It is known that Rud van Nistelrooy, in spite of all his “stardom,” was never conceited. Over the course of his football history, this Dutch striker scored more than 400 goals. The heyday of his career came at a time when he played for the great and mighty Manchester United. It was then that he set a kind of scorer record: scored in a row in each of the 10 rounds of the championship.
And now this upstart record has been renewed by a “upstart” from Jester Vardi from Leicester. Ironically, Vardi scored his eleventh goal in the eleventh round of the same Manchester United. Well, what about van Nistelrooy? He thanked the successor for the excellent work and sent his sincere congratulations to the Englishman.
“Give him four chances ...”
Former Manchester United partner Welsh wizard Ryan Giggs said of Van Nistelrooy’s abilities: “Give him four chances to hit the opponent’s goal, and he will realize all of them.” Of course, these words should not be taken literally, however, a large share of the truth is still present in them. Whatever nicknames the Dutchman won from partners and rivals, but the Man-Goal will be the most flattering. We will give only one illustrative example. In the appearances for Manchester United in the Champions League, Rud van Nistelrooy updated his own records season after season, and scored 38 goals in a total of 47 matches for the club in the European arena. The peak of the Dutchman’s performance was in the 2002-2003 season.
Carier start
The Dutch footballer was born on July 1, 1976 in the provincial town of Oss. The world might never have known about Van Nistelrooy's striking talent if every boy in the Netherlands hadn’t raved about football. And it doesn’t matter at all who your father is, a miller from a village or a bank clerk. So Rud left family farming and went to learn the basics of football in the nearest sports school. Very soon, all of Holland will find out who Van Nistelrooy is. The footballer in his very first season for Heerenveen managed to hit the opponent’s goal 13 times. At that time, young talent was only 21 years old.
Interest from famous clubs
Holland is famous for its pupils, and youth football academies and many professional clubs exist for money from the sale of talented talents to the richest clubs in Europe. Holland annually supplies dozens of new and new "stars" to the European market. Not all of these guys manage to reach their full potential abroad. However, Rud van Nistelrooy is not from this cohort of football players. He was destined to become the brightest star. Scouts from Manchester United have watched the young footballer from his very first season, spent at Heerenveen.
The head coach of the Mankunians, Sir Alex Ferguson, for a long time unsuccessfully searched for just such a super-hitting striker, who has a high percentage of moments. Ideally, such a forward should be able to competently choose a position, and all the rest will be done by skilled partners. True, the Dutch grand PSV was more efficient and the first to sign a contract with Ore. So van Nistelrooy, whose photo we provided in this publication, in 1998 entered into a new contract with the club of the top division and remained at home. However, you won’t get away from fate, and already in the 2001-2002 season the Dutchman tried on a Manchester United T-shirt.
Injuries
Unfortunately, the attackers are often prone to injuries, because they are followed by a real hunt from the defenders of the opposing team. The English League is one of the most spectacular and contact, there are many martial arts, and the players do not spare neither themselves nor their opponents. It is customary to talk about football players who are often injured as “crystal” ones, and the club management is not particularly interested in keeping them in their staff. Our today's hero was injured, and the 2004-2005 season almost completely spent in the infirmary. But this year, Rood managed to become the top scorer of the Champions League.
Championship of Spain
When the leadership of the “Red Devils" received an offer from Real Madrid, they let Van Nistelrooy go to the Spanish championship without hesitation. Probably, the club management was afraid that the Dutchman could be injured again for a long time and one of the coming seasons would again be in the infirmary. Club bosses wanted to make good money for van Nistelrooy, while he was in price. The debut season for Real Madrid can be called successful: the striker scored 37 goals per season. However, further injuries will also haunt the player, this will force him to “change his residence permit”.
Late European company
In this article we are talking about a talented Dutch striker, whose name is Rud van Nistelrooy. The biography of a football player is full of performances for various clubs and championships. So, at the end of his career, he managed to play for the German Hamburg and the Spanish Malaga. After the end of the 2011-2012 season, the player decided to end his sports career.