Ruud van Nistelrooy

Ruud van Nistelrooy
Personal information
Full name Rutgerus Johannes Martinus
van Nistelrooij
Date of birth (1976-07-01) 1 July 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Oss, Netherlands
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 PSV Eindhoven
(youth team coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1997
1997–1998
1998–2001
2001–2006
2006–2009
2010–2011
2011-2012		 Den Bosch
Heerenveen
PSV Eindhoven
Manchester United
Real Madrid
Hamburger SV
Málaga
National team
1998–2011 Netherlands
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ruud Van Nistelrooy (born 1 July 1976) was a Dutch retired professional football player who has played for the Netherlands national team. He is the fourth-highest goalscorer in UEFA Champions League history with 56 goals. He played for Manchester United until 2006, where he has the record for being the club's top scorer in European competition. Van Nistelrooy last played for Hamburger SV. He retired on 14 May 2012.

Club career statistics

Club statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NetherlandsLeague KNVB Cup League Cup EuropeTotal
1993/94 Den Bosch Eerste Divisie 2 0 - - 2 0
1994/95 15 3 - - 15 3
1995/96 21 2 - - 21 2
1996/97 31 12 - - 31 12
1997/98 Heerenveen Eredivisie 31 13 5 3 - - 36 16
1998/99 PSV Eindhoven Eredivisie 34 31 5 1 - 7 6 46 38
1999/00 23 29 2 0 - 8 3 33 32
2000/01 10 2 2 3 - 0 0 12 5
EnglandLeague FA Cup Football League Cup EuropeTotal
2001/02 Manchester United Premier League 32 23 2 2 0 0 14 10 48 35
2002/03 34 25 3 4 4 1 11 14 52 44
2003/04 32 20 4 6 0 0 7 4 43 30
2004/05 17 6 3 2 0 0 7 8 27 16
2005/06 35 21 2 0 2 1 8 2 47 24
SpainLeague Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga EuropeTotal
2006/07 Real Madrid La Liga 37 25 3 2 0 0 7 6 47 33
2007/08 24 16 2 0 1 0 7 4 34 20
2008/09 6 4 0 0 2 3 4 3 12 10
2009/10 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
GermanyLeague DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal EuropeTotal
2009/10 Hamburger SV Bundesliga
Country Netherlands 167 92 14 7 - 15 9 196 108
England 150 95 14 14 6 2 47 38 217 149
Spain 68 46 7 2 3 3 19 13 97 64
Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 385 233 35 23 9 5 81 60 510 321

International career statistics

[1]

Netherlands national team
YearAppsGoals
1998 1 0
1999 8 1
2000 1 0
2001 7 7
2002 4 1
2003 8 5
2004 11 6
2005 9 5
2006 5 3
2007 5 2
2008 5 3
Total 64 33

References

  1. ↑ "Ruud van Nistelrooij - Goals in International Matches". www.rsssf.com.