Who is the legendary Dutch striker who went through Eindhoven, Real Madrid, and Manchester United?

 

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Do you know who the best striker of the early 2000s was? When asked who the best striker is, there is a name that always appeared. Wherever he went, he turned it into a scoring stage, and he was always the top scorer. The god of the ground following the Dutch striker genealogy. His name is Ruud van Nistelrooy.

the beginning of his life

Born in Oss on July 1, 1976, in southern Netherlands, Ruud van Nistelrooy has been a boy full of football aspirations since childhood. His father was an engineer, his grandfather was a farmer, and Os, the area where he grew up, was Dutch, but there were more Belgian people, and there were no star players in the southern part of the country that he could resemble. With the exception of Ruud van Nistelrooy, the only soccer player from the southern Netherlands who had a lower education than the northern region was Boudewijn Zenden. Surprisingly, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was not very talented in soccer in his childhood, worked hard at school under unfavorable conditions, spent a lot of time playing soccer, and liked to write letters to soccer players to sign autographs.

Having invited 14-year-old Ruud van Nistelrooy to a practice match, the Den Bosch club's youth coach saw Ruud van Nistelrooy play harder after scoring, rather than staying in a state of joy like the rest of the kids. And at once, Ruud van Nistelrooy joined the club as a member. Ruud van Nistelrooy's position was a defender, but he changed to an attacking midfielder when he joined Denbosch.

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reputation as a soccer player

Ruud van Nistelrooy's reputation as a footballer began in 1997 when he moved to Dutch league club Heerenveen. Previously, Ruud van Nistelrooy was quick and passionate, but he was just a poor player with ball control and game comprehension. Heerenveen coach praised Ruud van Nistelrooy's football talent and sent Ruud van Nistelrooy to the Dutch national team to study Berkamp's football. Ruud van Nistelrooy traveled 200KM to see Berkamp and steadily performed his own personal training while studying Berkamp. Due to the effect of training, Ruud van Nistelrooy played 30 games that year and scored 13 goals.

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Ruud van Nistelrooy in Eindhoven.

PSV Eindhoven, who watched Ruud van Nistelrooy's performance, recruited him and Ruud van Nistelrooy was 22 years old. Ruud van Nistelrooy still had an attacking midfielder position and fans predicted that he would not play as much as the transfer fee. However, Eindhoven manager Bobby Robson changed Ruud van Nistelrooy to center forward, and Eindhoven used Ruud van Nistelrooy to win the game in 1998/1999 without any special operations. Ruud van Nistelrooy, who scored his first goal since the transfer, made a hat-trick against Sparta and scored 31 goals in 34 appearances. And he scored 55 goals with Ruud van Nistelrooy's teammate Neelis, showing an amazing performance that exceeded 60 percent of the team's score. For his many performances, Ruud van Nistelrooy won the "Dutch Player of the Year" and was also selected for the national team, making his A-match debut against Germany.

Ruud van Nistelrooy and Nilis Two-Top's explosive scoring skills were not over, and they managed to get the team back to the top of the league after three seasons, scoring 47 goals again in the 1999/2000 season. Ruud van Nistelrooy became the Dutch league's top scorer for the second consecutive year, but un fortunately he was ranked second in the "European Golden Shoe" for the second consecutive year. Understanding Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 29 goals in 23 matches and manager Arsene Wenger came to watch Eindhoven play. Chelsea manager Biali also visited the stadium to see Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Real Madrid wanted Ruud van Nistelrooy. Eindhoven decided to sell Ruud van Nistelrooy like Homariu and Ronaldo.

Ruud van Nistelrooy thought the Italian league was the best at the time, but he didn't think it was a good condition for a striker. In the end, Ruud van Nistelrooy, who chose the English league that best suited him, was an important player for manager Alex Ferguson. However, on April 28, 2000, during a heading practice, Ruud van Nistelrooy suffered a knee injury and the transfer was canceled. The next morning at 8 a.m., Ruud van Nistelrooy was called by Ferguson while asleep. Ferguson told Ruud van Nistelrooy not to give up his move to Manchester United no matter what happens, but Manchester United were forced to postpone signing Ruud van Nistelrooy and 바카라사이트.

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Manchester United and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

In March 2001, he recovered from his injury after a year and was selected as a member of the national team in April. He rejected Real Madrid's offer on 23 April 2001 and joined Manchester United, which he wanted for 24 billion won. Starting first, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a total of 23 goals in eight consecutive games since the opening of his debut season and was the top scorer the following year. Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 44 goals, including all competitions. Also, Ruud van Nistelrooy has been the top scorer in the Champions League for two consecutive years. Meanwhile, Manchester United have had a period of great darkness since 2003, but Ruud van Nistelrooy's scoring ability has been a great comfort to Manchester United fans. for six years, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 150 goals for Manchester United.

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Real Madrid and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, who moved to RealMadrid for 18 billion won, scored 25 goals from the first season of the transfer, showing his amazing scoring ability as the top scorer in his debut season, making many fans enthusiastic about him. In particular, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored 10 goals in eight games from the 31st to the 38th rounds, scoring a decisive goal against Barcelona, which had the same points until the 38th round. Ruud van Nistelrooy had a good chemistry with Beckham and Sneijder, contributing greatly to Real Madrid winning the league for the second consecutive year. In three years, he played 134 games and scored 64 goals and showed amazing scoring skills of 0.46 goals per game.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is retired but remains a legendary player.

Ruud van Nistelrooy and Son Heung-min met in Hamburg, and Ruud van Nistelrooy became Son Heung-min's mentor and transferred his confidence and shooting skills. It is Ruud van Nistelrooy who gave confidence to Son Heung-min who could not speak German and English. In the summer of 2011, Ruud van Nistelrooy decided to make his final move, and Ruud van Nistelrooy, who moved to Malaga CF, did not play often and eventually retired. He retired from Malaga on 13 May 2012 but helped his team advance to the Champions League for the first time in their history. Ruud van Nistelrooy is the third-highest Dutch striker of all time, scoring 35 goals in 70 A-matches. He also scored 347 goals in 539 games, making Ruud van Nistelrooy the best striker of the generation. Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had all the skills of shooting, physical fight, and scoring skills. He is not a hard-working player, but he has the ability to score whenever he is given a ball and he is obsessed with goals. Lastly, I will end the story by delivering Ferguson's words.

 "The opportunity was created for Ruud van Nistelrooy."