Arnold Bruggink

Arnold Bruggink
Personal information
Bruggink playing for Hannover in 2008.
Full name	Arnold Jan Bruggink
Date of birth	(1977-07-24) 24 July 1977
Place of birth	Almelo, Netherlands
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1993–1997	Twente	99	(34)
1997–2003	PSV Eindhoven	152	(59)
2003–2004	Mallorca	26	(7)
2004–2006	Heerenveen	53	(7)
2006–2010	Hannover 96	111	(20)
2010–2011	Twente	6	(0)
Total		447	(127)
National team
1995–1999	Netherlands U21	31	(15)
2000	Netherlands	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 August 2011. † Appearances (goals)

Arnold Jan Bruggink (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑrnɔlt ˈjɑn ˈbrɵɣɪŋk]; born 24 July 1977 in Almelo, Overijssel) is a former Dutch footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

He won the Dutch Talent of the Year award in 2000 while playing for PSV Eindhoven and won three league titles and two Supercups with the club, as well as appearing in the UEFA Champions League. He had moved to PSV from FC Twente, where he had been the club's leading goalscorer in the 1995–96 season.

After six seasons in Eindhoven, he moved to Spanish club RCD Mallorca in 2003, where he played in the UEFA Cup but he moved back to his homeland after just one season. He joined SC Heerenveen and spent two seasons playing for them in the Eredivisie and in two successive UEFA Cup campaigns, before again heading abroad when he joined German side Hannover 96 in 2006. He left the club after his contract was not renewed at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Bruggink made two appearances for the Dutch national team in 2000, a 2002 World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland on 2 September and a friendly against Spain on November 15.

Bruggink currently works as a pundit and color commentator for several TV stations in the Netherlands and Germany.

Honours

Club

PSV

Eredivisie: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03
Dutch Super Cup: 2001, 2002

External links

Profile (Dutch)
Arnold Bruggink profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

Dutch Football Talent of the Year (Johan Cruyff Trophy)

Dutch Football Talent of the Year	1984: Been 1985: Van Rooy 1986: Winter 1987: Roy 1988: Huistra 1989: Witschge 1990: Bergkamp 1991: Taument 1992: Overmars 1993: Seedorf 1994: Seedorf 1995: Kluivert 1996: Tomasson 1997: Zenden 1998–99: Van Bommel 1999–2000: Bruggink 2000–01: Van der Vaart 2001–02: Van Persie 2002–03: Robben 2003–04: Heitinga

Johan Cruyff Trophy	2002–03: Robben 2003–04: Sneijder 2004–05: Kalou 2005–06: Huntelaar 2006–07: Afellay 2007–08: Sulejmani 2008–09: Elia 2009–10: Van der Wiel 2010–11: Eriksen 2011–12: Maher 2012–13: Van Ginkel 2013–14: Klaassen 2014–15: Depay

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