Career record
Arjen Robben is a attacking midfielder, right winger, born 23 January 1984, listed at 180 cm, and holds Kingdom of the Netherlands citizenship. The club record here runs 1989–2021 across 8 clubs, 427 appearances and 151 goals.
The longest stay was FC Bayern Munich, 10 years from 2009 to 2019 and 201 appearances. FC Bayern Munich accounts for the most football: 201 appearances of the 427 on record. The best scoring rate came at FC Bayern Munich — 99 in 201, a goal every 2.0 games. Across 32 years there were 7 moves, roughly one every 4.6 seasons. At senior international level the record is 96 caps and 37 goals.
| Club | Years | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| VV Bedum | 1989–1996 | — | — |
| FC Groningen | 1996–2000 | — | — |
| FC Groningen | 2000–2002 | 46 | 8 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 2002–2004 | 56 | 18 |
| Chelsea F.C. | 2004–2007 | 67 | 15 |
| Real Madrid Club de Fútbol | 2007–2009 | 50 | 11 |
| FC Bayern Munich | 2009–2019 | 201 | 99 |
| FC Groningen | 2020–2021 | 7 | 0 |
International record
| Team | Years | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands national under-15 football team | 1999–2000 | 11 | 4 |
| Netherlands national under-17 football team | 2000–2000 | 3 | 1 |
| Netherlands national under-21 football team | 2001–2003 | 8 | 1 |
| Netherlands national under-19 football team | 2001–2002 | 8 | 2 |
| Netherlands national association football team | 2003–2017 | 96 | 37 |
His clubs, in this archive
The archive covers 10 of the seasons Arjen Robben spent at FC Bayern Munich, 2009/10 to 2018/19. FC Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga eight times in that span and finished in the top four ten times, averaging 80 points a season. At Chelsea F.C., 3 covered seasons run 2004/05 to 2006/07, best finish 1st in 2004/05. At Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, 2 covered seasons run 2007/08 to 2008/09, best finish 1st in 2007/08. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea F.C., 2004/05–2006/07 | |||
| 2004/05 | Premier League | 1st of 20 | 95 |
| 2005/06 | Premier League | 1st of 20 | 91 |
| 2006/07 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | 83 |
| Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, 2007/08–2008/09 | |||
| 2007/08 | La Liga | 1st of 20 | 85 |
| 2008/09 | La Liga | 2nd of 20 | 78 |
| FC Bayern Munich, 2009/10–2018/19 | |||
| 2009/10 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 70 |
| 2010/11 | Bundesliga | 3rd of 18 | 65 |
| 2011/12 | Bundesliga | 2nd of 18 | 73 |
| 2012/13 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 91 |
| 2013/14 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 90 |
| 2014/15 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 79 |
| 2015/16 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 88 |
| 2016/17 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 82 |
| 2017/18 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 84 |
| 2018/19 | Bundesliga | 1st of 18 | 78 |
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 Arjen Robben born?
23 January 1984, and holds Kingdom of the Netherlands citizenship.
Which clubs did Arjen Robben play for?
8 on record: VV Bedum, FC Groningen, FC Groningen, PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea F.C., Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, FC Bayern Munich, FC Groningen.
How many of those seasons are in this archive?
15 of them, at 3 clubs. 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 1989 to 2021 on the club record here, 32 years across 8 clubs in 3 of the five leagues this archive covers.
Which competitions can this site say anything about?
Bundesliga, La Liga, 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.