Rud van Nistelrooy: "Man-Goal" from a small Dutch village

It is known that Rud van Nistelrooy, despite his "star", was never conceited. For his football history, this Dutch striker scored more than 400 goals. The heyday of his career came in the period when he was in favor of the great and mighty Manchester United. It was then that he set a kind of bombardier record: he scored in a row in each of the 10 rounds of the championship.

And now this record of the Premier League has been updated by "upstart" from "Leicester" Jamie Vardi. Ironically, his eleventh goal in the eleventh round, Vardi scored in the gate all the same "Manchester United". Well, what about van Nistelrooy? He thanked the successor for his excellent work and sent his sincere congratulations to the Englishman.

"Give him four chances ..."

Former Manchester United partner, the Welsh wizard Ryan Giggs talked about Van Nistelrooy's abilities: "Give him four chances to hit the opponent's gate and he sells them all." Of course, these words should not be taken literally, but there is still a great deal of truth in them. Just how many nicknames were awarded from partners and rivals by the Dutchman, but the most flattering, perhaps, is "Man-Goal." We give only one indicative example. In performances for Manchester United in the Champions League Rud van Nistelrooy season after season updated only their own records, and in total in 47 matches for the club in the European arena scored 38 goals. The peak performance Dutchman fell in the 2002-2003 season.

Carier start

Dutch footballer was born on July 1, 1976 in the provincial town of Oss. The world could never have known about van Nistelrooy's bombing talent, if every boy in the Netherlands was not raving about football. And it does not matter who your father is, the miller from the village or the bank clerk. So Rud left the family farm and went to comprehend the basics of football at the nearest sports school. Very soon the whole Holland will know who van Nistelrooy is. Footballer in his first season for "Heerenveen" was able to hit the opponent's goal 13 times. At that time, the young talent was only 21 years old.

Interest from eminent clubs

Holland is famous for its pupils, and football youth academies and many professional clubs exist for money from the sale of talented gifts to the richest clubs in Europe. Annually Holland supplies dozens of new and new "stars" to the European market. Far from each of these guys is able to open all their potential abroad. However, Rud van Nistelrooy is not from this cohort of players. He was destined to become the brightest star. Scouts from Manchester United watched the young footballer from the very first season he spent at Heerenveen.

The head coach of Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Alexandre Ferguson, for a long time without results, was looking for such a super-hitting striker who has a high percentage of realization of the moments. Ideally, such a forward should be able to competently choose a position, and all the rest will be made by masterful partners. True, the Dutch grandee "PSV" was more efficient and first signed a contract with Rud. So Van Nistelrooy, whose photo we provided in this publication, in 1998 signed a new contract with the club of the top division and stayed at home. However, the fate will not escape, and already in the 2001-2002 season, the Dutchman tried on a T-shirt Manchester United.

Injuries

Unfortunately, the attackers are often prone to injury, 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 players do not spare either themselves or their opponents. About football players, often traumatized, it is customary to speak of "crystal", and the management of clubs is not particularly interested in keeping them in their state. Our today's hero was prone to injury, and the 2004-2005 season was almost completely spent in the infirmary. But this year, Rude managed to become the best scorer of the Champions League.

Championship of Spain

When the leadership of the "red devils" received an offer from the "Real", they let Van Nistelrooy into the championship of Spain, without thinking. Probably, the management of the club feared that the Dutchman could again be permanently injured and one of the coming seasons would again be held in the infirmary. The bosses of the club wanted to get good money for Van Nistelrooy, while he was in the price. The debut season for "Real" can be called successful: the striker scored 37 goals for the season. However, in the future, injuries will also follow the player, this will force him to "change the residence permit."

Late European company

In this article we are talking about a talented Dutch striker, whose name is Rud van Nistelrooy. Biography of the player is full of performances for different 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.