First black player representing Holland

The first black player to play in the Dutch national team was Suriname-born Humphrey Mijnals on 3 April 1960. He scored an own goal in that game and only made two more caps.

Most yellow cards in Eredivisie

In May 2010, Patrick Pothuizen of NEC Nijmegen got his 84th yellow card, setting a new record. Jean-Paul de Jong was the man getting his named erased out of the history books. Pothuizen was also the first player to get a yellow in the new Dutch third division, Topklasse.

Most yellow cards in the Dutch national team

Nigel de Jong recently overtook the record of getting the most number of yellow cards in the Dutch national team. While playing against Romania on October 16th, he got his 15th yellow card in his 66th appearance, surpassing fearsome defender Jaap Stam.

Most Eredivisie goals in one game by a player

The most Eredivisie goals in one game was scored by Afonso Alves, 7 strikes against Heracles on 7 October 2007, playing in the shirt of Heerenveen.

Youngest captain in the Dutch national team

On October 13th 2012, Kevin Strootman became the youngest Netherlands captain ever in a competitive game, as well as the youngest in more than a century. He was 22 years and 240 days old. The all-time record, however, is held by Dolf Kessler, who in 1905 at the age of 21 years and 28 days captained his team against rivals Belgium.

List of youngest Dutch captains
1. Dolf Kessler - Belgium, 1905 - 21 years, 28 days
2. Ben Storm - England, 1907 - 21 years, 69 days
3. John Heijning - England, 1907 - 21 years, 110 days
4. Kevin Strootman - Andorra, 2012 - 22 years, 240 days
5. Marco van Basten - Belgium, 1987 - 22 years, 313 days

Youngest Eredivisie referee

The youngest Eredivisie referee of all time is Serdar Gözübüyük, born 29 October 1985 in Haarlem.On May 2, 2010, Serdar made his debut at the age of 24. With that, he became the youngest referee ever in the highest league of Dutch football. In 2012 he became the youngest Dutch referee to be used in continental competitions.In his first full season, 2011-12, he also managed to win the award as the best referee in the Eredivisie.

Youngest Eredivisie hattrick scorer

Earlier this autumn, Jürgen Locadia scored three goals as his PSV won against VVV Venlo. Relevant information includes that it was his first league appearance, that he scored his goals within 18 minutes, and that he came on as a sub with circa twenty minutes to go.

At the age of 18 years and 328 days, he is also one of the youngest to score a hattrick in the Eredivisie. But the record remains in the hand of Collins John.

The young Twente-forward, later playing in clubs such as Fulham and making a couple of caps for the Dutch national team, scored three goals in 2003 at the age of 18 years and 2 days.

Yellow cards in most successive Eredivisie appearances

On September 16th, Mark van Bommel became the first player in Dutch Eredivisie history to collect yellow cards in each of PSV's first five league games of the season. However, he did not manage to reach Ahmed Ammi's record of yellow cards in seven straight league games despite reaching six after also receiving cheese in his PSV farewall game in 2005.