Ruud van Nistelrooy

van Nistelrooy and van Nistelrooij as well as Nistelrooy and Nistelrooij are redirects to this article. For the Dutch politician (* 1953) see Lambert van Nistelrooij .

Ruud van Nistelrooy
Ruud van Nistelrooy (around 2007)
Personnel
Surname	Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooy
birthday	July 1, 1976
place of birth	Oss ,  Netherlands
size	188 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
0000	Nooit Gedacht Geffen
0000	RKSV Margriet
0000-1994	FC Den Bosch
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1993-1997	FC Den Bosch	69 (17)
1997-1998	SC Heerenveen	31 (13)
1998-2001	PSV Eindhoven	67 (62)
2001-2006	Manchester United	150 (95)
2006-2010	real Madrid	68 (46)
2010-2011	Hamburger SV	36 (12)
2011–2012	Málaga CF	28 0(4)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1998-2011	Netherlands	70 (35)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2014-2016	Netherlands (assistant coach)
2018–	PSV Eindhoven U19
1 Only league games are given.

Rutgerus Johannes Martinus "Ruud" van Nistelrooy ( Anglicized from Nistelrooij ; born July 1, 1976 in Oss , Netherlands ) is a former Dutch football player and today's coach . The striker comes from the youth of FC Den Bosch , for whom he made his debut in the Dutch second division . After a season at SC Heerenveen in the Eredivisie , van Nistelrooy moved to PSV Eindhoven in 1998 . At PSV, van Nistelrooy was the top scorer in 1999 and 2000 as well as the best player in the Eredivisie and 2000 and 2001 Dutch champions. After the second championship in 2001, van Nistelrooy moved to England for Manchester United at the age of 25 , where he developed into one of the best strikers in the world under Alex Ferguson . With United, van Nistelrooy won the English championship in 2003 and was top scorer in the Premier League that same year . He was also the top scorer of the Champions League in 2002 , 2003 and 2005 . After the 2006 World Cup , van Nistelrooy moved to Spain for Real Madrid . With Los Blancos he was Spanish champions in 2007 and 2008 and top scorer in 2007. After van Nistelrooy was rarely used in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 seasons due to injury, he moved to the Bundesliga for Hamburger SV in January 2010 at the age of 33 . After a year and a half, he returned to Spain and joined Málaga FC , where he retired after a season at the age of 35. Van Nistelrooy is the only player alongside Luis Suárez to have been the top scorer in three European leagues. He is also one of the top scorers in the Champions League with 56 goals , although he never won this competition.

Van Nistelrooy played 70 games for the Dutch national team from 1998 to 2011 and scored 35 goals, making him one of the top scorers in the Elftal . After van Nistelrooy had not yet been nominated for the 1998 World Cup and was injured for the 2000 European Championship and the Netherlands had not qualified for the 2002 World Cup , he first took part in a major tournament at the 2004 European Championship . Van Nistelrooy led the Elftal with four goals in the semifinals and was elected second-best scorer behind the Czech Milan Baroš (5) as well as the all-star team of the tournament. He then took part in the 2006 World Cup (one goal) and the 2008 European Championship (two goals). For the 2010 World Cup , however, he was no longer nominated.

Career as a player

In the club

The beginnings

Van Nistelrooy was born in Oss and grew up in Geffen ( Oss ). In his early youth he played for the amateur clubs “Nooit Gedacht” in Geffen and “RKSV Margriet” in Oss. He began his professional career in 1993/94 as a midfielder with FC Den Bosch in the second Dutch division, the Eerste Divisie . After four seasons at Den Bosch, he moved to SC Heerenveen in 1997 , where he became a striker and scored 13 goals in 31 games.

PSV Eindhoven

One season later, in 1998, the then 22-year-old moved to PSV Eindhoven . The transfer fee of 12 million guilders (5.4 million euros ) was the highest amount ever paid for a player transfer between two Dutch clubs. Van Nistelrooy scored 31 goals in 34 games in his first season for PSV and was named Dutch Footballer of the Year . In his second season in Eindhoven (1999/2000) he scored 29 goals, although he only played 23 games due to an injury. In his three years in Eindhoven he scored a goal in 92 percent of his league games (62 hits in 67 games).

Manchester United

Van Nistelrooy versus Chelsea FC (2006)

Van Nistelrooy versus Tottenham Hotspur (2006)

In 2001, van Nistelrooy moved to Manchester United for the then record British sum of 28.5 million euros . Alex Ferguson had wanted to sign him the previous year, but van Nistelrooy had suffered a serious knee injury and was also out for the 2000 European Football Championship . During his first season with Manchester United, he scored 23 goals in 32 games. He scored at least one goal in eight consecutive games, which was a new record. He scored ten goals in the UEFA Champions League this season.

In the 2002/03 season he was the top scorer in the Premier League with 25 goals and was English champion with Manchester United. In the European Cup he scored 14 goals, a club record for Manchester. Due to an injury, he was out for much of the 2004/05 season, but was still the top scorer in the Champions League with ten goals.

In May 2006 van Nistelrooy was retired from ManU coach Ferguson. According to Ferguson, there had been several incidents during training that worried him and led him to make this decision. The press is aware that van Nistelrooy escaped from a team meeting and drove home after Ferguson told him that despite Wayne Rooney's injury , he would only sit on the bench.

During his time at Manchester United, van Nistelrooy was nicknamed the "goal machine" because he made almost every chance in the penalty area to a goal and scored 95 goals in 150 league games for Manchester. He is also called "Van the Man".

real Madrid

Van Nistelrooy for Real Madrid (2008)

On July 27, 2006, van Nistelrooy moved to Real Madrid for around 15 million euros . He received a three-year contract until 2009 with an annual salary of around 5 million euros net. In January 2008 van Nistelrooy's contract was extended to June 30, 2010. In his second championship game for Real Madrid, he impressively demonstrated his scoring skills and scored a hat trick against the UD Levante . In November 2006 he scored four goals in the league game against CA Osasuna . At the end of the season, van Nistelrooy showed 25 league goals and, as the Spanish top scorer, had a significant share in Real's 30th league title.

During a Champions League game against Juventus Turin in November 2008, he was injured and was out until the end of the season. Van Nistelrooy made his comeback against Deportivo Xerez in September 2009. He set up one goal and scored another one just before the end. However, more injury breaks followed. In January 2010 Real Madrid no longer planned with him and gave him clearance for a free transfer.

During his time in Madrid, van Nistelrooy only played a little more than half of all league games that would have been possible (68 of 132), but again achieved a high goal rate of 67 percent.

Hamburger SV

On January 23, 2010, van Nistelrooy moved to Hamburger SV , where he signed a contract until June 30, 2011. Real Madrid waived a transfer fee as their contract would have expired in June, saving their salary. The Dutchman had his first short appearance for HSV on February 6, 2010 against 1. FC Köln over three minutes. In his second game on February 13, 2010 at VfB Stuttgart , van Nistelrooy scored his first goals in the Bundesliga with a brace in the 65th minute at the score of 1: 1 and secured HSV victory. In the home game against RSC Anderlecht on March 11, 2010, van Nistelrooy scored his first goal in the Europa League in the 40th minute when the score was 1-0 . In the cup game against Torgelower SV Greif on August 15, 2010, van Nistelrooy scored a hat trick and an assist.

Van Nistelrooy's public request to move back to Real Madrid in the 2010/11 winter transfer window caused a sensation, after a serious injury to its center forward Gonzalo Higuaín, which was looking for a short-term replacement and had expressed specific interest in the 34-year-old van Nistelrooy. However, although the contract of van Nistelroy only ran until summer 2011, HSV rejected the Dutchman's request and forced him to fulfill the remaining six months of his contract. Thereupon van Nistelrooy announced that he would play for another club after his contract expired in summer 2011.

He made his last game for HSV on May 14, 2011 on the last matchday of the 2010/11 Bundesliga against Borussia Mönchengladbach , when he came on for Zé Roberto in the 68th minute and Änis Ben-Hatira's goal to make it 1-1 Final result prepared.

On December 15, 2014 Ruud van Nistelrooy returned to HSV at short notice. He sat in as part of his trainer training.

Málaga CF

During the 2011 summer break, van Nistelrooy moved to Málaga FC on a free transfer . He signed a one-year contract until June 30, 2012 with an option for another season. With FC Málaga he reached fourth place and thus the qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League. He was used 28 times for the Andalusians and scored four goals. Van Nistelrooy ended his career on May 14, 2012.

Van Nistelrooy during the training of the Netherlands (2007)

In the national team

Van Nistelrooy made his debut for the Netherlands on November 18, 1998 against Germany (1-1). He scored his first international goal on April 28, 1999 against Morocco .

At the European Football Championship in 2000 he was out due to an injury, but took part in the 2004 European Championship . In the game against Germany van Nistelrooy equalized Germany's 1-0 lead and scored shortly before the end to equalize. In the next preliminary round, he met a total of three times. In the semifinals, van Nistelrooy and his team failed to host Portugal . He was with four goals together with Wayne Rooney after Milan Baroš the second best shooter of the tournament.

At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, van Nistelrooy was used three times and scored a goal against Ivory Coast . In the round of 16 against Portugal, which the Netherlands lost, Bondscoach Marco van Basten van Nistelrooy left the full playing time on the bench. Van Basten had previously publicly criticized van Nistelrooy.

After a year of abstinence, van Nistelrooy made his comeback for Oranje on August 22, 2007 against Switzerland ; Also at the EM 2008 he was part of the Elftal squad , was used in three games and was able to score two goals.

In August 2008 van Nistelrooy declared his career in the Dutch national team over. He wanted to concentrate fully on his club Real Madrid at the time after some injuries. In 2010 van Nistelrooy, now under contract with Hamburger SV, once again hoped to be nominated for the World Cup in South Africa, but was no longer considered by bond coach Bert van Marwijk . After the World Cup he returned to the squad, was substituted on in the European Championship qualifier in and against San Marino in the middle of the second half and scored at the last minute to make it 5-0. With his 34th international goal, he passed the Oranje greats Johan Cruyff and Abe Lenstra in the national team's scorers list .

In early April 2012 van Nistelrooy was informed by bond coach Bert van Marwijk that he would not be in the squad of the Dutch national team at the 2012 European Championship.

Van Nistelrooy and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar .

Career as a coach

After the soccer World Cup in 2014 , van Nistelrooy became assistant coach of the newly hired bond coach Guus Hiddink for the Dutch national team . On March 28, 2014 he signed a contract until after the European Football Championship in 2016 .

For the 2018/19 season, van Nistelrooy took over the A-youth (U19) of PSV Eindhoven from Mark van Bommel , who became the coach of the professional team.

Achievements and Awards

As a player

PSV Eindhoven (1998-2001)

• Dutch champion : 2000, 2001
• Johan Cruyff bowl : 2000, 2001

Manchester United (2001-2006)

• Premier League : 2003
• FA Cup : 2004
• League Cup : 2006
• Charity Shield : 2003

Real Madrid (2006-2010)

• Spanish champion : 2007, 2008
• Spanish Super Cup : 2008

Personal honors

• Netherlands Footballer of the Year : 1998/99, 1999/00
• England's Footballer of the Year : 2002
• Premier League Player of the Season : 2003
• UEFA Club Football Awards Striker of the Year : 2003, 2004
• UEFA Team of the Year : 2003
• PFA Team of the Year : 2002, 2004
• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year : 2002, 2003
• 2004 Admission to the FIFA 100

Top scorer

• Eredivisie : 1999 , 2000
• Premier League : 2003
• Primera División : 2007
• UEFA Champions League : 2002 , 2003 , 2005
• World goalscorer : 2002

Season statistics

society	league	season	league		Nat. Cup		European Cup		Other		total
			Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates
FC Den Bosch	First Division	1993/94	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
		1994/95	15th	3	2	3	-	-	-	-	17th	6th
		1995/96	21st	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st	2
		1996/97	31	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	12
total			69	17th	2	3	-	-	-	-	71	20th
SC Heerenveen	Eredivisie	1997/98	31	13	5	3	-	-	-	-	36	16
total			31	13	5	3	-	-	-	-	36	16
PSV Eindhoven	Eredivisie	1998/99	34	31	5	1	7th	6th	-	-	46	38
		1999/00	23	29	2	0	8th	3	-	-	33	32
		2000/01	10	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	12	5
total			67	62	9	4th	15th	9	-	-	91	75
Manchester United	Premier League	2001/02	32	23	2	2	14th	10	1	1	49	36
		2002/03	34	25th	3	4th	11	14th	4th	1	52	44
		2003/04	32	20th	4th	6th	7th	4th	1	0	44	30th
		2004/05	17th	6th	3	2	7th	8th	-	-	27	16
		2005/06	35	21st	2	0	8th	2	2	1	47	24
total			150	95	14th	14th	47	38	8th	3	219	150
real Madrid	Primera División	2006/07	37	25th	3	2	7th	6th	-	-	47	33
		2007/08	24	16	1	0	7th	4th	1	0	33	20th
		2008/09	6th	4th	-	-	4th	3	2	3	12	10
		2009/10	1	1	2	0	1	0	-	-	4th	1
total			68	46	6th	2	19th	13	3	3	96	64
Hamburger SV	Bundesliga	2009/10	11	5	-	-	7th	2	-	-	18th	7th
		2010/11	25th	7th	1	3	-	-	-	-	26th	10
total			36	12	1	3	7th	2	-	-	44	17th
Málaga CF	Primera División	2011/12	28	4th	4th	1	-	-	-	-	32	5
total			28	4th	4th	1	-	-	-	-	32	5
Career total			449	249	41	30th	88	62	11	6th	589	347

General

• In the list of the Champions League record scorers he is currently fifth with 56 goals (as of October 23, 2019); in front of him are only Robert Lewandowski , Raúl , Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi .
• He met three different clubs in the Champions League against the same opponent (shared record). He scored goals in games against FC Bayern Munich wearing PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United and Real Madrid. In addition, only Hans-Jörg Butt managed this feat against Juventus Turin with Hamburger SV, Bayer Leverkusen and FC Bayern Munich (all goals from penalties) and Cristiano Ronaldo against Olympique Lyon with his clubs Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus Turin.
• In 2004, he was named to the list of the 125 best football players alive by Pelé .

Private

• Van Nistelrooy has been married to Leontien Slaats since July 10, 2004. They have had a daughter since September 26, 2006 and a son since March 22, 2008.

Web links

Commons : Ruud van Nistelrooy  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• rvn10 - Unofficial website
• Ruud van Nistelrooy in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Van Nistelrooy extended at Real ( Memento of April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , FIFA.com, January 9, 2008
2. ↑ HSV obliges van Nistelrooy ( Memento from January 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) , hsv.de, February 23, 2010
3. ↑ Match report on kicker.de (accessed on August 16, 2010)
4. ↑ http://www.malagacf.com/noticias/presentacion-de-ruud-van-nistelrooy-en-la-rosaleda-4611.html (link not available)
5. ↑ Ruud van Nistelrooy: "It's been an unforgettable year. Thank you to everyone , Málaga CF club homepage of May 14, 2012
6. ↑ Van Nistelrooij stops bij Oranje ( Memento from August 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) , NOS StudioSport, August 4, 2008
7. ↑ EM dream burst: Van Marwijk cancels van Nistelrooy
8. ↑ onsoranje.nl: Nieuwe technical staf Oranje ( Memento of March 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), March 28, 2014
9. ↑ Ruud van Nistelrooy volgt Mark van Bommel op bij PSV-jeugd: 'Het trainersvak heeft me geprepen' , omroepbrabant.nl, June 25, 2018, accessed on February 6, 2019.
10. ↑ Ronaldo sets Butt's record. August 8, 2020, accessed August 9, 2020 . 

predecessor	title	successor
Jaap Stam	Dutch Footballer of the Year 1998, 1999, 2000	Mark van Bommel