Ruud van Nistelrooy

**Ruud Van Nistelrooy** (born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch retired professional football player who has played for the Netherlands national team. He is the fourth-highest goalscorer in UEFA Champions League history with 56 goals. He played for Manchester United until 2006, where he has the record for being the club's top scorer in European competition. Van Nistelrooy last played for Hamburger SV. He retired on 13 May 2012

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Den Bosch||Eerste Divisie|2|0|0|0|—|—|—|2|0||||
|1994–95|Eerste Divisie|15|3|2|3|—|—|–|17|6||||||
|1995–96|Eerste Divisie|21|2|0|0|—|—|—|21|2||||||
|1996–97|Eerste Divisie|31|12|0|0|—|—|—|31|12||||||
|Heerenveen|1997–98|Eredivisie|31|13|5|3|—|4|0|—|40|16||||
|rowspan="4"|PSV|1998–99|Eredivisie|34|31|4|4|—|7|6|1|0|46|41||
|1999–2000|Eredivisie|23|29|1|0|—|8|3|—|32|32|||||
|2000–01|Eredivisie|10|2|2|2|—|—|—|12|4||||||
|rowspan="6"|Manchester United|2001–02|Premier League|32|23|2|2|0|0|14|10|1|1|49|36|
|2002–03|Premier League|34|25|3|4|4|1|11|14|0|0|52|44|||
|2003–04|Premier League|32|20|4|6|0|0|7|4|1|0|44|30|||
|2004–05|Premier League|17|6|3|2|0|0|7|8|0|0|27|16|||
|2005–06|Premier League|35|21|2|0|2|1|8|2|0|0|47|24|||
|rowspan="5"|Real Madrid|2006–07|La Liga|37|25|3|2|—|7|6|0|0|47|33||
|2007–08|La Liga|24|16|1|0|—|7|4|1|0|33|20||||
|2008–09|La Liga|6|4|0|0|—|4|3|2|3|12|10||||
|2009–10|La Liga|1|1|2|0|—|1|0|0|0|4|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Hamburger SV|2009–10|Bundesliga|11|5|0|0|—|7|2|0|0|18|7||
|2010–11|Bundesliga|25|7|1|3|—|—|—|26|10||||||
|Málaga|2011–12|La Liga|28|4|4|1|—|—|—|32|5|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Netherlands|1998|1|0|
|1999|8|1|||
|2000|1|0|||
|2001|7|7|||
|2002|4|1|||
|2003|8|5|||
|2004|11|6|||
|2005|9|5|||
|2006|5|3|||
|2007|5|2|||
|2008|5|3|||
|2009|0|0|||
|2010|3|1|||
|2011|3|1|||
- _Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van Nistelrooy goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|1|28 April 1999|GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands|3||1–2|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2|25 April 2001|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands|11||4–0|4–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|3|2 June 2001|Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia|12|rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|2–2|4–2|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
||4||4–2|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|5|15 August 2001|White Hart Lane, London, England|13||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|6|5 September 2001|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands|15||5–0|5–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|7|6 October 2001|GelreDome, Arnhem, Netherlands|16|rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|3–0|4–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
||8||4–0|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|9|20 November 2002|Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany|21||3–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|10|29 March 2003|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands|23||1–0|1–1|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|11|2 April 2003|Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol, Moldova|24||1–1|2–1|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|12|19 November 2003|Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|29|rowspan="3"|style="text-align:center;"|3–0|6–0|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying||||||||
||13||4–0|||||||||||||
||14||6–0|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|15|15 June 2004|Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal|34||1–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 2004||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|16|19 June 2004|Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal|35||2–0|2–3|UEFA Euro 2004||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|17|23 June 2004|Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal|36|rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|1–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2004||||||||
||18||2–0|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|19|13 October 2004|Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|39|rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|2–1|3–1|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
||20||3–1|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|21|30 March 2005|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands|42||2–0|2–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|22|8 June 2005|Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland|44||1–0|4–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|23|3 September 2005|Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia|46||1–0|1–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|24|7 September 2005|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands|47|rowspan="2"|style="text-align:center;"|3–0|4–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
||25||4–0|||||||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|26|27 May 2006|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands|50||1–0|1–0|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|27|4 June 2006|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands|51||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|28|16 June 2006|Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany|53||2–0|2–1|2006 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|29|8 September 2007|Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|56||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|30|12 September 2007|Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania|57||1–0|1–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|31|29 May 2008|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands|60||1–0|1–1|Friendly||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|32|9 June 2008|Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland|62||1–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2008||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|33|21 June 2008|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|64||1–1|1–3|UEFA Euro 2008||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|34|3 September 2010|Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino|65||5–0|5–0|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|35|29 March 2011|Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands|70||3–2|5–3|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="8"|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Jong PSV|align=left|1 June 2021|align=left|18 May 2022|||||
|align=left|PSV Eindhoven|align=left|19 May 2022|align=left|24 May 2023|||||

### Player

**PSV**
- Eredivisie: 1999–2000, 2000–01
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 1998

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 2002–03
- FA Cup: 2003–04
- Football League Cup: 2005–06
- FA Community Shield: 2003

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08
- Supercopa de España: 2008

**Individual**

- Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Eredivisie top goalscorer: 1998–99, 1999–2000
- Premier League Player of the Month: December 2001, February 2002, April 2003
- Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2001–02, 2002–03
- ESM Team of the Year: 2001–02
- UEFA Champions League top goalscorer: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
- UEFA Champions League top assist provider: 2001–02
- FA Cup top goalscorer: 2002–03, 2003–04
- PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2001–02
- PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2001–02
- PFA Team of the Year: 2001–02 Premier League, 2003–04 Premier League
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year: 2002
- BBC Goal of the Month: March 2003
- Premier League Player of the Season: 2002–03
- Premier League Golden Boot: 2002–03
- UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2002–03
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2003
- FIFA 100
- UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2004
- Pichichi Trophy: 2006–07
- ESPN World Team of the Decade: 2009
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Last Decade: 2012

### Manager

**PSV**
- KNVB Cup: 2022–23
- Johan Cruyff Shield: 2022