That goal in the WC semi’s vs URU from Van Bronckhorst is one of my favorite goals of all time. It was a laser.

Made me very happy that you mentioned fairly about his time in Galatasaray and you did it from the perspective of a Galatasaray fan. Almost brought tears to my eyes. You are a great storyteller. As Galatasaray fans, we will always worship Sneijder. He was such a class player. I will always remember his name with the screams of the spectators. His 10 goals in a season was equal to another players 40 goals, because all of his goals were decisive. When all hope was lost Sneijder would appear out of nowhere and score a magical goal, and not against easy opponents, against world giants like juve and real madrid. On top of that he geniunly loved the fans.

When they didn't give him the ballon dor I started valuing it less, when they gave it to Modric (who by the way did less than Sneijder did in 2010) I finally understood it's a joke of an award

Can never forget the guy..I scored my 1st FIFA freekick through him during the early days of PS3 n from there I sort of became a digital set piece specialist😁

If there’s one thing I have learned from this video it’s that Brazil has a sad sad recent history of flailing out of the World Cup in the most dramatically upsetting ways possible

Sneijdeeeeer ❤💛 He is a Legend in Netherland but in Istanbul ..in Istanbul he is Immortal

Snieijer got rich. But he did his thing for 2 years or so. He was a beast..

I'm not Dutch, but aside from my own country, I have always wanted the Netherlands to win just one major competition in the last 30 years. For such a small country to produce so many world class players is more than surprising, it's amazing. I look back at the semi final of Euro 2000 playing against a 10 man Italy side, missing a penalty and feeling like this was their best opportunity to win a major tournament. Others might say the 2010 world cup final, but tbh Spain were always going to win that game one way or another. But even with all this top class talent, there have been occasions where the Netherlands have failed to even qualify for some world cups and Euro's, which makes no sense at all. Balance is key, without VVD they just don't look like a team who can keep clean sheets. If's, but's and maybe's. If RVN had not have gotten injured, maybe they would have won Euro 2000? If VVD had not spent two thirds of the season out injured, they would have gone further in the Euro's. But anyway, the home of Trance and the home of total football, what a fantastic country. I pick watching a Netherlands match over any other nation (other than England) because I love watching them play. One country who you cannot say are boring to watch, are Holland. The best second half performance I have ever seen, was that demolition of Spain in the 2014 world cup. I'm yet to see anything more impressive than that.

I am dutch, born in 1997, at the 2010 WC i was 12 years old, you see I never seen cruijf, van basten,bergkamp play live, I only grew up with the stories of them and the videos on youtube. But let me tell you, as a Dutch guy growing up with this generation was a blessing. Sneijder and Robben are for me the 2 dutch goats( yes I know van basten,cruijf etc are better) but as a 12 year old footbal fan Robben and Sneijder just blew me away that WC.

Wesley you earned your place among the great Dutch soccer players. You have given us many enjoyable moments in soccer.

This guy was WORLD CLASS in his prime… I mean like Xavi like… he didn’t get the recognition he deserved..

I think you are downplaying the amount of work inter did to beat Barca. I am an inter fan and I remember the press conferences and the players positions. Mourinho changed so much of the gameplay so one of Cambiasso Zanetti or Motta keep an eye on Messi. Inter used Maicon to start their counter attack because he had explosive speed. Eto’o had defensive roles and the only one who didn’t come back on defense was Milito. It was not luck or a mistake from Barca. Inter was simply better. They were mastering defense football and defense wins championships.

I love how difficult it is for foreigners to pronounce Dutch words! Words like Utrecht seem to be impossible to pronounce correctly. Great video!

Can you make a video on allan simonsen btw he won the ballon d'or, he was very underrated too

I remember at the time of 2008 till roughly 2016 just how many good long balls could be hurled forward seemingly out of nowhere, and just the pleasure of Sneijders passes were so incredibly deadly. It was truly a pleasure to follow the national squad with such a phenomenal midfield at the time.

He deserved the ballon d'Or in 2010

Make one on Ribery as well Let's also talk about Ribery in 2013... And Ronaldo still getting the Balon D'Or

I don’t know if Zlatan’s time at Ajax was “underwhelming” he was in his early 20s at the time, having only played in Sweden before and managed to keep a 0.43 goal/game ratio.

Always enjoy these videos!!

you're videos are amazing 😍😍 much love bro

Love to see this, he gave us so much happiness.

Man I'd love to see a van der Kuylen video! Eredivisie all time topscorer, PSV legend, 'bullied' out of the Dutch national team because of a devision between the 'big cities' (Cruyff+Neeskems) and the 'provinces' (vd Kuylen and v Beveren). Recently deceased, but a legend in the game!

A definite legend great video thanks!

Still one of my favourite players of all time. Sneijder, Robben and Requelme are the guys who made football beautiful in my eyes!

Iniesta, Xavi, Sneijder, but especially Sneijder, were much better players, not only in the World Cup but in the rest of the national and international championships that year, than Messi, Cristiano and Forlán. Years later he said he had personal troubles with alcohol, that’s why he couldn’t succeed as everybody wanted, expected and he deserved. Anyways, all of us who love football will ever have a special place in our memories for a talented player called Wesley Sneijder.

I remember this guy from fifa 13 on my Nintendo 3ds those were the days.

I remember Sneijder from using him from pes 2018 and his kicking power was too good for a gold ball and I used him instead of black Ball

Can you make one with either michael or Brian of the Laudrup brothers?

Some of the Inter Milan goals look familiar 😉 nice video man

1:09 Only DOS’ professional side merged to become FC Utrecht as well, their amateur team eventually ended up merging with 2 other teams (Elinkwijk and Velox) to become DHC and later merged again to become DHSC. I actually grew up in the same neighbourhood, literally like 2 streets away from Wesley Sneijder and even played at the amateur club before i had to quit due to health issues. Wesley’s younger brother is the captain of DHSC team now. Wesley’s older brother is the head coach, and for a while his 15 year old son Jessey played there as well but recently signed a youth contract at FC Utrecht. When he played at Al-Gharafa he even funded a training camp for the entire DHSC squad for 6 days in Qatar and let them play a match against his then current club at the end. Last year instead of doing an internship to become a coach at a pro club, he chose to take the internship from his older brother at the amateur club just so he could be back where it all started, just in a different role. I still sometimes watch their matches and Wesley is still the same, he hates losing even as a coach at an amateur club

great video 👍

I am a local Galatasaray fan. I remember watching Wesley's Eredivisie debut and goal, i remember watching his first international goal. Yet again they couldn't make it to WC2002. From that moment i was obsessed with Wesley. I was fantasizing him playing for Galatasaray. I am saying fantasizing instead of dreaming, because whicever Football Manager game i played, it was simply impossible to transfer Wesley to Galatasaray even if i added a second manager even if acceped the offer from Galatasaray. Even if i fine Wesley off his wages. And to be honest it was quite realistic at the time it was not a realistic scenario back then. Back in summer 2008 i remember watching Netherlands - France match admiring Wesley's characteristic dished goal from outside of the penalty area. I remember praising Wesley to my first girl friend ever. She was relatively in Football she was also impressed my Robin Van Persie. Years past Wesley signed for my club in the same year of my passing beloved father. Van persie to our arch rivals my first girlfriend's club. After a decade of admiration, once or twice in a week it was a total therapy to see Wesley in Galatasaray shirt, it was a get away from my life's sad reality back then. And coincidence about RVP helped me remember about times when my father was healthy and be more grateful to memories then sorry about life's only one reality. Thank you Wesley. İki gözüm.

Nice video bro

one of the reason for sneijder on turkey was for his hair, on that time took a good chance to make some transplants and just after a year we see it a great result.

- Was Sneijder better than Messi? - No. No he wasn't. Hope that clears things up.

i never watched football in my life but i even heard of this guys name outside of CR7 and Messi.

Thank you for everything Sneijder Abi ❤💛

i like this type of video, thought provoking video.

Wesley was definitely world class in the early years of his career 💯🔥

As a Dutch I miss Sneijder, Robben, van Persie and van der vaart those were the days ❤ now we got depay bergwijn weghorst I also like them but you can’t compare

Young Sneijder reminds me of Antoin Griezman

WC 2010, Sneijder was highly revered in South African townships.. Messi and Ronaldo did not make to the final so Wesley was idolised especially at my school, we unanimously agreed that he was a stand out perfomer for that tournament. I was convinced the Dutch would lift it, but Iniesta had other ideas.

Sneijder should've won the Ballon D'or in 2010. It was criminal what they did . The Brazil vs Netherlands was one of the most impressive matches of that world cup. (Aside from Ghana vs Uruguay)

Your English accent is so good you said "shitted". So lovely

Consistency. He wasn't better than Messi but he showed serious talent for a while

He was the reason the dutch made it so far in 2010 and 2014.

Legend !!!!

Um canal de um português infelizmente tem de ser em inglês para ter mais reconhecimento. Excelente vídeo!

Well done good job

LEGEND 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The man was robbed of the Ballon Dor in 2010 like Ribery was in 2013. He just needed dedication to stay at the top.

Bro. Please make a video on Jaap Stam in the future

This is so old, when you were rank players, what a start

Sneijder was a very special player, I reckon that he should have won a BDR. If Modric could win it then I don't see why he couldn't. I cant think of a player who scored more important goals and assists than him! He had to deal with so much bias! I mean to score and assist the most and to get to the final but to loose the award to Forlan who did the same but not make the final........I mean seriously?? Please make that make sense!?!?! That Dutch team was something as well! Been a while since they have been such a force!

Its still baffle me when Sneijder doesn't win the 2010 Ballon D'or consider he won treble with inter Milan and played a huge part in that team and reached world cup final while Messi won nothing in that year while Germany destroy Argentina with 4-0 winning in world Cup tho

the sniper one of the finest players of our times without a doubt

Sneider in 2010: Voted best player of Serie A Won Serie A Won Copa Italia Won Super Copa Won Champions League​ Runner up world cup/ top scorer at world cup / voted second best player at world cup En route to that Champions League victory, Sneijder's Inter actually knocked out Barcelona, with Sneijder himself grabbing a goal and an assist in the 3-1 win at San Siro which ultimately decided the winner of the semi-final. Voted as second best player at the world cup, just behind Forlan. And top scorer at the world cup together with muller, forlan and Villa. He also played the finals in 2010 world cup. Argentina and Messi lost to Germany 4 - 0 in the quarter finals... Sneijder won literally every price he could win that year, being the best and most instrumental player of the best and most successful team of that year.. If you are voted to be the best player of the team that won every price domestic and European + you outperform at the world cup. No thought in my mind he should've won! He had 5 pieces of silver and Messi had 2 that year. Enough said and in the head to head duels Messi lost and in every other competition Inter and Sneijder performed better than Barcelona and Messi... Messi didn't even score one goal at the world cup in 2010. He even has a negative record... Lionel Messi recorded 29 shots at the 2010 World Cup but did not score a goal, the most of any player at a single World Cup without scoring since this data is available (1966) You can love Messi as much as you want, so do I. But he has won 2-3 ballon d'ors purely because he's Messi. This year exactly the same. Nobody gives a shit about Inter Miami and his time at PSG was mediocre at best. If not Sneijder in 2010, it should've been Iniesta then... Actually if they would've voted with the old system, Sneijder would've won by a landslide... Sneijder's success was appreciated by the journalists who were invited to vote for the 2010 Ballon d'Or. He earned 293 points from that section of the votes, enough to put him top of the pile ahead of Iniesta (226), Xavi (229) and Messi (175). Sneijder would have won under previous rules In any year before 2010, that would have meant Sneijder won the award, but this was a special occasion as it was the first year in which the Ballon d'Or was taken over by FIFA, who invited players and managers to chip in as well. What started off as a recognition of accomplishment quickly turned into a glorified popularity contest, with most of the new voters deciding that Messi, who admittedly was probably the best player on the planet at the time, deserved the award ahead of Sneijder. Sure, Sneijder didn't have the kind of otherworldly class that Messi possessed at the time, but that's not the point. The award was supposed to honour the man that had the best year. And that didn't happen.

Legend for me.

If Robben scored against Casillas with the great pass coming from Sneijder, he would have won a World Cup and a Ballon D'or. Robben, who was his opponent in 2010 UCL, brought everything down for him as his teammate.

Can you make a video on Pablo Garcia? He is the best Uruguayan midfielder in history.

Can you make a video on stoichkov?

Juan Roman Requelme SHOULD included as an unsung genius of the game!!

03:58 no 10 my favorite South African Steven Pinaar

If you are comparing Messi and Sneijder then maake sure you compare them individually, stats included. If Ballondor was won on collective success then players like Ramos, Salah, Mane, Neuer, Griezmann would have won it.

You should make a video about Milito too

Snejider was goat! Do robben too 😍

13:00 I think that goal was his first goal with the head in his career as well.

Lothar Matthäus video please :)

Player of tournament 2010 WC Ballon dor 2010

Sneijder should've got more recognition as he was far better with one toe than a lot of the other Ballon D'or top 5 players had in both feet, he was seriously seriously good. I always enjoyed watching him play on the old Roger.

Make 1 about Gheorghe Hagi please!!

Sneijder is a Man Utd Legend!!

If the ball was on sneijder his feet at all time, the amount of goals would have been ridiculous

I don't like the Dutch team or Inter. But I couldn't not like Sneijder. He was a special player with excellent skills. I think he deserves to be mentioned among the bests. He was a true legend.

Can you make of Pelé

I feel like him being level with pirlo & henry is pretty fair

Sneijder was SO freakishly good at his prime

If only Ajax signed him from Inter! He would have revived his career. btw you (narrator) needs special mentions, you sure Capture your audience! Thanks for the videos

I feel Robben is up there too.

the best

He left the top leagues way too soon. Wish he'd also done a stint in the MLS

He deversed the ballon d’Or in 2010 sorry Legend Wesley 💔

Do Dennis Bergkamp!

Can u do a video on papin

Can you do Robin Van Persie?

I see daily dose, I get happy

ribery was the only person i think was robbed of a ballon dor

Giant⚽️👏🎩

Messi🐐 but snejider was a beast

Please can you do Charles Puyol?

Sneijder was a really wonderful player on his day, albeit also a frustrating one to watch as, despite his obvious talent, he was inconsistent at times and not always the most dynamic or hard-working player, but he was a great playmaker, set-piece taker, and a wonderful passer and striker of the ball from distance with either foot. Although Messi had been great for Barca with his goalscoring and performances, and there had been some other great performances from the likes of Milito, Iniesta, and Forlán (even Xavi), I still feel like Sneijder's preformance in 2010 was Ballon d'Or worthy (and with the old regulations he would have won it, just not the former FIFA World Player of the Year), even though often players in more creative roles who aren't as prolific are usually overlooked. I think describing him as a one season wonder is harsh, because he was still a good player generally, but it is true that he never quite reached those heights again. That season he was really something else with his all his numerous assists for Inter, especially in crucial games (plus a few big goals as well), and his high quality performances, plus his goals at the World Cup with the Netherlands (and if Robben's finishing had been better, then likely he would have assisted the title-winning goal in the final as well). It's a shame that he couldn't replicate that level of performance for the rest of his career, because in that one season he basically came inches away from winning everything possible in football. But realistically, he isn't quite at the level of an all-time great like Pirlo, who maintained that level for longer, and who was an even better passer. But still one of the greatest playmakers of his generation, as you said!

Bro he looked like he always liked to party lmao.

Messi had the best individual season. Ballon dor in my perspective the person with the best season wins it. Winning the ucl is a team achievement

that moment when zlatan kinda lived behind me in diemen zuid lol

In 2010, Snijder scored and assisted less than 15 goals for Inter Milan. Yet, they think he was better than Mess who scored over 40. Gtfoh

Her was very good. Amazing in 2010 tbf

I need a video on Steven Gerrard

Everyone knows he won the 2010 ballon d’or, just unofficially

It’s almost seems unfair how many players Messi and Ronaldo have eclipsed and have not been celebrated as they could have been if these two were not part of this era

I like this kinda of videos they're perfect research 🙂.