Depay during a training session with the Netherlands in March 2015.

Memphis Depay is a Dutch professional footballer who represents the Netherlands national football team as a forward since 2013. As of December 2023, he scored 44 goals, of which 10 were scored from a penalty kick, in 88 caps. He is the second all-time top goalscorer of his country, with only his former teammate Robin van Persie (50) having scored more goals for the Netherlands.

Depay made his debut for his country in October 2013, coming on as a substitute for Jeremain Lens. He scored his first international goal against Australia at the 2014 FIFA World Cup (3–2), becoming the Netherlands' youngest ever goalscorer at the World Cup at an age of 20.[1] He scored another goal at the tournament five days later, against Chile. He scored his first brace for the Netherlands in a 1–3 World Cup qualifying win over Luxembourg in November 2016. After Depay had scored 3 goals in his first 26 caps, he scored 16 goals in his following 25 caps, including 11 goals in 18 matches under the management of Ronald Koeman in 2018 and 2019. After the Netherlands missed out on qualification for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Depay scored against Austria and North Macedonia at UEFA Euro 2020. He scored his first international hat-trick in a 6–1 World Cup qualifying win over Turkey in September 2021, surpassing Wesley Sneijder and equalling Johan Cruyff and Abe Lenstra in the Netherlands' top 10 of all-time top goalscorers.[2] He scored nine more goals in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament as he finished joint-top goalscorer of the UEFA section with Harry Kane. Including those 12 goals, Depay scored a total of 17 goals in 16 matches for the national team in 2021, breaking Patrick Kluivert's national record of scoring 12 goals in a single calendar year.[3] Just five European players had ever scored more international goals in a single calendar year.[4] Depay scored his third World Cup goal at the 2022 tournament, against the United States in the round of 16. With that goal, he surpassed his former teammate Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to become the Netherlands' second all-time top goalscorer, behind only Robin van Persie (50).[5]

International goals

As of match played 12 January 2024

Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Depay goal.

Key
‡ Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
Memphis Depay's international goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition
No. C Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 718 June 2014Estádio Beira-Rio, Brazil Porto Alegre Australia3–23–22014 FIFA World Cup[6]
2 823 June 2014Arena Corinthians, Brazil São Paulo Chile2–02–0[7]
3 165 June 2015Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam United States3–13–4Friendly[8]
4 2713 November 2016Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Luxembourg City Luxembourg2–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification[9]
5 3–1
6 327 October 2017Borisov Arena, Belarus Borisov Belarus3–13–1[10]
7 339 November 2017Pittodrie Stadium, Scotland Aberdeen Scotland1–01–0Friendly[11]
8 3414 November 2017Arena Națională, Romania Bucharest Romania1–03–0[12]
9 3626 March 2018Stade de Genève, Switzerland Geneva Portugal1–03–0[13]
10 396 September 2018Johan Cruyff Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam Peru1–12–1[14]
11 2–1
12 4113 October 2018Johan Cruyff Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam Germany2–03–02018–19 UEFA Nations League A[15]
13 4316 November 2018De Kuip, Netherlands Rotterdam France2–0‡2–0[16]
14 4521 March 2019De Kuip, Netherlands Rotterdam Belarus1–04–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying[17]
15 3–0‡
16 4624 March 2019Johan Cruyff Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam Germany2–22–3[18]
17 509 September 2019A. Le Coq Arena, Estonia Tallinn Estonia3–04–0[19]
18 5110 October 2019De Kuip, Netherlands Rotterdam Northern Ireland1–13–1[20]
19 3–1
20 5815 November 2020Johan Cruyff Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam Bosnia and Herzegovina3–03–12020–21 UEFA Nations League A[21]
21 5918 November 2020Silesian Stadium, Poland Chorzów Poland1–1‡2–1[22]
22 6230 March 2021Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Gibraltar Gibraltar3–07–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification[23]
23 7–0
24 632 June 2021Estádio Algarve, Portugal Faro/Loulé Scotland1–12–2Friendly[24]
25 2–2
26 646 June 2021De Grolsch Veste, Netherlands Enschede Georgia1–0‡3–0[25]
27 6617 June 2021Johan Cruyff Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam Austria1–0‡2–0UEFA Euro 2020[26]
28 6721 June 2021Johan Cruyff Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam North Macedonia1–03–0[27]
29 704 September 2021Philips Stadion, Netherlands Eindhoven Montenegro1–0‡4–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification[28]
30 2–0
31 717 September 2021Johan Cruyff Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam Turkey2–06–1[29]
32 3–0‡
33 4–0
34 7311 October 2021De Kuip, Netherlands Rotterdam Gibraltar2–06–0[30]
35 3–0‡
36 7413 November 2021City Stadium, Montenegro Podgorica Montenegro1–0‡2–2[31]
37 2–0
38 7516 November 2021De Kuip, Netherlands Rotterdam Norway2–02–0[32]
39 7626 March 2022Johan Cruyff Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam Denmark3–1‡4–2Friendly[33]
40 783 June 2022King Baudouin Stadium, Belgium Brussels Belgium2–04–12022–23 UEFA Nations League A[34]
41 4–0
42 8014 June 2022De Kuip, Netherlands Rotterdam Wales3–23–2[35]
43 853 December 2022Khalifa International Stadium, Qatar Al Rayyan United States1–03–12022 FIFA World Cup[36]
44 8827 March 2023De Kuip, Netherlands Rotterdam Gibraltar1–03–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying[37]

Hat-tricks

No.DateVenueOpponentGoalsResultCompetitionRef.
1 7 September 2021Johan Cruyff Arena, Netherlands Amsterdam Turkey3 (16', 38' pen., 54')6 – 12022 FIFA World Cup qualification[29]

Statistics

As of match played 12 January 2024

See also

References

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