Rival at Euro 2020. The national team of the Netherlands has left a bright mark in the scoring history of the European Championships

UEFA's official website has published interesting statistics on the performance of teams and players throughout the history of the finals tournaments of European championships.

In particular, it will be informative for Ukrainian fans that in many nominations the players of the Dutch national team are among the best, which will be a rival of our national team for Euro 2020, which was officially postponed to 2021.

For example, two oranges were in the top 10 best scorers in the history of the Euro. Patrick Kluivert scored six goals in the 1996 and 2000 championships. Rudd van Nistelrooy has excelled the same number of times, but in 2004 and 2008 tournaments.

In addition, the former forward of "Manchester United" and "Real" is among the top 5 players who scored the most goals in the championship of the continent on average per game. Van Nistelrooy has 0,75 goals per game (six goals in eight games).  

Interestingly, at the level of national teams, the Netherlands is in second place with a similar indicator - 1,63 goals per game (57 goals scored in 35 games).

In the register of teams that scored the most goals in one tournament, the Dutch team with 13 goals at Euro 2000 also ranks second.

There are two representatives of the Orange and in the list of players who scored the most goals in one tournament. In 1988, Marco van Basten, and in 2000 - Patrick Kluivert scored five times.

Finally, in the list of the most productive pairs of players (effective pass / earned penalty-scored ball) there is also a Dutch duo - Dennis Bergkamp-Patrick Kluivert (three points).

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