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Ruud Van Nisterlooy
Aaraiz Kashif
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The prolific striker now turned assistant manager for Manchester
United, Ruud Van Nistelrooy is a world-renowned talent.
The 48 year-old Dutchman was born on 1st of July 1976 in Oss, Netherlands. He started his
professional career at Den Bosch. He was converted from an attacking midfielder to a cen-
ter-forward. At 17, he netted 12 goals in 31 games but that was just the beginning. He trans-
ferred to Heerenveen F.C. for €360,000 and scored 13 in 31. He then signed for PSV at the
price of €6.3million. He then went on to score 31 in 34, which saw him announce his name
into the huge world of football. This had Sir Alex Ferguson sign him for Manchester United.
He scored in his Man Utd debut in a 2-1 loss vs. Liverpool in the Community Sheild. He
scored a brace on his Premier League debut in a 3-2 win vs. Fulham. He even scored on his
Champions League debut in a 3-2 loss vs. Deportivo La Coruna. He scored his 1st Premier
League hat-trick in a 6-1 win over Southampton. He was on the bench in the FA-Cup Round
3 vs. Aston Villa and came on when United were losing 2-0. He proceeded to net 2
world-class goals to help United push through in a 3-2 win.
In between 2001-06 he scored 150 goals in 219 appearances for United and won the 2002-03
Premier League. He left for Real Madrid at a price of €14 million. He scored 64 goals in 94
appearances for Real Madrid. He won 2 La-Liga titles and a Spanish Super-Copa. He signed
for Hamburg S.V. in 2010 where he had 9 G/A in 25 appearances. He then signed for Malaga
in 2011 and scored a handful of goals. He retired there in 2012. He scored 35 in 70 for the
Netherlands.
He then took multiple managerial roles at PSV and the Dutch national team, coaching youth,
U21’s and the first team. He won the Dutch equivalent of the Community Sheild and
FA-Cup with PSV’s 1st team. He is currently back at Manchester United as an assistant man-
ager and temporarily interim until Ruben Amorim comes in.