Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (2017) .jpg
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (2017)
Personnel
Surname Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar
birthday August 12, 1983
place of birth Voor-Drempt ,  Netherlands
size 186 cm
position Storm
Juniors
Years station
1988-1994 VV Hummelo en Keppel
1994-2000 De Graafschap
2000-2002 PSV Eindhoven
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2002-2004 PSV Eindhoven 1 0(0)
2003 →  De Graafschap  (loan) 9 0(0)
2003-2004 →  AGOVV Apeldoorn  (loan) 35 (26)
2004-2005 SC Heerenveen 46 (33)
2006-2008 Ajax Amsterdam 92 (76)
2009 real Madrid 20 0(8)
2009-2010 AC Milan 25 0(7)
2010-2017 FC Schalke 04 175 (82)
2017– Ajax Amsterdam 74 (38)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2004-2006 Netherlands U21 24 (18)
2006-2015 Netherlands 76 (42)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2019/20

2 Status: end of career

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar [ ˈɦʏn.tə.ˌlaːr ] (born August 12, 1983 in Voor-Drempt as Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar ) is a Dutch football player . The striker, whose nickname is The Hunter , has been under contract with Ajax Amsterdam since 2017 and has made 74 full international appearances for the Netherlands .

Career

societies

Time in the Netherlands

Huntelaar in the shirt of SC Heerenveen

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was born in Voor-Drempt in 1983 . When he was six weeks old, his parents moved to Hummelo with him . Huntelaar began his career in 1988 as a youth at VV Hummelo en Keppel. From there he moved to VBV De Graafschap Doetinchem in 1994 . Since 2000 he played in the youth of PSV Eindhoven . From there he moved to the professional team in the 2002/03 season . In January 2003 he was loaned to VBV De Graafschap Doetinchem due to insufficient prospects for missions in the first eleven, where he left no lasting impression with nine missions without a hit. After only six months, it was therefore awarded to AGOVV Apeldoorn . There he was the top scorer in the Eersten Divisie with 26 goals . After initially returning to PSV in June 2004, he moved to SC Heerenveen . There he made a significant contribution to the club's UEFA Cup qualification with 17 goals in the 2004/05 season . After Huntelaar scored 17 goals in 15 games in the first half of the 2005/06 season, Ajax Amsterdam signed him for around ten million euros in the following winter break. In the last game for Heerenveen Huntelaar had contributed with a goal to the 4-2 victory over Ajax. He scored a total of 33 goals in 31 games in the 2005/06 season and was thus the top scorer in the Dutch first division . He was able to repeat this success in the 2007/08 season when he scored 33 goals in 34 games. On April 6, 2008 he scored his 100th goal in the honor division with a hat trick in the 4-1 win over De Graafschap .

real Madrid

Huntelaar in Real Madrid jersey (2009)

In early 2009 Huntelaar moved to the Spanish champions Real Madrid . Real reacted to a serious injury to Huntelaar's compatriot Ruud van Nistelrooy . The transfer fee was around 27 million euros. The then 25-year-old Dutch national player received a four and a half year contract until 2013 and an annual salary of around four million euros. The engagement in Madrid started badly for Huntelaar. Together with Lassana Diarra , he was one of two winter newcomers who had already played European Cup games for their previous clubs this season. Due to a UEFA statute, only one of the two could be nominated for the current Champions League season. Those responsible in Madrid had overlooked this, and an application for admission of both players was rejected. The then Real coach Juande Ramos then decided on Diarra, as he saw more need for action in his position in defensive midfield than in the storm. The hoped-for regular place was made considerably more difficult right from the start. After a total of five short appearances without a goal, Huntelaar scored his first goal on February 15, 2009 against Sporting Gijón . This was followed by a successful phase with a total of eight goals in six games, five of which he played over the full 90 minutes. Towards the end of the season Huntelaar was regularly in the starting lineup, but was often substituted early and remained nine games in a row without scoring.

AC Milan

Huntelaar moved to AC Milan during the 2009 summer break after Real's new coach Manuel Pellegrini said he wasn't planning with him. Even in Milan , he was not granted a happy debut. Huntelaar missed the first matchday of Serie A due to a yellow-red card he received in the last game of the season in Spain. In the second game against city rivals Inter Milan , he then had to take a seat on the bench, as coach Leonardo did not want to change the team after a successful start, a win at AC Siena . As a result, Huntelaar came in addition to a few substitutions and several appearances in the starting lineup, but his first game over 90 minutes he played on the 24th matchday. With seven goals in 25 games, his goal yield remained low. As in Madrid, Huntelaar suffered from an impatient club leadership and extremely unsteady transfer policy. The coach was also changed in Milan at the end of the season and club owner Silvio Berlusconi personally campaigned for the signing of new star strikers such as Zlatan Ibrahimović and Robinho .

FC Schalke 04

Huntelaar at FC Schalke 04 (2011)
Huntelaar alongside John Terry and Filipe Luís (from left) during a 2014 UEFA Champions League game

Therefore Huntelaar moved prematurely to FC Schalke 04 , with which he signed a three-year contract. On September 10, 2010, he played his first game for FC Schalke 04 in the 2-0 away defeat at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim . On September 19, 2010, he scored for Schalke for the first time in the Revierderby to 3-1 against Borussia Dortmund , three days later he scored the winning goal to make it 2-1 at SC Freiburg . Huntelaar scored five goals in his first six league games for Schalke, as well as one goal in the Champions League game against Benfica Lisbon . In the DFB Cup final , he scored two goals in a 5-0 win against MSV Duisburg . At the end of the 2010/11 season , he had scored eight Bundesliga goals.

He scored his first Bundesliga three-pack on the second match day of the 2011/12 season in a 5-1 win against 1. FC Köln . On August 25, 2011, he scored four goals in the Europa League qualification against HJK Helsinki , as in the first round of the Cup against FC Teningen . On April 8, 2012, with his 43rd goal, he replaced Hermann Eppenhoff , who had scored 42 goals in competitive games in the 1940/41 season, after more than 70 years as the season's record scorer for Schalke. In the Bundesliga he was the first Dutch top scorer with 29 goals in the 2011/12 season and set Klaus Fischer's Schalke record from the 1975/76 season . In addition, he replaced Aílton and Grafite (28 each) as the best foreign goal scorers of a Bundesliga season. With his second goal against Werder Bremen on the last day of the season, Huntelaar scored his 48th competitive goal in the 48th competitive game.

In the first half of the 2012/13 season , however, Huntelaar only scored five league goals. During the winter break, the club and the players agreed on a contract extension until 2015. In the second half of the season Huntelaar only scored five Bundesliga goals, although he had to struggle with injury problems. At the end of the season there were 16 goals in 35 appearances across all competitions.

The 2013/2014 season began for Huntelaar on the first match day with two goals in a 3: 3 against Hamburger SV . However, he was injured so badly in the 4-0 defeat at VfL Wolfsburg a week later that he couldn't play another game for the rest of the first half of the season. He finally returned on the 18th matchday in the second leg against HSV and scored the 1-0 for Schalke without even having played a test match in preparation. He quickly found his strength back and scored nine goals in his first twelve games after his return. At the end of the season there were twelve goals and one assist after a total of 18 league games. He also scored one goal in the DFB Cup and one goal in the Champions League .

In December 2014, Huntelaar's contract was extended to June 30, 2017. In April 2017, Huntelaar announced that he would not extend his contract, which was running out at the end of the season, and would leave the club for the new season.

Return to the Netherlands

For the 2017/18 season , Huntelaar returned to the Netherlands for free thanks to his expired contract and rejoined Ajax Amsterdam. On June 1, 2017, he signed a one-year contract with the capital club. As a result, the attacker was often taken into account and came to 32 cross-competition games in which he scored 13 goals and eight assists; Ajax was runner-up with four points behind PSV Eindhoven . In spring 2019 he reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with the club and was able to win the national “double” of championship and cup with him. Together with Donny van de Beek , Huntelaar was second on the club's internal scorer list with 30 points each. At the age of 36, the striker extended his expiring contract for another year until June 2021, following the 2019/20 season , which was prematurely canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and which ended Amsterdam in 1st place in the table without a championship title.

National team

Huntelaar and Dirk Kuyt (right) (2011)

In 2006 he became European champion with the U-21 team of the Netherlands.

On August 16, 2006, he made his senior national team debut against Ireland (4-0) and scored two goals. At the EM 2008 he is part of the Elftal squad . He had one use in the game against Romania , in which he scored a goal and provided an assist. In 2010, coach Bert van Marwijk appointed him to the squad for the World Cup in South Africa, where he made four appearances and scored one goal in the game against Cameroon .

Huntelaar (left) next to Robin van Persie during a training session for the national team (2014)

In his first appearance after the World Cup, he scored his first hat-trick in Orange in a 5-0 away win in the European Championship qualification against San Marino , he scored the 2-0 before half-time and the goals to 3-0 and 4-0 after changing sides. 12 October 2010 he succeeded again in a European Championship qualifier - as Ibrahim Afellay - a "twin pack" at 4: 1 victory over Sweden , which he his goal tally to eight goals in his first four competitive international matches of the 2010/11 season increased . With a total of 12 goals in 8 games, Huntelaar was the most successful goalscorer in qualifying for the 2012 European Championship . His 50th international appearance was on February 29, 2012 in a 3-2 win over England at Wembley . He came on after the break and scored his 31st international goal in the 58th minute with a header to make it 2-0. He clashed with defender Chris Smalling ; Both were stunned for a short time and were substituted after a few minutes of interruption in the game in the 63rd minute.

Bond coach Louis van Gaal named Huntelaar to the final squad of the Dutch national team for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil . In the preliminary round, however, Huntelaar did not play a role in van Gaal's considerations and remained without commitment. If he has already been demoted by the media to a World Cup extras or referred to as a World Cup tourist , he was the match winner in the round of 16 against Mexico . He came on in the 82nd minute for Robin van Persie and six minutes later prepared the interim 1-1 from Wesley Sneijder . In the fourth minute of stoppage time, he scored the 2-1 winner with a penalty.

Style of play

Huntelaar is a classic penalty area striker. Louis van Gaal described him as "the best penalty area player in the world". He goes a long way, dodges his wings and even does defensive work. He is considered a technically good center forward, is very skilled at handling the ball with the heel and has a strong header game.

Achievements / titles

Huntelaar
with the KNVB Cup (2006)

As a national player

With the club

Awards and records

Season statistics

society league season league Nat. Cup European Cup Other total
Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates
PSV Eindhoven Eredivisie 2002/03 1 0 - - - - - - 1 0
total 1 0 - - - - - - 1 0
De Graafschap Eredivisie 2002/03 9 0 1 0 - - - - 10 0
total 9 0 1 0 - - - - 10 0
AGOVV Apeldoorn First Division 2003/04 35 26th 2 1 - - - - 37 27
total 35 26th 2 1 - - - - 37 27
SC Heerenveen Eredivisie 2004/05 31 16 1 0 7th 3 - - 39 19th
2005/06 15th 17th 1 1 6th 2 - - 22nd 20th
total 46 33 2 1 13 5 - - 61 39
Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 2005/06 16 16 3 5 2 1 4th 2 25th 24
2006/07 32 21st 6th 4th 9 9 4th 2 51 36
2007/08 34 33 3 1 4th 2 5 0 46 36
2008/09 10 6th 1 1 4th 2 - - 15th 9
total 92 76 13 11 19th 14th 13 4th 137 105
real Madrid Primera División 2008/09 20th 8th - - - - - - 20th 8th
total 20th 8th - - - - - - 20th 8th
AC Milan Series A 2009/10 25th 7th 2 0 3 0 - - 30th 7th
total 25th 7th 2 0 3 0 - - 30th 7th
FC Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2010/11 24 8th 3 2 8th 3 - - 35 13
2011/12 32 29 3 5 12 14th 1 0 48 48
2012/13 26th 10 2 2 7th 4th - - 35 16
2013/14 18th 12 1 1 2 1 - - 21st 14th
2014/15 28 9 1 0 8th 5 - - 37 14th
2015/16 31 12 2 1 7th 3 - - 40 16
2016/17 16 2 3 2 5 1 - - 16 4th
total 175 82 15th 13 49 31 1 0 232 125
Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 2017/18 28 13 1 0 3 0 - - 32 13
2018/19 28 16 4th 3 11 4th - - 43 23
total 56 29 5 3 14th 4th - - 75 36
Career total 459 261 40 29 98 54 14th 4th 603 347

Sources: weltfussball.de (status: end of season 2018/19)

Others

Huntelaar lives with his partner, sons and daughter in Angerlo, the Netherlands . In addition to football, Huntelaar is a fan of darts .

Web links

Commons : Klaas-Jan Huntelaar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography. In: Official website of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar. Retrieved July 21, 2015 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ Champions League: "Premier Class" without Huntelaar on focus.de
  3. ^ Huntelaar is the real deal. In: Sporting Life. March 22, 2009, archived from the original on March 23, 2009 ; accessed on January 17, 2015 .
  4. ↑ spox.com Klaas-Jan Huntelaar change perfect , August 30, 2010
  5. ↑ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will storm for Schalke 04! ( Memento from September 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ 43rd competitive match hit: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar breaks the ancient record ( memento from April 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), club homepage of FC Schalke 04 from April 8, 2012
  7. ↑ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar extends expiring contract until 2015 ( Memento of December 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Until 2017: S04 extends contract with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ( Memento from December 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ RevierSport, Essen, Germany: Schalke: Huntelaar has announced his departure to Heidel . In: RevierSport online . ( reviersport.de [accessed on April 12, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Official: Ajax gets Huntelaar
  11. ↑ Contractverlenging voor Klaas Jan Huntelaar , ajax.nl, accessed on June 15, 2020 (Dutch)
  12. ↑ Schalke newcomer Huntelaar in portrait - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar: From sacrifice to savior . spox.com. Retrieved September 8, 2010.
  13. ↑ A goalscorer with many strengths . Website of the Münsterland newspaper. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  14. ↑ IFFHS, List of the World's Best First Division Shooters 2006
  15. ↑ Goal of the month on sportschau .de.
  16. ↑ Bundesliga scorer list per season , accessed on April 2, 2016.
  17. ↑ Club stations as a player . weltfussball.de. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  18. ↑ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar: Country idyll instead of urban jungle! In: sport1.de. November 14, 2014, accessed January 10, 2015 .
  19. ↑ Huntelaar in Barney Fever / Klaas-Jan Huntelaar supports Raymond van Barneveld at the Darts World Cup in London on sport1.de
personal data
SURNAME Huntelaar, Klaas-Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Huntelaar, Dirk Jan Klaas (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Voor-Drempt , Bronckhorst , The Netherlands