van Nistelrooy. In this dutch appoint, the surname is Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij ( anglicised to van Nistelrooy ; born 1 July 1976 ) is a dutch football coach and erstwhile actor. He is presently the coach of the PSV Eindhoven under-19s team and assistant coach for Netherlands.
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A early striker, Van Nistelrooy is often considered one of the best strikers of his generation. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He has been the top scorekeeper in three separate UEFA Champions League seasons, and is the sixth-highest goalscorer in the competition ‘s history with 56 goals. He has besides been the top scorer in three different european domestic leagues. Van Nistelrooy began his career with Den Bosch, before moving onto Heerenveen, finally making a identify 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 position in the summer of 2000, but because of wound problems, his move was secured a year late for a then british read tip 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 doubly. Van Nistelrooy hit 150 goals in barely 219 games for United, equally well as becoming, at the time, their all-time european record goalscorer, but fell out of favor towards the end of his tenure. veridical madrid then secured his services in 2006. Although an wound 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 transplant window in 2010. After one-and-a-half seasons with Hamburg, he moved back to Spain with Málaga in the summer of 2011. His retirement from football was announced on 14 May 2012. internationally, Van Nistelrooy represented the Netherlands on 70 occasions, netting 35 times. He was separate of the Euro 2004, 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 squads .
Club career [edit ]
early on career [edit ]
Born in Oss, North Brabant, [ 2 ] Van Nistelrooy started his career in 1993, aged 17, with Dutch Eerste Divisie slope Den Bosch, where he was converted from a central midfielder to centre-forward, after playing for local clubs Nooit Gedacht and RKSV Margriet. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] 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 future temper for €6.3 million, a then-record transfer summarize between two Dutch teams. He scored 31 goals in 34 matches, the highest season total in the Eredivisie and second-highest in Europe overall, in addition to scoring all three of PSV ‘s goals in a Champions League pit against HJK Helsinki on 25 November 1998. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Van Nistelrooy capped off the class by winning the Dutch Player of the Year award. [ 11 ] The follow season, he won his second Eredivisie scoring title with 29 goals. [ 12 ] According to a 2001 interview with The Daily Telegraph, Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson said that his son, Darren, who was at try-outs for Eredivisie equal Heerenveen at the time, begged his church father, “ You ‘ve got to sign Van Nistelrooy properly away, he ‘s fantastic. We ‘ve been watching him. ” [ 13 ] Ferguson sent team representatives to PSV ‘s adjacent league game and signed Van Nistelrooy the next day. [ 13 ]
manchester United [edit ]
Van Nistelrooy looked set to complete a club record £ 18.5 million remove to Manchester United in the summer of 2000. [ 14 ] He was to be unveiled at a weigh conference four days late, but this was rather used to announce that the transfer had been postponed over concerns about his fitness, having not played for a calendar month due to problems with his stifle. [ 15 ] The transfer was then cancelled after PSV refused to agree to far checkup tests, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] and the future day he suffered a rupture to his anterior cruciate stifle ligaments during a prepare seance, leaving him hurt for a year. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] A class late, Van Nistelrooy signed a five-year shrink after passing his aesculapian. [ 20 ] He downplayed United ‘s £19 million investment to reporters, saying, “ The price is not heavy for me – it lifts me up because it means United have big confidence in me. ” [ 13 ]
Van Nistelrooy made his debut in the Charity Shield against Liverpool, scoring in a 2–1 loss. [ 21 ] On 19 August, Van Nistelrooy made his Premier League debut against Fulham at Old Trafford, and scored two goals to help United to a 3–2 winnings. [ 22 ] He scored his inaugural Champions League goals on 17 October in a 3–2 personnel casualty to Deportivo La Coruña. [ 23 ] On 22 December, Van Nistelrooy scored his first Premier League hat-trick in a 6–1 gain against Southampton. [ 24 ] In the FA Cup, Van Nistelrooy started on the terrace for the third round draw against Aston Villa due to a groin strain, but was substituted on for Luke Chadwick in the second-half with United 2–0 down and scored two “ empyreal ” goals in three minutes to help United advance to the fourth round with a 3–2 win. [ 25 ] In entire during his first season, Van Nistelrooy scored 23 goals in 32 league games. He broke the record he shared with Mark Stein, Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry, by scoring in eight consecutive league games. He besides scored ten Champions League goals, and was named the PFA Players ‘ Player of the class .
The surveil 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. [ 26 ] His total included three hat-tricks against Newcastle United, [ 27 ] Fulham, [ 28 ] and Charlton Athletic. [ 29 ] He besides scored in each of the final examination eight games of the temper as United won the championship. Van Nistelrooy won the Premier League Player of the Season in 2003. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] He was accredited with spearheading the deed win for United with a finish score that was described as “ astonishing ”. [ 32 ] After scoring 12 Champions League goals in nine consecutive matches, [ 33 ] he was named by UEFA as the best striker in Europe. [ 34 ]
Van Nistelrooy ( left ) playing for Manchester United versus Tottenham Hotspur in 2004
My ambition is to combine the best of No. 9 and No. 10, as a striker who is besides a team musician and godhead .
— Van Nistelrooy in 2003. [ 35 ]
Van Nistelrooy started the 2003–04 season by scoring twice in his first two league matches. This mean he had scored in 10 consecutive league games, then a Premier League record, [ 36 ] which stood until 2015 when Jamie Vardy scored in 11 back-to-back matches. [ 37 ] In the 0–0 draw on 21 September 2003, late dubbed the Battle of Old Trafford, Van Nistelrooy was at the concentrate of one of the most ill-famed incidents of the Arsenal–Manchester United competition. After missing a last-minute penalty that would have won the game for United, [ 38 ] Van Nistelrooy was attacked by Martin Keown, prompting a melee involving respective players from both sides ; five Arsenal players including Keown received assorted bans and fines, while the club itself received a record very well of £175,000. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Earlier in the bet on, he had been fouled by Patrick Vieira, who was sent off for a second bookable offense. Vieira and his director Arsène Wenger both accused Van Nistelrooy of cheating and stamping on Vieira, [ 41 ] [ 42 ] prompting a blatant defense by Alex Ferguson. [ 43 ] On 27 September, he scored a hat-trick against Leicester City in a 4–1 victory. [ 44 ] He scored his hundredth finish for the club in a dramatic 4–3 victory over Everton on 7 February 2004. [ 45 ] In the FA Cup fifth round of golf bowler hat against Manchester City, Van Nistelrooy scored doubly to help ten-man United acquire 4–2, [ 46 ] and again score doubly in the quarter-final against Fulham as United came from behind to win 2–1. [ 47 ] He scored a far two goals, including one punishment, in United ‘s victory over Millwall in the 2004 FA Cup Final. [ 48 ]
Van Nistelrooy missed a big part of the 2004–05 temper due to injury, but however scored a Champions League -best eight goals. One of them was his thirtieth career european goal, which he scored in a 2–2 Champions League group stage draw with Lyon on 15 September 2004, overtaking Denis Law ‘s previous clubhouse criminal record of 28 goals. Law late said to reporters, “ I ‘m enchant for Ruud. It could not happen to a courteous guy. ” [ 49 ] On 24 October, Arsenal returned to Old Trafford for another dramatic repair. Arsenal entered the fastness with 49-game unbeaten run and had been dubbed “ The Invincibles “, but United won the game 2–0. Van Nistelrooy scored the open goal from the penalty spot, atoning for the punishment miss the previous year, with Wayne Rooney scoring a second. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] Van Nistelrooy was late banned for three games for a foul on Ashley Cole that the reviewer had missed. [ 52 ] On 3 November, Van Nistelrooy scored all four goals in a 4–1 acquire against Sparta Prague. [ 53 ] On 17 April 2005, he scored two goals in the FA Cup semi-final in a 4–1 gain against Newcastle, [ 54 ] but United lost the final on penalties to Arsenal. [ 55 ]
Van Nistelrooy in United coloring material against Chelsea At the originate of the 2005–06 season, Van Nistelrooy scored in United ‘s first base four Premier League games. He finished as the second-highest league scorer with 21 goals, behind Arsenal ‘s Thierry Henry. however, he was benched for the League Cup Final against Wigan Athletic, fuelling speculation of a rift between him and Alex Ferguson, which Van Nistelrooy denied. He was however left on the bench for six straight league matches, and though he then returned to the starting line-up and scored match-winners against West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers, fresh doubt outspread over Van Nistelrooy ‘s future when he was benched for United ‘s temper stopping point winnings over Charlton Athletic. Ferguson claimed that Van Nistelrooy was angry at the decisiveness and left the stadium three hours before kick-off. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] On 9 May 2006, it was reported that Van Nistelrooy ‘s excommunication from the police squad was due to a prepare session contend between him and teammate Cristiano Ronaldo. Van Nistelrooy allegedly criticised Ronaldo ‘s inclination to hold onto the ball alternatively of passing to his teammates, which sparked the contend, after which Van Nistelrooy remarked, “ Go crying to your dad, ” which was in reference to United ‘s Portuguese adjunct director, Carlos Queiroz. Ronaldo, however, took the statement literally and allegedly broke into tears since his forefather José had died eight months previously. [ 58 ] Van Nistelrooy later apologised to Ferguson for his behavior in the former few months. [ 59 ] Van Nistelrooy signed with spanish La Liga side Real Madrid on 28 July, departing Old Trafford after five seasons with a full of 150 goals in 219 appearances, with his final examination goal coming on 1 April against Bolton, scoring what proved to be the fetching finish. [ 60 ] With 38 goals, he is besides the club ‘s second all-time european goalscorer, behind Wayne Rooney .
actual Madrid [edit ]
Van Nistelrooy playing for Real Madrid during a league game to Villarreal On 15 July 2006, Ferguson confirmed that Van Nistelrooy wanted to leave Manchester United and Real Madrid announced two weeks late that he had signed a three-year sign after being purchased for €14 million. [ 61 ] Van Nistelrooy made his debut for the spanish club in a 1–0 friendly win over Reggina on 4 August 2006. [ 62 ] Van Nistelrooy scored a hat-trick in his second league match against Levante and, on 12 November 2006, he scored all four of Real Madrid ‘s goals in a 4–1 victory over Osasuna. For the first six months he was a teammate of Ronaldo, a actor whom Van Nistelrooy regards as the best he ever played with. [ 63 ] [ 64 ] Van Nistelrooy won the league ‘s Pichichi award with 25 goals as real Madrid took home the 2006–07 title, and he besides equalled the longest straight seduce streak in La Liga history with seven straightaway matches, tying a league read shared by Hugo Sánchez. [ 65 ] In January 2008, Van Nistelrooy signed a narrow extension keeping him with Madrid until 2010, with the termination date one day shy of his 34th birthday. [ 66 ] He undergo ankle surgery in March, [ 67 ] and returned for the El Clásico bowler hat against Barcelona on 7 May, in which he netted a penalty two minutes after coming on as a substitute. [ 68 ] He finished the season with 20 goals in 33 appearances .
Van Nistelrooy signing autograph in 2007 In November 2008, Real Madrid announced that Van Nistelrooy would miss the end of the 2008–09 season after exploratory arthroscopic operation revealed a partially tear meniscus in his right knee, with an expect recovery fourth dimension of six to nine months following a second process to repair the damage. [ 69 ] Van Nistelrooy travelled to the United States to see specialist Richard Steadman, who had previously operated on the same knee second in 2000. At the prison term of his injury, he had 10 goals in 12 clubhouse appearances for the temper. [ 70 ] Following the injury, he was de-registered by Real Madrid for the lie of the 2008–09 season, and his shirt number was given to Dani Parejo. On 24 August 2009, in the last pre-season couple before the begin of La Liga, Van Nistelrooy stepped on the deliver for the first time since his injury and played the last 15 minutes of the game against Rosenborg, substituting Kaká. Van Nistelrooy came on for Cristiano Ronaldo in the eightieth minute against Xerez in his first La Liga match since recovering from his injury. In the 81st moment, he provided the assist for a Karim Benzema goal, following it with his own 88th-minute goal. During his strike, however, he picked up a thigh injury, where it was late revealed by Real Madrid that he would be out from beginning team military action for up to six weeks. [ 71 ] On 27 October, Van Nistelrooy made his second comeback of the season coming on as a alternate for Raúl in the 71st minute against Alcorcón in the Copa del Rey. [ 72 ]
hamburg [edit ]
On 23 January 2010, Van Nistelrooy signed an 18-month compress with the german club Hamburger SV until June 2011. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] He made his first appearance for the club after coming off the bench in the survive two minutes of Hamburg ‘s 3–3 draw with 1. FC Köln on 6 February. [ 75 ] Van Nistelrooy scored his first base two goals for Hamburg on 13 February 2010 against VfB Stuttgart in the 75th and 77th minutes of a 3–1 acquire, after entering the game just a few minutes prior. [ 76 ] On 11 March 2010, he scored his inaugural UEFA Europa League goal in the fortieth minute of Hamburg ‘s match against Anderlecht. [ 77 ] Van Nistelrooy scored his merely competitive hat-trick with Hamburg on 15 August 2010, in a 5–1 succeed over Torgelower SV Greif in the foremost round of the 2010–11 DFB-Pokal. [ 78 ] On 21 August 2010, he scored a brace in Hamburg ‘s season opener against Schalke 04, which HSV won 2–1. During that match, he played against his supporter and erstwhile Real Madrid teammate Raúl, who was making his Bundesliga introduction. In the January transplant window, Van Nistelrooy was linked a return move bet on to Real Madrid and could be used for a short-run basis to cover, following injuries of Gonzalo Higuaín and Karim Benzema as coach José Mourinho would be happy for Van Nistelrooy to join the club as Mourinho left the door for him. [ 79 ] Van Nistelrooy admitted he seriously considered moving back to the baseball club if the bid happened. [ 80 ] The baseball club, however, rejected Madrid ‘s bid for Van Nistelrooy, giving the golf club a admonition as Hamburg wants to keep carry of him until the transfer window ended. [ 81 ] Despite being angered over his motion to Real Madrid rejected, Van Nistelrooy said he would remain entrust at Hamburg. [ 82 ] During a match between Hamburg and Hannover 96 on 16 April 2011, Van Nistelrooy suffered a calf injury that kept him out until the last matchday. [ 83 ] [ 84 ] Van Nistelrooy netted seven goals and made two assists in 25 appearances in his only broad season with Hamburg. [ 85 ]
Málaga [edit ]
Van Nistelrooy being introduced as a Málaga musician On 1 June 2011, Van Nistelrooy returned to Spain to pen a annual softwood with La Liga side Málaga, on a free transfer. [ 86 ] Van Nistelrooy was presented at La Rosaleda Stadium as he was welcomed by 15,000 Málaga fans. [ 87 ] He made his debut in a 2–1 loss against Sevilla on the open game of the 2011–12 season. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] Van Nistelrooy registered his first goal on 1 October 2011 against Getafe. [ 90 ] On 21 December, against the lapp club, he opened the scoring with a fusillade as Málaga won 3–2 on aggregate in the Copa del Rey. [ 91 ] Later on in the season, Van Nistelrooy scored two more goals in the league against Espanyol and Racing Santander, [ 92 ] [ 93 ] with the latter being his final goal of his career. [ 89 ] Just one day before his retirement, Van Nistelrooy made his final appearance of his career, coming on as a ersatz in the 75th hour for goalscorer Salomón Rondón, who scored the only goal in Málaga ‘s league match against Sporting Gijón. [ 89 ] [ 94 ] On 14 May 2012, Van Nistelrooy announced his retirement from football at the age of 35. [ 95 ] He told Sport1 he previously made hints that his football career was coming to an goal after insisting Málaga would be his last club. [ 96 ]
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International career [edit ]
Van Nistelrooy with the Netherlands during the 2006 World Cup 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. [ 97 ] however, the cruciate ligament injury which postponed his transfer to Manchester United besides ruled Van Nistelrooy out of Euro 2000. [ 98 ] As the Dutch failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, Van Nistelrooy did not make his tournament introduction 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. During a 2006 World Cup qualifying match, he scored in the Dutch ‘s 4–0 win over bottom-placed Andorra and was yellow-carded for going to Andorra player Antoni Lima and celebrating in battlefront of him, following an incidental six minutes before when Van Nistelrooy missed a penalty and Lima laughed at him. [ 99 ] He was a separate of coach Marco van Basten ‘s team for the 2006 World Cup finals, for which he served as the official FIFA/SOS ambassador. [ 100 ] He started, and was substituted, in all of the Netherlands ‘ group stage matches, and scored his lone goal against the Ivory Coast. Van Nistelrooy was dropped to the terrace by Van Basten without an explanation for the Netherlands ‘ second gear round couple, which saw them again eliminated by Portugal .
Van Nistelrooy ( front ) with Robin avant-garde Persie in 2008 Van Basten left the hitter out of the team for a friendly against the Republic of Ireland on 16 August 2006. [ 101 ] Dirk Kuyt replaced Van Nistelrooy in their following match against Portugal in September. [ 102 ] After Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was unavailable for Euro 2008 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Belarus due to injury, Van Nistelrooy refused Van Basten ‘s request to take his place on the roll. On 23 January 2007, Van Nistelrooy announced his retirement from international football following cover disputes with Van Basten, which had started binding in 2006 during the course of the World Cup finals matches. [ 103 ] After several phone conversations and at the persuasion of seasoned goalkeeper Edwin van five hundred Sar, however, both musician and coach put aside their differences. Van Basten announced four months late that Van Nistelrooy was returning to the Oranje. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] On 8 September, Van Nistelrooy filled Huntelaar ‘s spot, as previously requested, for the qualifier against Bulgaria, scoring in a 2–0 victory, [ 106 ] and scored the winning finish four days late in injury time of the Netherlands ‘ acquire over Albania. At Euro 2008, Van Nistelrooy scored for the Netherlands in their decisive 3–0 victory over Italy in the group stage, and scored the counterweight in their eventual 3–1 passing to Russia in the quarter-finals. On 4 August, he again announced his retirement from international rival. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] During the buildup to the 2010 World Cup, Van Nistelrooy again made himself available, but was left out by the Netherlands ‘ fresh coach Bert vanguard Marwijk. [ 109 ] After being left out for the World Cup, Van Nistelrooy said he had no choice but to face the fact that his external career is finished. [ 110 ] After main striker Robin vanguard Persie suffered an injury during a peer with his club Arsenal, Van Marwijk gave Van Nistelrooy a find to reclaim his position as the chief striker of the Netherlands ‘ national team. Van Nistelrooy was invited to two Netherlands ‘ Group E qualification matches for Euro 2012 against San Marino and Finland. [ 111 ] He scored in the 5–0 victory against San Marino on 3 September 2010. [ 112 ] Van Nistelrooy was again recalled to the police squad in March 2011 for two Euro 2012 reservation games with Hungary, after injuries to strikers Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Arjen Robben and Theo Janssen. [ 113 ] In the away game on 25 March, he appeared as a former stand-in for Dirk Kuyt [ 114 ] while in the return game in Amsterdam four days late, he came off the bench to score his 35th international goal. [ 115 ] adding it is “ fantastic to be able to add something to this Oranje team ”, as he told Berend Scholten. [ 116 ]
dash of play [edit ]
A highly fecund goalscorer, Van Nistelrooy was known for being highly clinical and opportunist in presence of goal, and stood out throughout his career for his outstanding hit ability and finishing ability with either infantry adenine well as his head, which earned him a reputation as one of the best strikers of his generation. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 8 ] [ 117 ] [ 118 ] [ 119 ] [ 120 ] due to his excellent positional sense, immediate reactions, and intelligent nauseating motion, he excelled at finding quad in the penalty area and at anticipating his opponents to the ball, and was besides known for his ability to clock time his runs to lose his markers, beat the offside bunker, and get on the end of his teammates ‘ passes ; his leaning to be in the right locate at the right prison term in the box saw him occasionally labelled as a “ poacher ” in the media. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 8 ] [ 117 ] [ 121 ] [ 122 ] [ 123 ] A all-around centre-forward, in addition to his eye for goal, Van Nistelrooy was gifted with pace, forcible force, and shooting power, ampere well as excellent technical skills, and an ability to hold up the ball with his back to goal and link-up with his teammates or provide them with assists, due to his ability to read the game. [ 35 ] [ 5 ] [ 8 ] [ 124 ] He was besides an accurate penalty taker. [ 125 ] In cattiness of his endowment and goalscoring ability, however, at times he drew criticism from managers, players and pundits for his controversial behavior, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as for having a leaning to be selfish, excessively aureate, or for his preference for model. [ 6 ]
Coaching career [edit ]
PSV under-17s [edit ]
On 22 June 2013, Van Nistelrooy joined PSV as a coaching intern working with the under-17s. [ 126 ] He was revealed as the raw striker passenger car of the under-17s, 19s and the military reserve team in February 2016. [ 127 ]
Netherlands [edit ]
In March 2014, it was announced that Van Nistelrooy would be assisting Guus Hiddink after the 2014 World Cup. [ 128 ]
PSV under-19s [edit ]
On 25 June 2018, Van Nistelrooy became the new coach of the PSV under-19s, taking over Mark avant-garde Bommel, who left his function for the elder team. [ 129 ] In December 2019 it was confirmed, that Van Nistelrooy beside his military position at PSV, besides had been added to Ronald Koeman ‘s backroom staff as an assistant coach in concert with Maarten Stekelenburg ahead of the Euro 2020, after Kees van Wonderen recently had left the position. [ 130 ]
personal life sentence [edit ]
Van Nistelrooy married his girlfriend, Leontien Slaats, in July 2004. [ 131 ] The couple had their beginning child, a girlfriend named Moa Annette, in September 2006, and a son named Liam in March 2008. [ 132 ] [ 133 ] [ 134 ] Van Nistelrooy was brought up as a Roman Catholic. [ 135 ]
charity [edit ]
Van Nistelrooy and his wife are both heavily involved with the jacob’s ladder administration SOS Children ‘s Villages. The organization has been around since 1949 and is an international development jacob’s ladder which serves to protect the interests and rights of children. Van Nistelrooy was officially appointed “ FIFA for SOS Children ‘s Villages ” Ambassador in the Netherlands on 1 September 2001. [ 136 ] On 17 November 2009, Van Nistelrooy and his wife hosted SOS at Ciudad Real Madrid. The function of the consequence was to help create a calendar which would be sold to benefit the organization. [ 137 ]
Endorsements [edit ]
Van Nistelrooy was sponsored by sportswear caller Nike and appeared in Nike commercials. In a ball-shaped Nike advertise crusade in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he starred in a “ mystery tournament “ commercial ( branded “ Scorpion KO ” ) directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing aboard football players such as Thierry Henry, Ronaldo, Edgar Davids, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luís Figo and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona as the tournament “ referee ”. [ 138 ] [ 139 ]
Media career [edit ]
During the 2014 World Cup, Van Nistelrooy worked as a studio analyst for ESPN. [ 140 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
International [edit ]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Netherlands
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
2010
3
1
2011
3
1
Total
70
35
International goals [edit ]
- Netherlands score listed first, score column indicates score after each Van Nistelrooy goal.[144]
Honours [edit ]
PSV [ 145 ]
Manchester United [ 145 ]
Real Madrid [ 145 ]
Individual
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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