Release date: Saturday, November 7, 2020 9:02 AM
The impressive Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooy, from Oss in the south of Holland, is now 44 years old. Playing as a striker, the 6’2″ Dutchman had a 19-year career at seven other clubs: Den Bosch, Heerenveen, PSV, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Hamburg and Malaga. He eventually made 592 games for the club and scored 349 goals, one each and 1. 69 games.
His foreign form is almost as impressive, with 70 international games and scoring 35 goals in thirteen years. His honours come with two Eredivisie names with PSV, two La Ligas with Real Madrid, a name for Manchester United and a medal in the FA Cup and League. Cup.
He was the PFA Player of the Year in 2001/02, the most sensible scorer in the Champions League on 3 occasions and also the most productive assistant for one of them. The sensible thing to do is that he is the league’s most sensible goalscorer in three other countries. the boy knew where the purpose
Since his retirement in 2012, he has worked in the Dutch media, lately he is national deputy director and director of PSV Eindhoven for children under the age of 19.
His career took a while to refuel, he joined Den Bosch in 1993 at the age of 17, stayed for 4 years and left in 1997 for a year in Heerenveen. He scored 16 out of 40 for De Superfriezen and made such a positive impression that the PSV got here for him and paid an intra-Dutch move-in payment of 6. 3 million euros for his long-legged, long-headed services.
Now at the age of 22, this was to be the beginning of his rise to the prestige of a superstar striker when he started scoring goals. For two seasons, his form was a bit: 41 in 46 games, winning the league, then 32 in 32 for a consecutive moment. Title.
This caught the attention of Europe’s most sensitive clubs. Manchester United agreed to pay a fee, but then they gave him his crucified and had to wait a year for him to recover. At this point, I took out a large check for £19 million. It’s a sign of how desirable it is for them to be willing to wait for their man.
At the time, he was quite the striker in Europe and fell to the ground in his first English season, scoring 36 in 49, adding 8 in consecutive matches. That was followed by an even larger tie in 2002/03, inflating the onion bag. 44 times in 52 games.
It was an unstoppable force at the time. In 2003/04, he scored in 10 consecutive games, then beaten by Jamie Vardy.
He spent five seasons at Old Trafford, with 2004/05 lost largely to injury. His 150 goals in 219 games were a testament to his dominance. There was an intentional fight with Sir Alex Ferguson, and a match with Cristiano Ronaldo that I think Ruud would have won before the Portuguese had time to see himself on tv screen.
So offski went to Real Madrid for only 14 million euros, an absolute flight. He temporarily scored 33 in 47 and won the league. 2007/08 saw him get 20 in 33, but this will be his last full season, as injuries began to hamper the old horse.
He left Madrid after 96 games and 64 goals, and there were a few seasons in Hamburg before completing in Malaga at 35.
Because he made his foreign deyet just after the 1998 World Cup and Holland failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, his peak years fell on the biggest stage. In 2006, he struggled with classic Dutch taste with Marco Van Basten and did not play in 2007, retired from foreign football but backed down for the 2008 euros, after which he retired, but said he would have it in 2010.
Unelected. Aw.
As far as the wonderful scorers of the last 20 years are concerned, Ruud is undoubtedly one of the best, however, his relatively discreet foreign career led him to be excluded from many lists of big names.
It is also true that his abilities were largely based, though not exclusively, on being certainly ruthless in the box. Tall, with long legs and anything on the colt, meant he was never the top speed style player, but his ability to locate the area and take harmful positions was a time for none. He was competitive and decided with a voracious thirst for goals.
If he takes five minutes to see all his goals of the 2003/04 season with Manchester United, he almost never makes a momentary touch. Almost everyone is marked with a first shot.
It’s amazing. It’s like his art is so instinctive and deadly, he just didn’t want to think about it. He put the ball in front of him and bam, it was a goal.
His celebrations after the goal, in his mad delirium, are also very endearing. There’s nothing cool to do with school poses, quirky dances or repeated routines that make everyone’s guts take care of each other. No, not for Ruud, anyway.
The incident after a missed penalty with Martin Keown, where Ruud helps keep his component safe in difficult cases, now resembles anything from a remote era when games were much more important. I’m sure Arsenal would like his team to care so much. a lot about all those days. Even enthusiasts seem more passionate. Too much fresh football is anemic compared to and does the concept of football without an amateur have a lot of value?Ridiculous.
Many of those looking to declaim his art said that he was just a six-metre poa hunter, as if there was nothing in it, but it was much more. Watching his videos now, he surprises how fast and hard he is. It deserves to be noticed that the first part of his career was played just before the less physical era was induced through adjustments to the law, so you had to be able to do so. fend for himself and fight his battles. Scoring as many goals as between his first season at PSV and his time at Real Madrid is neither a coincidence nor a coincidence. Not only will you have to be ruthless when the opportunity presents, but also to create your own opportunities.
But his overall game isn’t all about goals, his 27 assists for United highlighted some other component of his game that was intended to concern defenders and in doing so create an area for others to operate.
And perhaps most of all, he was a straightforward striker to be loved by his club’s enthusiasts in the sense that he didn’t seem remote or possess some otherworldly skills, as some do, he was in no way sublime or extravagant. smart on a handful of bases and clinically implemented those skills.
The memories of Ruud’s greatness have come 4_4_haiku.
– 4_4_haiku (4_4_haiku) 5 November 2020
“A criminal predator you no longer have in the fashion game. I also appreciate you having the central separation of the ’90s and the curtain cut in the 2000s. “
“He looked at the highlights and thought the enthusiastic rivals booed him when he scored. Then I found out that United enthusiasts were shouting their name!This roar of a note is now as iconic to me as the photographs of the lenses when I think of the Iconic boy.
“Another memory is this missed penalty incident between Ruud and Antoni Lima of Andorra, Lima celebrates failure in front of Van Nistelrooy, moments later draws and runs towards Lima, the lesson is not rude to Ruud. “
“One of the high-minded strikers that the Premier League has noticed (in a way). Alone, Pur. Buts. “
– YYL (yamyamluke86) November 5, 2020
“From The Piero in RVN: “What a player, even when he farts, it turns out he scores!
“I did it for the first time for the PSV with Luc Nilis as a partner. “
“I see the image of his injured mendacity in PSV education and thinking he had to be a player if United were happy to expect it. “
When he hit them from 6 yards, and all the experts criticized him for not having a variety of targets, he simply took the ball in the middle line opposite Fulham, ran 30 yards and hit it from outside the area. ‘
– Garret (@potatofusbal) November 5, 2020
I think there’s also a ridiculous statistic, which says he never scored outside the usual circuits for Man United, but in his first match with Real it was a slack kick. Something like that, anyway. “
“Watching videos of him is now fascinating. He had the ability to locate the area at the right time. The defenders just seemed to close, it was like it was invisible or something. There was an explanation as to why so many of his purposes were tap-ins, his movement was sensational. And his end was ruthless. They may just weigh it at home, or cut one off the goalkeeper, no matter what, would apply the ending the stage required and nothing else. It was a natural purpose machine. His game of robberies was also undervalued.
“One of the biggest natural strikers I can — didn’t seem to have taken the fact that I didn’t score in a match as a non-public affront. Dead on the surface, however, he was very Dutch in the fact that he could also play outside!”
“I don’t forget to watch a game against Arsenal in 2003 in Highbury. We wondered if RVN was good. ” He just scores interferences, “my Gunners helping uncle said seconds before bypassing Sol Campbell, charging toward purpose and playing in the opening game. I’ll never see my uncle’s face. “
– Kevin Kelly (kevinkelly14) November 5, 2020
“A natural finisher. He matched the name “front” shooter. “
“I think he’s hugely underestimated, he scored all sorts of goals. He returned from his great injury when he was about to sign for Manchester United. Prototype of attacker”.
“I’ve never noticed that anyone needed so many goals. The eternal RVN/TH debate will never be made a final decision. But like 99% of the population that will never become professional, our favorite will have to be RVN. Simply because even though we will never write down the wonders, we can write down the tap-ins ».
“I just got over each and every party thinking I’d score, the certainty of that, especially in Europe. It was empty when he left. I don’t think there’s a striker who only cares about dialing (and being so satisfied when he did!) Since then, I miss him. ‘
– Mike ? (@Mikejandro) November 5, 2020
“He great, betting as he did, acting as he did on a team that does not live up to his strength, especially when Beckham sold, in the formation of the Christmas tree, he led this team.
“Calling him sneaky does him a very bad service. His strategy was very good and a staggering close control. In addition, Madrid excites him because it was a great fortune for us to win back-to-back titles. “
“On my first trip to Old Trafford, we waited outside to see the players. As I recall, he was the only first teammate to come and sign autographs. I spent years doing it to our delight. “
“Him and Henry fighting for the Golden Boot were so much fun because they were other players. I enjoyed van Nistelrooy, especially seeing how his move to United was delayed. Good striker. “
Dial from an angle? yes, maybe I will.
There’s no poa hunter here. From the middle line and oh, the end: sublime
Chest. Turn. Fly. Objective. Bright.
When you watch videos of him that remind you of his days in the game, it’s transparent that he’s a very loquacious guy and I think it would be an inspiring presence. Although he doesn’t seem to want to put on the gaffer’s oversized coat, educating teenagers to become better strikers turns out to be an ideal race for him.
And one last point: as I seem to say a lot in those pieces, RVN is the kind of striker who hasn’t really discovered his position in the fashion game. He was not a target type in the traditional sense, but he had the ability to play almost every single role. He was a multifaceted striker who must have been an absolute nightmare against whom to protect himself just because he was so flexible and intelligent in all roles.
Can you exercise that in young players?Is there a position in the fashion game lately for someone who plays as a RVN?Reviewing your videos this week is an absolute joy. It’s so dynamic, so unstoppable. And let’s face it, RVN is a great initiality.
John Nicholson
It may be the most important weekend of the season so far. The two great contenders, however, face off in a long-awaited match, but will Leicester or Wolves be at the forefront?Liverpool will also play Manchester City or something. That.
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