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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

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Born
1983 (41 years old)

Birth Place

Voor-Drempt, Netherlands

Position
Forward

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Team Number
21

Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight
77 kg

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Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar (born 12 August 1983) is a retired Dutch professional footballer who played as a striker.

Huntelaar is described as a "prolific striker" with a "brilliant first touch" and has been compared in style to players such as Marco van Basten and Ruud van Nistelrooy. In 2009, former Netherlands national team manager Louis van Gaal was quoted saying about the player, "in the penalty area, he is the best player in the world, bar none."

Huntelaar has played for PSV Eindhoven, De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Heerenveen, Ajax, Real Madrid and A.C. Milan, before joining Schalke 04 in August 2010, for whom he was the top goalscorer in the 2011–12 Bundesliga with 29 league goals. Huntelaar is also Schalke's second highest goalscorer of all time, behind Klaus Fischer. He returned to Ajax on 1 June 2017 on a one-year contract.

Huntelaar was named Dutch Football Talent of the Year and Ajax "Player of the Year" in 2006, and was a part of the Dutch side that won the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship where he became the tournament's leading goalscorer and received the player of the tournament award. He was also named as one of two strikers in the UEFA Team of the Tournament. He is the all-time top scorer of the Netherlands U-21 national team with 18 goals in 23 appearances.

Career Honours

Dutch Eredivisie 2020-2021 Ajax	Johan Cruijff Schaal 2019 Ajax	Dutch Eredivisie 2018-2019 Ajax	Dutch KNVB Cup 2018-2019 Ajax
German Bundesliga Torjagerkanone 2011-2012 Schalke 04	German DFL-Supercup 2011 Schalke 04	German DFB-Pokal 2010-2011 Schalke 04	Johan Cruijff Schaal 2007 Ajax
Dutch KNVB Cup 2006-2007 Ajax	Johan Cruijff Schaal 2006 Ajax	Dutch KNVB Cup 2005-2006 Ajax