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23 - Van Nistelrooy
23 - Van Nistelrooy
Place of birth
Oss (Netherlands)
Date of birth:
1 July 1976
Weight:
79 kilos
Height:
1.88 metres (6 feet, 2 inches)
Nationality:
Italy
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Ruud Van Nistelrooy's footballing career began in 1993 playing for FC Den Bosch. He spent four seasons there, in the Dutch second division, before being transferred to Heerenveen. After a few months, PSV Eindhoven had seen enough and, halfway through 1998, paid up EUR 7.5m, a record-breaking amount between Dutch clubs, to sign a striker that had just turned 22 years old. The trust that PSV had deposited in him was soon repaid. Van Nistelrooy finished his first campaign in Eindhoven as Dutch League MVP and top-scorer, with 31 goals, which also placed him as runner-up of the European Golden Boot. The following season, Van Nistelrooy had scored 29 by March 2000.
Manchester United had already reached an agreement with PSV to sign him for GBP 19m. But on 6 March 2000, in a friendly match against Silkeborg, Van Nistelrooy suffered a knee injury. In spite of the injury, he was elected Best Dutch Player and was Golden Boot runner-up for the second consecutive year.
Nevertheless, any long-term doubts regarding his future vanished in March of next year. He returned from his injury, materialised the transfer to ManU, finally, and caused a spectacular raucous in the English Premiership. Among other feats, during his second season in 2002/03, he scored 25 goals, being instrumental in the Premier League title that the ‘Red Devils’ conquered that year.
Palmarés
1 Dutch League (PSV Eindhoven, 2001)
1 Premier League (Manchester United, 2003)
1 FA Cup (Manchester United, 2004)
1 League Cup (Manchester United, 2006)
Curiosidades
‘Van The Man’, as he is known in England, has proved his goal-scoring capacity time and again in one of the most powerful championships in the world: the Premier League. There, in the Barclays Premiership, his stats say it all: 150 goals, a good deal of them set-up by his former ManU and current Real Madrid team-mate, David Beckham. Even more impressive is the lineage record he broke at the Old Trafford Club, surpassing the 29 European Cup goals scored by legend Dennis Law. Only Di Stéfano, Raúl, Schevchenko, and Eusebio have scored more goals than Ruud in the most prestigious European tournament.
Besides football, Van Nistelrooy has other passions and hobbies, such as literature. John Grisham, the renowned author of best-sellers, is his favourite writer. Moreover, Ruud speaks 4 languages –his native Dutch, English, German, and French– but you can be sure that he will make it five soon enough, adding Spanish to this impressive list.
23 - Van Nistelrooy
Place of birth
Oss (Netherlands)
Date of birth:
1 July 1976
Weight:
79 kilos
Height:
1.88 metres (6 feet, 2 inches)
Nationality:
Italy
Buy your T-Shirt in the Official Shop
Tayectoria
Ruud Van Nistelrooy's footballing career began in 1993 playing for FC Den Bosch. He spent four seasons there, in the Dutch second division, before being transferred to Heerenveen. After a few months, PSV Eindhoven had seen enough and, halfway through 1998, paid up EUR 7.5m, a record-breaking amount between Dutch clubs, to sign a striker that had just turned 22 years old. The trust that PSV had deposited in him was soon repaid. Van Nistelrooy finished his first campaign in Eindhoven as Dutch League MVP and top-scorer, with 31 goals, which also placed him as runner-up of the European Golden Boot. The following season, Van Nistelrooy had scored 29 by March 2000.
Manchester United had already reached an agreement with PSV to sign him for GBP 19m. But on 6 March 2000, in a friendly match against Silkeborg, Van Nistelrooy suffered a knee injury. In spite of the injury, he was elected Best Dutch Player and was Golden Boot runner-up for the second consecutive year.
Nevertheless, any long-term doubts regarding his future vanished in March of next year. He returned from his injury, materialised the transfer to ManU, finally, and caused a spectacular raucous in the English Premiership. Among other feats, during his second season in 2002/03, he scored 25 goals, being instrumental in the Premier League title that the ‘Red Devils’ conquered that year.
Palmarés
1 Dutch League (PSV Eindhoven, 2001)
1 Premier League (Manchester United, 2003)
1 FA Cup (Manchester United, 2004)
1 League Cup (Manchester United, 2006)
Curiosidades
‘Van The Man’, as he is known in England, has proved his goal-scoring capacity time and again in one of the most powerful championships in the world: the Premier League. There, in the Barclays Premiership, his stats say it all: 150 goals, a good deal of them set-up by his former ManU and current Real Madrid team-mate, David Beckham. Even more impressive is the lineage record he broke at the Old Trafford Club, surpassing the 29 European Cup goals scored by legend Dennis Law. Only Di Stéfano, Raúl, Schevchenko, and Eusebio have scored more goals than Ruud in the most prestigious European tournament.
Besides football, Van Nistelrooy has other passions and hobbies, such as literature. John Grisham, the renowned author of best-sellers, is his favourite writer. Moreover, Ruud speaks 4 languages –his native Dutch, English, German, and French– but you can be sure that he will make it five soon enough, adding Spanish to this impressive list.
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