in case you were wondering!).

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The squad in full…

Goalkeepers: Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Michel Vorm (Utrecht), Sander Boschker (Twente).

Defenders: John Heitinga (Everton), Gregory Van Der Wiel, Vurnon Anita (Ajax), Khalid Boulahrouz (Stuttgart), Edson Braafheid (Bayern Munich), Ron Vlaar, Giovanni Van Bronckhurst (Feyenoord), Joris Mathijsen (Hamburg), Andre Ooijer (PSV), David Mendes Da Silva (AZ).

Midfielders: Ibrahim Afellay, Orlando Engelaar, Otman Bakkal (PSV), Demy De Zeeuw (Ajax), Rafael Van Der Vaart (Real Madrid), Wesley Sneijder (Inter), Mark Van Bommel (Bayern Munich), Nigel De Jong (Man City), Stijn Schaars (AZ), Wout Brama (Twente).

Forwards: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Milan), Robin Van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich), Jeremain Lens (AZ), Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel (Liverpool), Eljero Elia (Hamburg).

MORE:
Brazil’s provisional World Cup squad
England’s provisional World Cup squad
Argentina’s provisional World Cup squad
France’s provisional World Cup squad
Spain’s provisional World Cup squad

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13 Comments

  1. Hootie says:

    I won’t miss them play once. They’ll be a joy to watch if they play with 1/8 the style they exhibited at Euro ’08.

  2. Noel C says:

    wheres Johann Cruyff?

  3. Chris says:

    @Noel C: I can see ever-so-slight flaws in your call-up suggestions!

  4. Ping Yang says:

    Who the fuck are all these random ass players

  5. Quincy says:

    Well, real Dutch names: Gregory, Vurnon, Khalid, Edson, Giovanni, Ibrahim, Orlando, Otman, Jeremain, Eljero. Still I hope they’ll make it into the final 23.

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  7. kathmcp says:

    @Chris: ever-so-slight? Like the fact that the suggestion is about 30-odd years too late :)

  8. Dave says:

    @Quincy
    What are you trying to suggest? in case you didn’t know Holland has for a long time had a fair amount of players of Surinamese decent in the side. They’ve always had your “non-typical” Dutch names. Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Michael Reiziger etc and going back even further Aron Winter, Stanley Menzo, Bryan Roy(now there’s a name).

    I hope you’re not being ridiculous by suggesting just because they don’t have “real” Dutch names it makes them less Dutch then a Dirk Kuyt or a Boudewijn Zenden.

  9. Quincy says:

    @Dave

    They are ofcourse a great team, (I like Gregory best)
    But with RUUD (v nistelrooy) in the team would sound more Dutch…
    I just like the Dutch names, they sound so good when coming from the lips of non Dutch people. That’s all… I hope that there was no serious offence taken.

  10. Tsarang says:

    my heart n mind says dutch gota very gud site tis yr… bt NO RUUD NO CUP. rvn has 2 b ter

  11. manchester10ruud says:

    Ruud shud b there in the squad. He has got talent as well as experience…

  12. trevthom says:

    i really that the boss would have choesen ruud van nistelrooy and maybe convinced edwin van der sar to go to his last world cup.both of them are very useful for the promising youths called in the squad.i hope holland will doi very good this world cup

  13. LINCOLN KINYUA says:

    Whenever their is Van Persie(flying Dutch man)i will never miss.ARSENAL FOREVER!

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