Arjen Robben scored at three World Cups for the Netherlands
Netherlands captain Arjen Robben has retired from international football after his side missed out on a place at next summer's World Cup in Russia.
Robben scored both goals in a 2-0 win over Sweden - but they were not enough for the Dutch to reach the play-offs.
The Bayern Munich forward said: "It hasn't been an easy decision but I am 33 and now must give my full focus to my club."
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Robben made his debut in April 2003 and won 96 caps, scoring 37 times.
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He is joint fourth on the Netherlands' all-time goalscorer list, level with former Arsenal forward Dennis Bergkamp.
His dinked penalty and 20-yard shot put the Dutch 2-0 up early on against Sweden on Tuesday night but the Netherlands needed to win by seven clear goals to overtake Sweden and take second place.
Robben was part of the squads which finished third at the 2014 World Cup and lost the 2010 final to Spain.
Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups
Netherlands
1Cillessen
2Tete Substituted forJanmaatat71'minutes
3van Dijk
4Rekik
5Aké
10Wijnaldum Substituted forKlaassenat71'minutes
6BlindBooked at 44mins
8Vilhena
11Robben
9Janssen Substituted forDostat45'minutes
7Babel
Substitutes
12Janmaat
13de Ligt
14Hoedt
15Veltman
16van de Beek
17Depay
18van Ginkel
20Klaassen
21Dost
22Stekelenburg
23Zoet
Sweden
1Olsen
2LustigBooked at 55mins
3Lindelöf
4Granqvist
6Augustinsson
17Claesson Substituted forSvenssonat68'minutes
7Larsson Substituted forOlssonat82'minutes
13Johansson
10Forsberg
9Berg
20Toivonen Substituted forThelinat76'minutes
Substitutes
5Olsson
8Ekdal
11Guidetti
12Johnsson
14Helander
15Svensson
16Krafth
18Holmén
19Rohden
21Thelin
22Sema
23Nordfeldt
Referee :
Sergei Karasev
Match Stats
Home TeamNetherlands Away TeamSweden
Possession
Home 69%
Away 31%
Shots
Home 21
Away 5
Shots on Target
Home 8
Away 2
Corners
Home 2
Away 1
Fouls
Home 9
Away 12
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Match ends, Netherlands 2, Sweden 0.
Full Time
Posted at 90'+3'
Second Half ends, Netherlands 2, Sweden 0.
Posted at 89'
Ryan Babel (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 89'
Foul by Mikael Lustig (Sweden).
Posted at 88'
Attempt blocked. Ryan Babel (Netherlands) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arjen Robben.
Posted at 87'
Attempt saved. Arjen Robben (Netherlands) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daryl Janmaat.
Posted at 84'
Attempt missed. Bas Dost (Netherlands) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Arjen Robben with a cross following a set piece situation.
Posted at 84'
Arjen Robben (Netherlands) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Posted at 84'
Foul by Isaac Kiese Thelin (Sweden).
Substitution
Posted at 82'
Substitution, Sweden. Martin Olsson replaces Sebastian Larsson because of an injury.
Posted at 78'
Davy Klaassen (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 78'
Foul by Sebastian Larsson (Sweden).
Posted at 77'
Attempt missed. Bas Dost (Netherlands) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tonny Vilhena with a headed pass.
Substitution
Posted at 76'
Substitution, Sweden. Isaac Kiese Thelin replaces Ola Toivonen.
Posted at 73'
Foul by Tonny Vilhena (Netherlands).
Posted at 73'
Gustav Svensson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 73'
Attempt blocked. Tonny Vilhena (Netherlands) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan Babel.
Substitution
Posted at 71'
Substitution, Netherlands. Daryl Janmaat replaces Kenny Tete.
Substitution
Posted at 71'
Substitution, Netherlands. Davy Klaassen replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.
Posted at 70'
Attempt missed. Emil Forsberg (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Marcus Berg.
Substitution
Posted at 68'
Substitution, Sweden. Gustav Svensson replaces Viktor Claesson.
Posted at 66'
Nathan Aké (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 66'
Foul by Marcus Berg (Sweden).
Posted at 62'
Attempt saved. Tonny Vilhena (Netherlands) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bas Dost.
Posted at 60'
Arjen Robben (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 60'
Foul by Ludwig Augustinsson (Sweden).
Posted at 59'
Attempt saved. Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bas Dost with a headed pass.
Posted at 57'
Foul by Karim Rekik (Netherlands).
Posted at 57'
Jakob Johansson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 56'
Attempt missed. Sebastian Larsson (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Booking
Posted at 55'
Mikael Lustig (Sweden) is shown the yellow card.
Posted at 54'
Foul by Nathan Aké (Netherlands).
Posted at 54'
Viktor Claesson (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 53'
Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Sebastian Larsson.
Posted at 51'
Offside, Sweden. Sebastian Larsson tries a through ball, but Marcus Berg is caught offside.
Posted at 51'
Foul by Daley Blind (Netherlands).
Posted at 51'
Jakob Johansson (Sweden) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Posted at 48'
Nathan Aké (Netherlands) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Posted at 48'
Foul by Marcus Berg (Sweden).
Substitution
Posted at 45'
Substitution, Netherlands. Bas Dost replaces Vincent Janssen.
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