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When Dennis Bergkamp retired from international football in the
summer of 2000, he did so as Holland's all-time record scorer with
37 goals from 79 appearances.
Appearances in major competitions
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The goal that broke the record, previously held by
Faas Wilkes, came in the last minute of the 1998
World Cup Quarter-Final against Argentina (right).
It proved to be the winner, and the strike was later
voted best goal of the tournament.
He made his debut against Italy in a friendly in
Palermo in September 1990. Holland won 1-0, and
just two months later he celebrated his first goal
in orange. It came in a 2-0 European
Championships qualifier win over Greece.
During his international career, Dennis played in
five major tournaments, but was knocked out
of four of them on penalties.
His last game proved to be the European
Championships semi-final defeat to Italy in
2000. Dennis had been substituted late in that
match so had to watch from the sidelines as
the Italians beat Holland in the shoot-out.
His goalscoring record has since been
overtaken by Patrick Kluivert, but he remains
second in the list, and joint seventh in the all-
time appearance list for Holland.
National team debut
September 26,1990
Italy o, Holland 1
Total caps: 79
First goal
November 21,1990
Holland 2, Greece o
Total goals: 37
Last game
June 29, 2000
Holland o, Italy o
European Championship 1992 in Sweden (4 apps, 3 goals)
June 12,1992 Holland 1, Scotland o (1 goat)
June 15,1992 Holland o, CIS o
June 18,1992 Holland 3, Germany 1 (1 goal)
June 22,1992 Holland 2, Denmark 2 (Denmark won 5-4 on pens) (1 goal)
World Cup 1994 in USA (5 apps, 3 goals)
June 21,1994 Holland 2, Saudi Arabia 1
June 25,1994 Holland o, Belgium 1
June 29,1994 Holland 2, Morocco 1 (1 goal)
July 4,1994 Holland 2, Republic of Ireland o (1 goal)
July 9,1994 Holland 2, Brazil 3 (1 goal)
European Championship 1996 in England (4 apps, 1 goal)
June 10,1996 Holland o, Scotland o
June 13,1996 Holland 2, Switzerland o (1 goal)
June 18,1996 Holland 1, England 4
June 22,1996 Holland o, France o (France won 5-4 on pens)
World Cup 1998 in France (7 apps, 3 goals)
June 13,1998 Holland o, Belgium o
June 20,1998 Holland 5, South Korea o (1 goal)
June 25,1998 Holland 2, Mexico 2
June 29,1998 Holland 2, Yugoslavia 1 (1 goal)
July 4,1998 Holland 2, Argentina 1 (1 goal)
July 7,1998 Holland 1, Brazil 1 (Brazil won 4-2 on penalties)
July 11,1998 Holland 1, Croatia 2
European Championship 2000 in Holland and Belgium (5 apps)
June 11, 2000 Holland 1, Czech Republic o
June 16, 2000 Holland 3, Denmark o
June 21, 2000 Holland 3, France 2
June 25, 2000 Holland 6, Yugoslavia 1
June 29, 2000 Holland o, Italy o (Italy won 3-1 on penalties)
WALKING ALONG, SINGING A SONG, WALKING IN A BERGKAMP WONDERLAND."
