Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Piet Velthuizen ( 1986-11-03 ) 3 November 1986 ( aged 21 ) 0 0 Vitesse
2 2 DF Gianni Zuiverloon ( 1986-12-30 ) 30 December 1986 ( aged 21 ) 0 0 West Bromwich Albion
3 2 DF Dirk Marcellis ( 1988-04-13 ) 13 April 1988 ( aged 20 ) 0 0 PSV
4 2 DF Kew Jaliens * ( 1978-09-15 ) 15 September 1978 ( aged 29 ) 10 0 AZ
5 2 DF Erik Pieters ( 1988-08-07 ) 7 August 1988 ( aged 19 ) 0 0 PSV
6 3 MF Kees Luyckx ( 1986-02-11 ) 11 February 1986 ( aged 22 ) 0 0 AZ
7 3 MF Jonathan de Guzmán ( 1987-09-13 ) 13 September 1987 ( aged 20 ) 0 0 Feyenoord
8 3 MF Urby Emanuelson ( 1986-06-16 ) 16 June 1986 ( aged 22 ) 11 0 Ajax
9 4 FW Roy Makaay * ( c ) ( 1975-03-09 ) 9 March 1975 ( aged 33 ) 43 6 Feyenoord
10 4 FW Gerald Sibon * ( 1974-04-19 ) 19 April 1974 ( aged 34 ) 0 0 Heerenveen
11 4 FW Ryan Babel ( 1986-12-19 ) 19 December 1986 ( aged 21 ) 25 5 Liverpool
12 3 MF Hedwiges Maduro ( 1985-02-13 ) 13 February 1985 ( aged 23 ) 12 0 Valencia
13 2 DF Calvin Jong-a-Pin ( 1986-08-18 ) 18 August 1986 ( aged 21 ) 0 0 Heerenveen
14 3 MF Evander Sno ( 1987-04-09 ) 9 April 1987 ( aged 21 ) 0 0 Celtic
15 3 MF Royston Drenthe ( 1987-04-08 ) 8 April 1987 ( aged 21 ) 0 0 Real Madrid
16 4 FW Roy Beerens ( 1987-12-22 ) 22 December 1987 ( aged 20 ) 0 0 Heerenveen
17 3 MF Otman Bakkal ( 1985-02-27 ) 27 February 1985 ( aged 23 ) 0 0 PSV
18 1 GK Kenneth Vermeer ( 1986-01-10 ) 10 January 1986 ( aged 22 ) 0 0 Ajax
Football -- Men 's tournament
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The Netherlands competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This was announced in an official statement on the NOC*NSF website. In the statement they named the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games as a highlight in sports to which a lot of sportspeople, coaches and the Dutch sports fans would look forward. The Netherlands aimed for a top 10 nations ranking in the Olympics as well as a top 25 ranking in the Paralympics; they ended up ranking 12th at the Games. Further in the statement they announced that they were aware of the political discussions about human rights and other issues in the People's Republic of China and that they encouraged these discussions, but that they would only participate in sports related discussions. They say individual sportspeople, coaches and managers might have their own opinions about the issues but these would always be conveyed as personal opinions deriving from their own social views. They believe sports activities do have the opportunity to positively influence the situation in the People's Republic of China when it comes to implementing the sports rules correctly as well as in situations improving the levels of respect, solidarity and fair play in sports. There were 243 athletes representing the Netherlands. 15 in athletics, 24 in baseball, 2 in canoeing, 27 in cycling, 8 in equestrian, 2 in fencing, 32 in field hockey, 18 in football, 2 in gymnastics, 10 in judo, 30 in rowing, 12 in sailing, 15 in softball, 21 in swimming, 3 in table tennis, 1 in taekwondo, 2 in triathlon, 6 in volleyball and 13 in water polo. 61 different athletes won a medal, which is 25.10% of all athletes. With a gold and a silver medal Anky van Grunsven was the only multiple medalist. The athletes that qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics are listed below.