Wesley Sneijder

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                                             Personal information

Full name     Wesley Sneijder[1]

Date of birth     9 June 1984 (age 30)

Place of birth     Utrecht, Netherlands

Height     1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]

Playing position     Attacking midfielder

Club information

Current team            Galatasaray

Number     10

Personal life:

Sneijder has been married to Dutch-Spanish actress and presenter Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen since July, 2010; he has a son from his first marriage. Inspired by his wife and by Inter teammate Javier Zanetti, Sneijder converted to Roman Catholicism and was baptized in Milan.

Sneijder has two brothers: Jeffrey, a former footballer, and Rodney, who plays for RKC Waalwijk. In May, 2008, it was reported that Sneijder had blocked a summer transfer of Rodney to his own club at the time, Real Madrid. Wesley Sneijder said, "Real Madrid wanted him and Rodney was very happy about that. But when I heard [of it], I stopped the discussions. I am not in favour of juniors increasingly going to top clubs. I've told him that he first must make a breakthrough at Ajax".

In April 2015, Sneijder endorsed a Galatasaray-branded set of knives. He was criticised by Leeds United for this, as it was around the 15th anniversary of the murder by stabbing of two of their fans by Galatasaray fans. Sneijder apologised for the endorsement, stating that he was unaware of the historical circumstances, and deleted a Tweet endorsing the knives.

2014 World Cup:

 In August 2012, after the retirement of Mark van Bommel, Sneijder was named as captain of the Netherlands.[64] However, less than a year later he was replaced with Robin van Persie by coach Louis van Gaal.

Sneijder was named by in the Netherlands' squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and made his 100th international appearance in the team's opening match, a 5–1 demolition of world champions Spain on 13 June. In the round of 16, Sneijder scored an 88th minute equaliser, as the Netherlands recovered from a 0–1 deficit to overcome Mexico 2–1 in Fortaleza.

In the quarter-final, Sneijder scored the Netherlands' third kick in a 4–3 penalty shootout defeat of Costa Rica. The semi-final match against Argentina was also decided by a shootout, with Sneijder one of two Netherlands players to have his kick saved by Sergio Romero in a 4–2 defeat. Sneijder was originally part of the Dutch starting line-up in the bronze game against Brazil, but he was replaced by Jonathan de Guzmán after an injury during the pre-match warm-up prevented him from playing.

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