Age Quote by Patrick van Aanholt

I was once in charge of the Dutch team - and then I was introduced to club football!

— Frank Rijkaard

When I played in Belgium, Germany and England, their cultures were similar, more or less, because these clubs are all in Europe.

— Demba Ba

I was always happy to play for the Dutch national team.

— Georginio Wijnaldum

I started my career in an era when footballers were different. There was a different culture.

— Gareth Barry

If you play in Holland, you aren't recognized as a very good player.

— Frank de Boer

I remember, when I arrived in England, a lot of people said that my style of play was not for England.

— Gerard Pique

My background is in Dutch football.

— Andreas Pereira

The first games were against Belgium and Switzerland, and that changed me as well because I used to play striker at Hull, and when…

— Daniel James

When I was playing in the Ajax youth teams - when I was, say, 14, 15 - you started to get all those international…

— Johan Cruyff

When I came over, there was a lot of criticism that I was too young to go to England. I just wanted to take…

— Nathan Ake

I am a player who finds it easy to adapt to the circumstances, and I don't think I would have had a problem adapting…

— Dani Alves

I grew up watching the great Milan teams with the Dutch players.

— Hernan Crespo