Geertruida "Ruud" Maria Geels (; born 28 July 1948) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a striker and

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. He obtained 20

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for the Netherlands national team, scoring eleven goals, in the 1970s.

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Honours

Club

Feyenoord *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

: 1968–69 *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 1968–69 *

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

: 1969–70 Club Brugge *

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: 1972–73 Ajax *

: 1976–77 RSC Anderlecht *

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...

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* Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978

Individual

* Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81 * UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1975–76 *

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: 1976

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* 1948 births Living people Dutch footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Association football forwards Association football midfielders AFC Ajax players Feyenoord players PSV Eindhoven players Go Ahead Eagles players Sparta Rotterdam players Club Brugge KV players NAC Breda players SC Telstar players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Footballers from Haarlem 1974 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1976 players Netherlands international footballers Eredivisie players Belgian Pro League players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub