Wesley Sneijder (born 9 June 1984) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Inter Milan and for the Dutch national team of which he is captain. He was named UEFA midfielder of the season and one of the three best midfielders in the world for 2010 by FIFA. A product of the Ajax Academy, he previously played for AFC Ajax with whom he won six trophies and was awarded the Johan Cruijff Award in 2004. He was sold to Real Madrid for €27 million in 2007, winning La Liga in his first season with the club and later being sold to Inter for €15 million. At Inter, he has won Serie A, the UEFA Champions League and the Coppa Italia twice. He has a grandmother who was born in Republic of Macedonia .
Sneijder previously represented various Youth squads for the Netherlands. He is now a regular player for the Dutch national team, having made his debut in April 2003 at the age of 18, and having represented his country at the World Cup in 2006 and 2010 as well as UEFA Euro 2004 and 2008. Individually he was awarded the 2010 Bronze Boot, the 2010 Silver Ball and included in the team of the tournament for UEFA Euro 2008, 2012 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup as well as named man of the match for six out of eleven games played by "Oranje" at these two tournaments.
In October 2008, Dutch magazine Voetbal International conducted a poll to decide who was the best Dutch free kick taker. Sneijder received an overwhelming 70% of the votes while Robin van Persie came second with 21% and striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was third with 3% of the vote. He was voted as the best player of the year 2009–10 by Goal.com.<\/P>","31E4B7E841B17C66":"Wesley Sneijder","FD1933E1882D5E7A216F21827D2B22B4":"","95081CC600C137A3ECD07E1A2BAC6047":"10","033EA04110C4B96A":"1","26A41B77C025E2F442D11C4E5D31FCE8":"1","3DD52A7123843A0599BD59EBE6AB4E97":"Nice","C9B224F2C5B356EF":"Al-Garrafa SC","92D102DDE1327A88":"Wesley Sneijder","289C5F85E5EE1B609E88960AAED5C65D":"1984-6-9","1E9A8D352C52FB60DE0D25B327F8FD01":"2018-1-5","76E5DE99890AB189":"170cm","B628C0FB460378A51A233D645651DF2F":"
Ajax<\/STRONG>
Eredivisie (1): 2003–04
KNVB Cup (2): 2005–06, 2006–07
Johan Cruijff-schaal (3): 2002, 2005, 2006
Real Madrid
<\/STRONG>La Liga (1): 2007–08
Inter Milan
<\/STRONG>Serie A (1): 2009–10
Coppa Italia (2): 2009–10, 2010–11
Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2010
UEFA Champions League (1): 2009–10
FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2010
Individual
<\/STRONG>Johan Cruijff Prijs (1): 2004
Ajax Talent of the Year (1): 2004
Ajax Player of the Year (1): 2007
Best Dutch Free kick Taker (1): 2008
2010 UEFA Champions League Final: Fans' Man of the Match
UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year (1): 2010
FIFA FIFPro World XI (1): 2010
UEFA Team of the Year (1): 2010<\/P>","70356B8F0C59F6B5":"3832","e_index":7};