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In this Dutch name, the surname is van Nistelrooy, not Nistelrooy.

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Ruud van Nistelrooy
Personal information
\n Van Nistelrooy in 2017
Full name	\nRutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij^[1]
Date of birth	\n (1976-07-01) 1 July 1976 (age 48)^[2]
Place of birth	\nOss, Netherlands
Height	\n1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)^[3]
Position(s)	\nStriker
Team information
Current team	\nLeicester City (manager)
Youth career
1981\u20131990	\nNooit Gedacht
1990\u20131991	\nRKSV Margriet
1991\u20131993	\nDen Bosch
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1993\u20131997	\nDen Bosch	\n69	\n(17)
1997\u20131998	\nHeerenveen	\n31	\n(13)
1998\u20132001	\nPSV Eindhoven	\n67	\n(62)
2001\u20132006	\nManchester United	\n150	\n(95)
2006\u20132010	\nReal Madrid	\n68	\n(46)
2010\u20132011	\nHamburger SV	\n36	\n(12)
2011\u20132012	\nM\u00e1laga	\n28	\n(4)
Total	\n	\n449	\n(249)
International career
1997\u20131998	\nNetherlands U21	\n4	\n(0)
1998\u20132011	\nNetherlands	\n70	\n(35)
Managerial career
2021\u20132022	\nJong PSV
2022\u20132023	\nPSV Eindhoven
2024	\nManchester United (caretaker)
2024\u2013	\nLeicester City
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (Dutch pronunciation: [\u02c8ryt f\u0251n \u02c8n\u026ast\u0259lro\u02d0i]; born 1 July 1976), commonly known as Ruud van Nistelrooy (/v\u00e6n \u02c8n\u026ast\u0259lr\u0254\u026a/), is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of Premier League club Leicester City. Widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation, Van Nistelrooy has been the top scorer in three UEFA Champions League seasons, and is the sixth-highest goalscorer in the competition's history with 56 goals. He has also been the top scorer in three European domestic leagues.^[4] In 2004, he was listed in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players.^[5]\n

Van Nistelrooy began his career with Den Bosch, before moving onto Heerenveen, eventually making a name for himself at PSV Eindhoven, where he won two Eredivisie titles. His goalscoring record at PSV attracted attention from Manchester United; a deal was in place in the summer of 2000, but because of injury problems, his move was secured a year later for a then British record fee of \u00a319 million. His time at United was successful, winning the Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, and FA Community Shield, along with winning the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year twice. Van Nistelrooy scored 150 goals in just 219 games for United, as well as becoming at the time their all-time European record goalscorer, but fell out of favour towards the end of his tenure. Real Madrid then secured his services in 2006. Although an injury blighted the end of his days with Madrid, he won La Liga twice and the Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a before signing for Hamburger SV during the January transfer window in 2010. After one and a half seasons with Hamburg, he moved back to Spain with M\u00e1laga in the summer of 2011. He retired as a player in 2012.\n

Internationally, Van Nistelrooy represented the Netherlands on 70 occasions, netting 35 times. He was part of the Euro 2004, 2006 World Cup, and Euro 2008 squads.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Den Bosch\n	1993\u201394\n	Eerste Divisie\n	2	0	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	2	0\n
1994\u201395\n	Eerste Divisie\n	15	3	2	3	\u2014	\u2014	\u2013	17	6\n
1995\u201396\n	Eerste Divisie\n	21	2	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	21	2\n
1996\u201397\n	Eerste Divisie\n	31	12	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	31	12\n
Total\n	69	17	2	3	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	71	20\n
Heerenveen\n	1997\u201398\n	Eredivisie\n	31	13	5	3	\u2014	4^[c]	0	\u2014	40	16\n
PSV\n	1998\u201399\n	Eredivisie\n	34	31	4	4	\u2014	7^[d]	6	1^[e]	0	46	41\n
1999\u20132000\n	Eredivisie\n	23	29	1	0	\u2014	8^[d]	3	\u2014	32	32\n
2000\u201301\n	Eredivisie\n	10	2	2	2	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	12	4\n
Total\n	67	62	7	6	\u2014	15	9	1	0	90	77\n
Manchester United\n	2001\u201302\n	Premier League\n	32	23	2	2	0	0	14^[d]	10	1^[f]	1	49	36\n
2002\u201303\n	Premier League\n	34	25	3	4	4	1	11^[d]	14	0	0	52	44\n
2003\u201304\n	Premier League\n	32	20	4	6	0	0	7^[d]	4	1^[f]	0	44	30\n
2004\u201305\n	Premier League\n	17	6	3	2	0	0	7^[d]	8	0	0	27	16\n
2005\u201306\n	Premier League\n	35	21	2	0	2	1	8^[d]	2	0	0	47	24\n
Total\n	150	95	14	14	6	2	47	38	2	1	219	150\n
Real Madrid\n	2006\u201307\n	La Liga\n	37	25	3	2	\u2014	7^[d]	6	0	0	47	33\n
2007\u201308\n	La Liga\n	24	16	1	0	\u2014	7^[d]	4	1^[g]	0	33	20\n
2008\u201309\n	La Liga\n	6	4	0	0	\u2014	4^[d]	3	2^[g]	3	12	10\n
2009\u201310\n	La Liga\n	1	1	2	0	\u2014	1^[d]	0	0	0	4	1\n
Total\n	68	46	6	2	\u2014	19	13	3	3	96	64\n
Hamburger SV\n	2009\u201310\n	Bundesliga\n	11	5	0	0	\u2014	7^[h]	2	0	0	18	7\n
2010\u201311\n	Bundesliga\n	25	7	1	3	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	26	10\n
Total\n	36	12	1	3	\u2014	7	2	0	0	44	17\n
M\u00e1laga\n	2011\u201312\n	La Liga\n	28	4	4	1	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	32	5\n
Career total\n	449	249	39	32	6	2	92	62	6	4	592	349\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Netherlands\n	1998	1	0\n
1999	8	1\n
2000	1	0\n
2001	7	7\n
2002	4	1\n
2003	8	5\n
2004	11	6\n
2005	9	5\n
2006	5	3\n
2007	5	2\n
2008	5	3\n
2009\n	0\n	0\n
2010	3	1\n
2011	3	1\n
Total	70	35\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Cap\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1\n	28 April 1999	GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands	3	$\"\"$ Morocco	1\u20132	1\u20132	Friendly\n
2\n	25 April 2001	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	11	$\"\"$ Cyprus	4\u20130	4\u20130	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
3\n	2 June 2001	Lillek\u00fcla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	12	$\"\"$ Estonia	2\u20132	4\u20132	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
4\n	4\u20132\n
5\n	15 August 2001	White Hart Lane, London, England	13	$\"\"$ England	2\u20130	2\u20130	Friendly\n
6\n	5 September 2001	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	15	$\"\"$ Estonia	5\u20130	5\u20130	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
7\n	6 October 2001	GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands	16	$\"\"$ Andorra	3\u20130	4\u20130	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
8\n	4\u20130\n
9\n	20 November 2002	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	21	$\"\"$ Germany	3\u20131	3\u20131	Friendly\n
10\n	29 March 2003	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	23	$\"\"$ Czech Republic	1\u20130	1\u20131	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying\n
11\n	2 April 2003	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol, Moldova	24	$\"\"$ Moldova	1\u20131	2\u20131	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying\n
12\n	19 November 2003	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	29	$\"\"$ Scotland	3\u20130	6\u20130	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying\n
13\n	4\u20130\n
14\n	6\u20130\n
15\n	15 June 2004	Est\u00e1dio do Drag\u00e3o, Porto, Portugal	34	$\"\"$ Germany	1\u20131	1\u20131	UEFA Euro 2004\n
16\n	19 June 2004	Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal	35	$\"\"$ Czech Republic	2\u20130	2\u20133	UEFA Euro 2004\n
17\n	23 June 2004	Est\u00e1dio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal	36	$\"\"$ Latvia	1\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2004\n
18\n	2\u20130\n
19\n	13 October 2004	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	39	$\"\"$ Finland	2\u20131	3\u20131	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
20\n	3\u20131\n
21\n	30 March 2005	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	42	$\"\"$ Armenia	2\u20130	2\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
22\n	8 June 2005	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	44	$\"\"$ Finland	1\u20130	4\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
23\n	3 September 2005	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	46	$\"\"$ Armenia	1\u20130	1\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
24\n	7 September 2005	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	47	$\"\"$ Andorra	3\u20130	4\u20130	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
25\n	4\u20130\n
26\n	27 May 2006	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	50	$\"\"$ Cameroon	1\u20130	1\u20130	Friendly\n
27\n	4 June 2006	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	51	$\"\"$ Australia	1\u20130	1\u20131	Friendly\n
28\n	16 June 2006	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany	53	$\"\"$ Ivory Coast	2\u20130	2\u20131	2006 FIFA World Cup\n
29\n	8 September 2007	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	56	$\"\"$ Bulgaria	2\u20130	2\u20130	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying\n
30\n	12 September 2007	Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania	57	$\"\"$ Albania	1\u20130	1\u20130	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying\n
31\n	29 May 2008	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	60	$\"\"$ Denmark	1\u20130	1\u20131	Friendly\n
32\n	9 June 2008	Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland	62	$\"\"$ Italy	1\u20130	3\u20130	UEFA Euro 2008\n
33\n	21 June 2008	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	64	$\"\"$ Russia	1\u20131	1\u20133	UEFA Euro 2008\n
34\n	3 September 2010	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	65	$\"\"$ San Marino	5\u20130	5\u20130	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying\n
35\n	29 March 2011	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	70	$\"\"$ Hungary	3\u20132	5\u20133	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	GF\n	GA\n	GD\n	Win %\n
Jong PSV\n	1 June 2021\n	18 May 2022\n	38\n	11\n	11\n	16\n	61\n	63\n	\u22122\n	028.95\n	^[165]\n
PSV Eindhoven\n	19 May 2022\n	24 May 2023\n	51\n	33\n	10\n	8\n	126\n	60\n	+66\n	064.71\n	^[166]\n
Manchester United (caretaker)\n	28 October 2024\n	10 November 2024\n	4\n	3\n	1\n	0\n	11\n	3\n	+8\n	075.00\n	^[167]\n
Leicester City\n	29 November 2024^[a]\n	Present\n	14\n	3\n	1\n	10\n	16\n	32\n	\u221216\n	021.43\n	^[169]\n
Total\n	107\n	50\n	23\n	34\n	214\n	158\n	+56\n	046.73\n	\u2014\n

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Club career

Early career

PSV

Manchester United

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2004\u201305

2005\u201306

Real Madrid

Hamburger SV

M\u00e1laga

International career

Style of play

Coaching career

PSV under-17s

Netherlands

PSV under-19s

PSV first team

Manchester United

Leicester City

Outside football

Personal life

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Media career

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