Together with Abe Lenstra and Faas Wilkes, Kees Rijvers formed the gouden binnentrio, three inside forwards of international class during a time Dutch football was mired in mediocrity due to the refusal of the authorities to admit professionalism.
His national team career is the twelfth longest in the history of the Dutch national team.
All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 27- 5-1926 in Breda Died: 4- 3-2024 Country: Netherlands Caps: 33 (W13-D9-L11 - GF85-GA70 - %53.03) Goals: 10 (% 0.30 per match) Age First Cap: 19 yr 287 d 10- 3-1946 vs. Luxembourg 6-2 Age Last Cap: 34 yr 37 d 3- 7-1960 vs. Surinam 4-3 National Team Career: 14 yr 115 d
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 1 1 10- 3-46 Luxembourg Luxembourg 6-2
2 1 2 12- 5-46 Amsterdam Belgium 6-3
3 2 30- 5-46 Antwerpen Belgium 2-2
4 2 7- 4-47 Amsterdam Belgium 2-1
5 2 4- 5-47 Antwerpen Belgium 2-1
6 2 26- 5-47 Paris France 0-4
7 2 4 21- 9-47 Amsterdam Switzerland 6-2
8 4 14- 3-48 Antwerpen Belgium 1-1
9 4 18- 4-48 Rotterdam Belgium 2-2
10 4 26- 5-48 Oslo Norway 2-1
11 4 9- 6-48 Amsterdam Sweden 1-0
12 4 26- 7-48 Portsmouth Ireland 3-1 Olympic Games
13 4 31- 7-48 London Great Britain 3-4 aet Olympic Games
14 4 21-11-48 Antwerpen Belgium 1-1
15 4 13- 3-49 Amsterdam Belgium 3-3
16 4 16- 4-50 Antwerpen Belgium 0-2
17 4 8- 6-50 Stockholm Sweden 1-4
18 4 11- 6-50 Helsinki Finland 1-4
19 1 5 15-10-50 Basel Switzerland 5-7
20 1 6 11- 9-57 Rotterdam Luxembourg 5-2 World Cup Qualifier
21 6 25- 9-57 Amsterdam Austria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
22 6 19- 4-59 Amsterdam Belgium 2-2
23 6 10- 5-59 İstanbul Turkey 0-0
24 6 13- 5-59 Sofia Bulgaria 2-3
25 6 27- 5-59 Amsterdam Scotland 1-2
26 1 7 4-10-59 Rotterdam Belgium 9-1
27 1 8 4-11-59 Rotterdam Norway 7-1
28 8 3- 4-60 Amsterdam Bulgaria 4-2
29 1 9 24- 4-60 Antwerpen Belgium 1-2
30 1 10 18- 5-60 Zürich Switzerland 1-3
31 10 28- 6-60 Cd. de México Mexico 1-3
32 10 29- 6-60 Willemstad Dutch Antilles 0-0
33 10 3- 7-60 Paramaribo Surinam 4-3
Total Record
GP GW GD GL GF GA Pts Percentage
33 13 9 11 85- 70 35 53.03
10 Goals in 33 Matches (0.30 per match)
Records by Opponent Gls Pd W D L GF-GA Pts
Austria 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1
Belgium 3 12 4 6 2 31-21 14
Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 6- 5 2
Dutch Antilles 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Finland 1 0 0 1 1- 4 0
France 1 0 0 1 0- 4 0
Great Britain 1 0 0 1 3- 4 0
Ireland 1 1 0 0 3- 1 2
Luxembourg 2 2 2 0 0 11- 4 4
Mexico 1 0 0 1 1- 3 0
Norway 2 2 2 0 0 9- 2 4
Scotland 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0
Surinam 1 1 0 0 4- 3 2
Sweden 2 1 0 1 2- 4 2
Switzerland 3 3 1 0 2 12-12 2
Turkey 1 0 1 0 0- 0 1
Types of Matches and Goals
Goals Matches
Friendlies 9 29
vs Belgium 3 12
World Cup Qualifier - 2
Olympic Games 1 2
Total 10 33
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