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Ruud van Nistelrooy

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1976 (48 years old)

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Manager

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Coaching

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10

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1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

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Leicester

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Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (Dutch pronunciation: ; ; born 1 July 1976), commonly known as Ruud van Nistelrooy (/væn ˈnɪstəlrɔɪ/), 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 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 £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 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 España 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 Málaga in the summer of 2011. He retired as a player in 2012.

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.
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Dutch KNVB Cup
2022-2023

PSV Eindhoven
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Spanish Supercopa de Espana
2008

Real Madrid
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Spanish La Liga
2007-2008

Real Madrid
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Spanish La Liga
2006-2007

Real Madrid
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Spanish La Liga Trofeo Pichichi
2006-2007

Manchester United
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English Football League Cup
2005-2006

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English FA Cup
2003-2004

Manchester United
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English FA Community Shield
2003

Manchester United
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UEFA Team of the Year
2003

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English Premier League Player of the Season
2002-2003

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English Premier League
2002-2003

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English Premier League Golden Boot
2002-2003

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English PFA Players Player of the Year
2001-2002

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UEFA Champions League Hat-Trick
1998-11-25


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1991-1993


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