His form since his move to Hamburg prompted Marco van Basten to select the defender for the Dutch national side and he made his debut against Liechtenstein in September 2004.

• 自从转会到汉堡后，博拉鲁兹渐渐的吸引了荷兰主教练范巴斯滕的目光，2004年九月，他第一次代表荷兰队参加了荷兰对列支敦士登的比赛。