| General |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij | |
| Date of birth: | 1 July 1976 | |
| Place of birth: | Oss, North Brabant,  Netherlands
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| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
| Playing position: | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club |  Leicester City (manager)
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| Youth clubs | ||
| Nooit Gedacht RKSV Margriet Den Bosch
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 1997–1998 1998–2001 2001–2006 2006–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 Total |
Den Bosch Heerenveen PSV Manchester United Real Madrid Hamburger SV Málaga
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69 (17) 31 (13) 67 (62) 150 (95) 68 (46) 36 (12) 28 (4) 449 (249) |
| National team | ||
| 1998–2011 | Netherlands
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70 (35) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2014–2016 2018–2021 2019–2022 2021–2022 2022–2023 2024 2024– |
Netherlands (assistant manager) PSV Eindhoven (U19) Netherlands (assistant) Jong PSV PSV Eindhoven Manchester United (interim) Leicester City
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Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (born 1 July 1976), commonly known as Ruud van Nistelrooy 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 all-time, van Nistelrooy has been the top scorer in three separate 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 different European domestic leagues. In 2004, he was listed in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players.
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 Dutch leagues. 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 £19 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 hit 150 goals in just 219 games for United, as well as being 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 did win La Liga twice and the Supercopa de España before signing for Hamburger SV during the January transfer window in 2010. After a season-and-a-half with Hamburg, he moved back to Spain with Málaga in the summer of 2011. His retirement from football was announced on 14 May 2012.
Honours[]
Clubs[]
- PSV Eindhoven
- Eredivisie (2): 1999–2000, 2000–01
- Johan Cruijff Shield (2): 1998, 2000
- Manchester United
- Premier League (1): 2002–03
- FA Cup (1): 2003–04
- Football League Cup (1): 2005–06
- FA Community Shield (1): 2003
- Real Madrid
- La Liga (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
- Supercopa de España (1): 2008
Individual[]
- Eredivisie Topscorer (2): 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Dutch Footballer of the Year (2): 1999, 2000
- Premier League Player of the Month (3): December 2001, February 2002, April 2003
- UEFA Champions League Most Valuable Striker (1): 2001–02
- UEFA Champions League Topscorer (3): 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
- Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year (2): 2001–02, 2002–03
- ESM Team of the Year (1): 2001–02
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year (1): 2002
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year (1): 2002
- PFA Players' Player of the Year (1): 2001–02
- PFA Team of the Year (2): 2001–02, 2003–04
- Premier League Goal of the Month (1): March 2003
- Barclays Player of the Year (1): 2002–03
- Premier League Golden Boot (1): 2002–03
- UEFA Club Forward of the Year (1): 2002–03
- UEFA Team of the Year (1): 2003
- FIFA 100
- UEFA Euro Silver Boot (1): 2004
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament (1): 2004
- Pichichi Trophy (1): 2006–07
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Decade 2001–2010
External links[]
| Leicester City F.C. squad - 2024–25 |
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1 Ward · 2 Justin · 3 Faes · 4 Coady · 5 Okoli · 6 Ndidi · 7 Fatawu · 8 Winks · 9 Vardy · 10 Mavididi · 11 El Khannouss · 14 De Cordova-Reid · 16 Kristiansen · 17 Choudhury · 18 Ayew · 20 Daka · 21 Ricardo · 22 Skipp · 23 Vestergaard · 24 Soumaré · 29 Édouard · 30 Hermansen · 31 Iversen · 33 Thomas · 34 Golding · 35 McAteer · 37 Alves · 40 Buonanotte · 41 Stolarczyk · Manager: Ruud van Nistelrooy |
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Arteta (Arsenal) · Emery (Aston Villa) · Iraola (Bournemouth) · Frank (Brentford) · Hürzeler (Brighton & Hove Albion) · Maresca (Chelsea) · Glasner (Crystal Palace) · Moyes (Everton) · Silva (Fulham) · McKenna (Ipswich Town) · van Nistelrooy (Leicester City) · Slot (Liverpool) · Guardiola (Manchester City) · Amorim (Manchester United) · Howe (Newcastle United) · Nuno (Nottingham Forest) · Jurić (Southampton) · Postecoglou (Tottenham Hotspur) · Potter (West Ham United) · Pereira (Wolverhampton Wanderers) |
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| Netherlands
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| Netherlands – UEFA Euro 2004 |
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1. van der Sar
2. Reiziger
3. Stam
4. Bouma
5. van Bronckhorst
6. Cocu
7. van der Meyde
8. Davids
9. Kluivert
10. van Nistelrooy
11. van der Vaart
12. Makaay
13. Westerveld
14. Sneijder
15. F. de Boer
16. Overmars
17. van Hooijdonk
18. Heitinga
19. Robben
20. Seedorf
21. Bosvelt
22. Zenden
23. Waterreus
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| Netherlands – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16 |
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1. van der Sar
2. Jaliens
3. Boulahrouz
4. Mathijsen
5. van Bronckhorst
6. Landzaat
7. Kuyt
8. Cocu
9. van Nistelrooy
10. van der Vaart
11. Robben
12. Kromkamp
13. Ooijer
14. Heitinga
15. de Cler
16. Maduro
17. van Persie
18. van Bommel
19. Vennegoor of Hesselink
20. Sneijder
21. Babel
22. Timmer
23. Stekelenburg
Manager: |
| Netherlands – UEFA Euro 2008 |
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1. van der Sar
2. Ooijer
3. Heitinga
4. Mathijsen
5. van Bronckhorst
6. De Zeeuw
7. van Persie
8. Engelaar
9. van Nistelrooy
10. Sneijder
11. Robben
12. Melchiot
13. Timmer
14. Bouma
15. De Cler
16. Stekelenburg
17. De Jong
18. Kuyt
19. Huntelaar
20. Afellay
21. Boulahrouz
22. Vennegoor of Hesselink
23. van der Vaart
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