Orlando Engelaar

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Orlando Engelaar

Full name	Orlando Engelaar
Date of birth	August 24, 1979 (1979-08-24) (age 28)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Twente
Number	10
Youth clubs
1999-2000	Feyenoord
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2004 2004–2006 2006–	NAC Breda KRC Genk FC Twente	094 (22) 059 (12) 056 0(8)
National team²
2007-	Netherlands	0070(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 25, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 9, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Orlando Engelaar (born August 24, 1979 in Rotterdam, South Holland) is a football attacking midfielder from the Netherlands, who is playing for FC Twente in the Dutch Eredivisie. He previously played for Feyenoord at youth team level, NAC Breda and KRC Genk.

Being 1.98m tall, he is a towering and commanding presence in midfield and also one of the tallest players in the Eredivisie. Previously a striker, he is now usually found in midfield where he has impressed with his aerial and passing abilities. His greatest quality is largely considered to be his through pass because, in spite of his size, he is very much an attack minded player.

Orlando is the captain of FC Twente.

He made his international debut for the Netherlands in a friendly against South Korea on June 2, 2007 and was picked by coach Marco van Basten for the Dutch Euro 2008 squad. He played the full ninety minutes in the Netherlands 3-0 victory over Italy in their Group C match. It was the Netherlands first victory over Italy in thirty years.

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Orlando Engelaar profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

v • d • e FC Twente – current squad

1 Boschker • 2 Wielaert • 3 Braafheid • 4 Zomer • 6 Brama • 7 Denneboom • 9 Kufo • 10 Engelaar • 11 Huysegems • 12 Heubach • 13 Mihaylov • 14 Wilkshire • 15 Elia • 16 Paauwe • 17 Hersi • 19 Douglas • 21 Arnautovic • 22 Wellenberg • 23 Gerritsen • 25 Rendla • 26 Viðarsson • 27 Maaroufi • –– Janssen • –– Tioté • Coach: Vacant

v • d • e Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 2008

1 van der Sar • 2 Ooijer • 3 Heitinga • 4 Mathijsen • 5 van Bronckhorst • 6 De Zeeuw • 7 van Persie • 8 Engelaar • 9 van Nistelrooy • 10 Sneijder • 11 Robben • 12 Melchiot • 13 Timmer • 14 Bouma • 15 De Cler • 16 Stekelenburg • 17 De Jong • 18 Kuyt • 19 Huntelaar • 20 Afellay • 21 Boulahrouz • 22 Vennegoor of Hesselink • 23 van der Vaart • Coach: van Basten