Stijn Schaars

Retired
Last club: Heerenveen Most games for: AZ Alkmaar Retired since: Jul 1, 2019

Date of birth/Age: Jan 11, 1984 (40)
Place of birth: Gendt
Citizenship: Netherlands

Height: 1,78 m
Position: Defensive Midfield

Former International: Netherlands
Caps/Goals: 24 / 0

Currently working as:

Assistant Manager Club: PSV Eindhoven

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Netherlands
16		Netherlands	Aug 16, 2006	24	-	Marco van Basten	22 years 07 months 05 days
	Netherlands B
-		Netherlands B	-	1	-
	Netherlands U21
6		Netherlands U21	-	20	1

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			24	-	-	-	12	7	1	-	-	-	-	1.150'
	International Friendlies	16	-	-	-	8	6	1	-	-	-	-	763'
	World Cup qualification	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	280'
	European Qualifiers	4	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	107'
	EURO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	World Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Dublin	Aug 16, 2006	Ireland	Netherlands	0:4	DM			83'	83'
	European Qualifiers
	Group G	Luxemburg	Sep 2, 2006	Luxembourg	Netherlands	0:1	DM			45'	45'
	Group G	Eindhoven	Sep 6, 2006	Netherlands	Belarus	3:0			68'		22'
	Group G	Sofia	Oct 7, 2006	Bulgaria	Netherlands	1:1			90'		1'
	Group G	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 11, 2006	Netherlands	Albania	2:1			50'		40'
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 15, 2006	Netherlands	England	1:1	DM				90'
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Feb 7, 2007	Netherlands	Russia	4:1	Hip problems
	European Qualifiers
	Group G	Rotterdam	Mar 24, 2007	Netherlands	Romania	0:0	Hip problems
	Group G	Celje	Mar 28, 2007	Slovenia	Netherlands	0:1	Hip problems
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Jun 2, 2007	South Korea	Netherlands	0:2	Hip problems
		Bangkok	Jun 6, 2007	Thailand	Netherlands	1:3	Hip problems
		Carouge	Aug 22, 2007	Switzerland	Netherlands	2:1	Hip problems
	European Qualifiers
	Group G	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Sep 8, 2007	Netherlands	Bulgaria	2:0	Hip problems
	Group G	Tirana	Sep 12, 2007	Albania	Netherlands	0:1	Hip problems
	Group G	Constanta	Oct 13, 2007	Romania	Netherlands	1:0	Hip problems
	Group G	Eindhoven	Oct 17, 2007	Netherlands	Slovenia	2:0	Hip problems
	Group G	Rotterdam	Nov 17, 2007	Netherlands	Luxembourg	1:0	Hip problems
	Group G	Minsk	Nov 21, 2007	Belarus	Netherlands	2:1	Hip problems
	International Friendlies
		Split	Feb 6, 2008	Croatia	Netherlands	0:3	Hip problems
		Wien	Mar 26, 2008	Austria	Netherlands	3:4	Not in squad
		Rotterdam	May 24, 2008	Netherlands	Ukraine	3:0	Not in squad
		Eindhoven	May 29, 2008	Netherlands	Denmark	1:1	Not in squad
		Rotterdam	Jun 1, 2008	Netherlands	Wales	2:0	Not in squad
	EURO 2008
	Group C	Bern	Jun 9, 2008	Netherlands	Italy	3:0	Not in squad
	Group C	Bern	Jun 13, 2008	Netherlands	France	4:1	Not in squad
	Group C	Bern	Jun 17, 2008	Netherlands	Romania	2:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Basel	Jun 21, 2008	Netherlands	Russia	1:3 AET	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Moskau	Aug 20, 2008	Russia	Netherlands	1:1	Not in squad
		Eindhoven	Sep 6, 2008	Netherlands	Australia	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group I	Skopje	Sep 10, 2008	Macedonia	Netherlands	1:2	Not in squad
	group I	Rotterdam	Oct 11, 2008	Netherlands	Iceland	2:0	Not in squad
	group I	Oslo	Oct 15, 2008	Norway	Netherlands	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 19, 2008	Netherlands	Sweden	3:1	With U21 national team
		Tunis	Feb 11, 2009	Tunisia	Netherlands	1:1	DM		59'		31'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group I	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 28, 2009	Netherlands	Scotland	3:0			80'		10'
	group I	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Apr 1, 2009	Netherlands	Macedonia	4:0	on the bench
	group I	Reykjavík	Jun 6, 2009	Iceland	Netherlands	1:2	on the bench
	group I	Rotterdam	Jun 10, 2009	Netherlands	Norway	2:0	DM				90'
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Aug 12, 2009	Netherlands	England	2:2	DM			82'	82'
		Enschede	Sep 5, 2009	Netherlands	Japan	3:0	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group I	Glasgow	Sep 9, 2009	Scotland	Netherlands	0:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Sydney	Oct 10, 2009	Australia	Netherlands	0:0	DM	36'		64'	64'
		Pescara	Nov 14, 2009	Italy	Netherlands	0:0	on the bench
		Heerenveen	Nov 18, 2009	Netherlands	Paraguay	0:0	on the bench
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 3, 2010	Netherlands	USA	2:1	on the bench
		Freiburg im Breisgau	May 26, 2010	Netherlands	Mexico	2:1	DM			46'	45'
		Rotterdam	Jun 1, 2010	Netherlands	Ghana	4:1	on the bench
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Jun 5, 2010	Netherlands	Hungary	6:1	on the bench
	World Cup 2010
	Group E	Johannesburg	Jun 14, 2010	Netherlands	Denmark	2:0	on the bench
	Group E	Durban	Jun 19, 2010	Netherlands	Japan	1:0	on the bench
	Group E	Kapstadt	Jun 24, 2010	Cameroon	Netherlands	1:2	on the bench
	Round of 16	Durban	Jun 28, 2010	Netherlands	Slovakia	2:1	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 2, 2010	Netherlands	Brazil	2:1	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	Kapstadt	Jul 6, 2010	Uruguay	Netherlands	2:3	on the bench
	Final	Johannesburg	Jul 11, 2010	Netherlands	Spain	0:1 AET	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Donetsk	Aug 11, 2010	Ukraine	Netherlands	1:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Serravalle	Sep 3, 2010	San Marino	Netherlands	0:5	Not in squad
	Group E	Rotterdam	Sep 7, 2010	Netherlands	Finland	2:1	Not in squad
	Group E	Chisinau	Oct 8, 2010	Moldova	Netherlands	0:1	Not in squad
	Group E	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 12, 2010	Netherlands	Sweden	4:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 17, 2010	Netherlands	Türkiye	1:0			87'		3'
		Eindhoven	Feb 9, 2011	Netherlands	Austria	3:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Budapest	Mar 25, 2011	Hungary	Netherlands	0:4	Not in squad
	Group E	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 29, 2011	Netherlands	Hungary	5:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Goiânia	Jun 4, 2011	Brazil	Netherlands	0:0	AM		74'		16'
		Montevideo	Jun 8, 2011	Uruguay	Netherlands	1:1	DM		60'		30'
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Eindhoven	Sep 2, 2011	Netherlands	San Marino	11:0	Not in squad
	Group E	Helsinki	Sep 6, 2011	Finland	Netherlands	0:2	Not in squad
	Group E	Rotterdam	Oct 7, 2011	Netherlands	Moldova	1:0	Not in squad
	Group E	Solna, Stockholm	Oct 11, 2011	Sweden	Netherlands	3:2	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 11, 2011	Netherlands	Switzerland	0:0	on the bench
		Hamburg	Nov 15, 2011	Germany	Netherlands	3:0	on the bench
		London	Feb 29, 2012	England	Netherlands	2:3	LB		46'		45'
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	May 26, 2012	Netherlands	Bulgaria	1:2	LB		64'		26'
		Rotterdam	May 30, 2012	Netherlands	Slovakia	2:0	LB				90'
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Jun 2, 2012	Netherlands	N. Ireland	6:0	LB		77'		13'
	EURO 2012
	Group B	Kharkiv	Jun 9, 2012	Netherlands	Denmark	0:1	on the bench
	Group B	Kharkiv	Jun 13, 2012	Netherlands	Germany	1:2	on the bench
	Group B	Kharkiv	Jun 17, 2012	Portugal	Netherlands	2:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Brüssel	Aug 15, 2012	Belgium	Netherlands	4:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Sep 7, 2012	Netherlands	Türkiye	2:0	Meniscus injury
	Group D	Budapest	Sep 11, 2012	Hungary	Netherlands	1:4	Meniscus injury
	Group D	Rotterdam	Oct 12, 2012	Netherlands	Andorra	3:0	Not in squad
	Group D	Bucharest	Oct 16, 2012	Romania	Netherlands	1:4	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 14, 2012	Netherlands	Germany	0:0	Not in squad
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Feb 6, 2013	Netherlands	Italy	1:1	Foot surgery
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 22, 2013	Netherlands	Estonia	3:0	Foot surgery
	Group D	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 26, 2013	Netherlands	Romania	4:0	Foot surgery
	International Friendlies
		Jakarta	Jun 7, 2013	Indonesia	Netherlands	0:3	Not in squad
		Peking	Jun 11, 2013	China	Netherlands	0:2	Not in squad
		Faro	Aug 14, 2013	Portugal	Netherlands	1:1	unknown injury
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group D	Tallinn	Sep 6, 2013	Estonia	Netherlands	2:2	DM				90'
	Group D	Andorra la Vella	Sep 10, 2013	Andorra	Netherlands	0:2	DM				90'
	Group D	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 11, 2013	Netherlands	Hungary	8:1	Knee injury
	Group D	Kadıköy/İstanbul	Oct 15, 2013	Türkiye	Netherlands	0:2	Knee injury
	International Friendlies
		Genk	Nov 16, 2013	Japan	Netherlands	2:2	on the bench
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 19, 2013	Netherlands	Colombia	0:0	DM			80'	80'
		Saint Denis	Mar 5, 2014	France	Netherlands	2:0	DM		39'		51'
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	May 17, 2014	Netherlands	Ecuador	1:1	Knee injury
		Rotterdam	May 31, 2014	Netherlands	Ghana	1:0	Knee injury
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Jun 4, 2014	Netherlands	Wales	2:0	Knee injury
	World Cup 2014
	Group B	Salvador	Jun 13, 2014	Spain	Netherlands	1:5	Knee injury
	Group B	Porto Alegre (RS)	Jun 18, 2014	Australia	Netherlands	2:3	Knee injury
	Group B		Jun 23, 2014	Netherlands	Chile	2:0	Knee injury
	Round of 16	Fortaleza	Jun 29, 2014	Netherlands	Mexico	2:1	Knee injury
	Quarter-Finals	Salvador	Jul 5, 2014	Netherlands	Costa Rica	4:3 on pens	Knee injury
	Semi-Finals		Jul 9, 2014	Netherlands	Argentina	2:4 on pens	Knee injury
	Third Place Play-Off	Brasília	Jul 12, 2014	Brazil	Netherlands	0:3	Knee injury
	International Friendlies
		Bari	Sep 4, 2014	Italy	Netherlands	2:0	Knee injury
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	Prag	Sep 9, 2014	Czechia	Netherlands	2:1	Knee injury
	Group A	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 10, 2014	Netherlands	Kazakhstan	3:1	Knee injury
	Group A	Reykjavík	Oct 13, 2014	Iceland	Netherlands	2:0	Knee injury
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 12, 2014	Netherlands	Mexico	2:3	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 16, 2014	Netherlands	Latvia	6:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 28, 2015	Netherlands	Türkiye	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 31, 2015	Netherlands	Spain	2:0	Not in squad
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Jun 5, 2015	Netherlands	USA	3:4	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group A	Riga	Jun 12, 2015	Latvia	Netherlands	0:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Sep 3, 2015	Netherlands	Iceland	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A		Sep 6, 2015	Türkiye	Netherlands	3:0	Not in squad
	Group A	Astana	Oct 10, 2015	Kazakhstan	Netherlands	1:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 13, 2015	Netherlands	Czechia	2:3	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Cardiff	Nov 13, 2015	Wales	Netherlands	2:3	Not in squad
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Mar 25, 2016	Netherlands	France	2:3	Not in squad
		London	Mar 29, 2016	England	Netherlands	1:2	Not in squad
		Dublin	May 27, 2016	Ireland	Netherlands	1:1	Not in squad
		Gdańsk	Jun 1, 2016	Poland	Netherlands	1:2	Not in squad
		Wien	Jun 4, 2016	Austria	Netherlands	0:2	Not in squad
		Eindhoven	Sep 1, 2016	Netherlands	Greece	1:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group A	Stockholm	Sep 6, 2016	Sweden	Netherlands	1:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Rotterdam	Oct 7, 2016	Netherlands	Belarus	4:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Oct 10, 2016	Netherlands	France	0:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 9, 2016	Netherlands	Belgium	1:1	DM			15'	15'
Squad: 48, Starting eleven: 12, Substituted in: 12, On the bench: 24, Suspended: 0, Injured: 35,