Career record
Ryan Babel is a wing half, born 19 December 1986, listed at 185 cm, and holds Kingdom of the Netherlands citizenship. The club record here runs 2004–2023 across 11 clubs, 487 appearances and 101 goals.
The longest stay was Liverpool F.C., 4 years from 2007 to 2011 and 91 appearances. Liverpool F.C. accounts for the most football: 91 appearances of the 487 on record. The best scoring rate came at Beşiktaş J.K. (Football) — 22 in 62, a goal every 2.8 games. Across 19 years there were 10 moves, roughly one every 1.9 seasons. At senior international level the record is 69 caps and 10 goals.
| Club | Years | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Ajax | 2004–2007 | 73 | 14 |
| Liverpool F.C. | 2007–2011 | 91 | 12 |
| TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 2011–2012 | 46 | 5 |
| AFC Ajax | 2012–2013 | 16 | 4 |
| Kasımpaşa S.K. | 2013–2015 | 58 | 14 |
| Al Ain FC | 2015–2015 | 8 | 1 |
| Deportivo de A Coruña | 2015–2015 | 11 | 4 |
| Beşiktaş J.K. (Football) | 2016–2019 | 62 | 22 |
| Fulham F.C. | 2019–2019 | 16 | 5 |
| Galatasaray S.K. | 2019–2022 | 77 | 15 |
| Eyüpspor | 2022–2023 | 29 | 5 |
International record
| Team | Years | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands national under-17 football team | 2002–2003 | 6 | 3 |
| Netherlands national under-19 football team | 2003–2004 | 6 | 2 |
| Netherlands national under-21 football team | 2005–2007 | 5 | 2 |
| Netherlands national association football team | 2005–2021 | 69 | 10 |
His clubs, in this archive
The archive covers 4 of the seasons Ryan Babel spent at Liverpool F.C., 2007/08 to 2010/11. Their best finish in those years was 2nd in 2008/09 and their worst 7th in 2009/10, averaging 71 points a season. Those placings are recalculated from the individual results rather than copied from a table, so they can be read against any other club on this site.
| Season | Competition | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool F.C., 2007/08–2010/11 | |||
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 4th of 20 | 76 |
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | 86 |
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 7th of 20 | 63 |
| 2010/11 | Premier League | 6th of 20 | 58 |
Only the seasons this archive holds are listed — it begins in 2000/01 and covers league matches in the five competitions named above, so a career that started earlier or ran through other leagues shows a gap here rather than a blank.
How this page is put together
The career table above is the structured record held on Wikidata under a public-domain licence, read once and cached, not queried while you are reading. The player is bound to that record by date of birth rather than by name: a name search returns the wrong Klose and three different Robinhos, and a page carrying somebody else’s links cannot afford that.
Compare any two clubs he played for with the head-to-head tool, or read the records these seasons feed into.
Frequently asked
When and where was Ryan Babel born?
19 December 1986, and holds Kingdom of the Netherlands citizenship.
Which clubs did Ryan Babel play for?
11 on record: AFC Ajax, Liverpool F.C., TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, AFC Ajax, Kasımpaşa S.K., Al Ain FC, Deportivo de A Coruña, Beşiktaş J.K. (Football)….
How many of those seasons are in this archive?
4 of them, at 1 club. The archive runs from 2000/01 and covers the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, so seasons outside that window or in other leagues are not counted.
How long did the career last?
From 2004 to 2023 on the club record here, 19 years across 11 clubs in 1 of the five leagues this archive covers.
Which competitions can this site say anything about?
Premier League. Those are the ones his clubs played in during the seasons the archive holds; the rest of the career is listed above but has no placings beside it.
Where do these figures come from?
The career record is the structured data held for this player on Wikidata, which is public-domain. The league placings and points beside it are not: those are recalculated here from every individual result in the archive, which is why they can be compared with any other club or season on this site.