Quick Facts

Full Name	Ruud van Nistelrooy
Occupation	Soccer Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 1, 1976(1976-07-01)
Age	48
Birthplace	Geffen, Netherlands
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	North Brabant
Horoscope	Cancer

Ruud van Nistelrooy Biography

Ruud van Nistelrooy is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on July 1, 1976 in Geffen, Netherlands, North Brabant, Netherlands. A high-scoring Dutch striker, who played for Manchester United between 2001 and 2006 and Real Madrid 2006 to 2010, and scored 249 goals during his 449-game club career. He also competed for the Dutch national soccer team from 1998 through 2011, playing in 70 matches and scoring 35 goals.

From 2009 to 2010, he played with Cristiano at Real Madrid.

Born in Oss, North Brabant, Van Nistelrooy started his career in 1993, aged 17, with Dutch Eerste Divisie side Den Bosch, where he was converted from a central midfielder to centre-forward, after playing for local clubs Nooit Gedacht and RKSV Margriet. After netting 12 goals in 31 games in the 1996–97 campaign, he transferred for €360,000 to Heerenveen the next year, and scored 13 goals in 31 matches in his only season with the club. He was then signed by PSV Eindhoven the next season for €6.3 million, a then-record transfer sum between two Dutch teams.

Van Nistelrooy earned 70 caps and scored 35 goals for the Netherlands. He made his debut for the national team in a friendly match against Germany on 18 November 1998. However, the cruciate ligament injury which postponed his transfer to Manchester United also ruled Van Nistelrooy out of Euro 2000.

He married Leontien Slaats in 2004. They had a daughter, Moa Annette, in September 2006 and a son, Liam, in March 2008.

Ruud van Nistelrooy Net Worth

Ruud van Nistelrooy is one of the richest Soccer Player from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ruud van Nistelrooy 's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1993, he began his professional career with Den Bosch, the Dutch second division.

He was awarded the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup as well as the FA Community Shield by Manchester United.

Rutgerus Johannes Martinus “Ruud” van Nistelrooy (Dutch: Ruud van Nistelrooij; [ˈryt fɑn ˈnɪstəlroːi̯] ( listen ) ; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch football coach and former player. He is currently the coach of the PSV Eindhoven under- 19s team and assistant manager for Netherlands.

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Who is Ruud van Nistelrooy Dating?

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As the Dutch failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, Van Nistelrooy did not make his tournament debut for the Netherlands until Euro 2004, where he and the Czech Republic’s Milan Baroš were the only players to score in all three group stage matches. The Netherlands reached the semi-finals where they were defeated by hosts Portugal 2–1. Van Nistelrooy was named in the tournament all-star team.

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The following season, he finished as the top Premier League scorer with 25 goals in 34 games, with a goal on the final day against Everton earning him the Golden Boot ahead of Arsenal’s Thierry Henry. His tally included three hat-tricks against Newcastle United, Fulham, and Charlton Athletic. He also scored in each of the final eight games of the season as United won the title. Van Nistelrooy won the Premier League Player of the Season in 2003. He was accredited with spearheading the title win for United with a goal tally that was described as “astonishing”. After scoring 12 Champions League goals, he was named by UEFA as the best striker in Europe.

Is Ruud van Nistelrooy good?

Incredibly, given the club’s dominance of the 1990s, van Nistelrooy was the first United player to score more than 20 goals in a Premier League season , as well becoming the club’s first player to score 10 European goals in a single campaign, and the PFA Players’ Player of the Year followed.

Where is Nistelrooy now?

PSV

Did Ruud van Nistelrooy win the Champions League?

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy For a striker who has top scored in three different

leagues in the continent and was also the top scorer in three different seasons in the Champions League, it is surprising that he never won the Champions League.

Was Ruud van Nistelrooy a poacher?

Van Nistelrooy was a specific kind of poacher , able to hold up the ball and bring others into play, able to harry defenders into making mistakes and able to contribute to link-up play where needed. But his goalscoring from inside the box was his best quality by a mile. Goals with both feet, plenty of headers.

What happened to Ruud van Nistelrooy?

Van Nistelrooy won La Liga twice with Madrid but never got his hands on the European Cup. Following Ronaldo’s arrival at the Bernabeu in 2009, the Dutch striker joined German side Hamburg. He retired in 2012 after a spell with Malaga and is currently PSV Under-19 coach and assistant manager of the Dutch national team.