Ruud Van Nistelrooy Net Worth 2024, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki!
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Updated on January 07, 2026
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Ruud van Nistelrooy Biography
Ruud van Nistelrooy is one of the most popular and richest Soccer Player who was born on July 1, 1976 in Geffen, Netherlands, North Brabant, Netherlands. A high-scoring Dutch striker, who played for Manchester United between 2001 and 2006 and Real Madrid 2006 to 2010, and scored 249 goals during his 449-game club career. He also competed for the Dutch national soccer team from 1998 through 2011, playing in 70 matches and scoring 35 goals.
From 2009 to 2010, he played with Cristiano at Real Madrid.
Born in Oss, North Brabant, Van Nistelrooy started his career in 1993, aged 17, with Dutch Eerste Divisie side Den Bosch, where he was converted from a central midfielder to centre-forward, after playing for local clubs Nooit Gedacht and RKSV Margriet. After netting 12 goals in 31 games in the 1996–97 campaign, he transferred for €360,000 to Heerenveen the next year, and scored 13 goals in 31 matches in his only season with the club. He was then signed by PSV Eindhoven the next season for €6.3 million, a then-record transfer sum between two Dutch teams.
Van Nistelrooy earned 70 caps and scored 35 goals for the Netherlands. He made his debut for the national team in a friendly match against Germany on 18 November 1998. However, the cruciate ligament injury which postponed his transfer to Manchester United also ruled Van Nistelrooy out of Euro 2000.
He married Leontien Slaats in 2004. They had a daughter, Moa Annette, in September 2006 and a son, Liam, in March 2008.
| Name | Ruud van Nistelrooy |
| First Name | Ruud |
| Last Name | Nistelrooy |
| Occupation | Soccer Player |
| Birthday | July 1 |
| Birth Year | 1976 |
| Place of Birth | Geffen, Netherlands |
| Home Town | North Brabant |
| Birth Country | Netherlands |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Parents | Tiny van Nistelrooij |
| Siblings | Ron van Nistelrooy, Anneke van Nistelrooy |
| Spouse | Leontien Slaats |
| Children(s) | Liam Van Nistelrooy, Moa Annette Van Nistelrooy |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Van Nistelrooy looked set to complete a club record £18.5 million transfer to Manchester United in the summer of 2000. He was to be unveiled at a press conference four days later, but this was instead used to announce that the transfer had been postponed over concerns about his fitness, having not played for a month due to problems with his knee. The transfer was then cancelled after PSV refused to agree to further medical tests, and the next day he suffered a rupture to his anterior cruciate knee ligaments during a training session, leaving him injured for a year.
Ruud van Nistelrooy Net Worth
Ruud van Nistelrooy is one of the richest Soccer Player from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ruud van Nistelrooy's net worth $30 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
In 1993, he began his professional career with Den Bosch, the Dutch second division.
He was awarded the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup as well as the FA Community Shield by Manchester United.
Rutgerus Johannes Martinus “Ruud” van Nistelrooy (Dutch: Ruud van Nistelrooij; [ˈryt fɑn ˈnɪstəlroːi̯] ( listen ) ; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch football coach and former player. He is currently the coach of the PSV Eindhoven under-19s team and assistant manager for Netherlands.
| Net Worth | $30 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Soccer Player |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Van Nistelrooy and his wife are both heavily involved with the charity organization SOS Children’s Villages. The organization has been around since 1949 and is an international development charity which serves to protect the interests and rights of children. Van Nistelrooy was officially appointed “FIFA for SOS Children’s Villages” Ambassador in the Netherlands on 1 September 2001.
Van Nistelrooy was sponsored by sportswear company Nike and appeared in Nike commercials. In a global Nike advertising campaign in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he starred in a “Secret Tournament” commercial (branded “Scorpion KO”) directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing alongside football players such as Thierry Henry, Ronaldo, Edgar Davids, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luís Figo and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona as the tournament “referee”.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
He scored 31 goals in 34 matches, the highest season total in the Eredivisie and second-highest in Europe overall, in addition to scoring all three of PSV’s goals in a Champions League match against HJK Helsinki on 25 November 1998. Van Nistelrooy capped off the year by winning the Dutch Player of the Year award. The following season, he won his second Eredivisie scoring title with 29 goals. According to a 2001 interview with The Daily Telegraph, Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson said that his son, Darren, who was at try-outs for Eredivisie rival Heerenveen at the time, begged his father, “You’ve got to sign Van Nistelrooy right away, he’s fantastic. We’ve been watching him.” Ferguson sent team representatives to PSV’s next league game and signed Van Nistelrooy the next day.
Van Nistelrooy started the 2003–04 season by scoring twice in his first two league matches. This meant he had scored in 10 consecutive league games, then a Premier League record, which stood until 2015 when Jamie Vardy scored in 11 consecutive matches. In the 0–0 draw on 21 September 2003, later dubbed the Battle of Old Trafford, Van Nistelrooy was at the centre of one of the most infamous incidents of the Arsenal–Manchester United rivalry. After missing a last-minute penalty that would have won the game for United, Van Nistelrooy was attacked by Martin Keown, prompting a melee involving several players from both sides; five Arsenal players including Keown received various bans and fines, while the club itself received a record fine of £175,000. Earlier in the game, he had been fouled by Patrick Vieira, who was sent off for a second bookable offence. Vieira and his manager Arsène Wenger both accused Van Nistelrooy of cheating and stamping on Vieira, prompting a vociferous defence by Alex Ferguson.
Who is Ruud van Nistelrooy Dating?
According to our records, Ruud van Nistelrooy married to Leontien Slaats . As of December 1, 2023, Ruud van Nistelrooy’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Ruud van Nistelrooy. You may help us to build the dating records for Ruud van Nistelrooy!As the Dutch failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, Van Nistelrooy did not make his tournament debut for the Netherlands until Euro 2004, where he and the Czech Republic’s Milan Baroš were the only players to score in all three group stage matches. The Netherlands reached the semi-finals where they were defeated by hosts Portugal 2–1. Van Nistelrooy was named in the tournament all-star team.
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The following season, he finished as the top Premier League scorer with 25 goals in 34 games, with a goal on the final day against Everton earning him the Golden Boot ahead of Arsenal’s Thierry Henry. His tally included three hat-tricks against Newcastle United, Fulham, and Charlton Athletic. He also scored in each of the final eight games of the season as United won the title. Van Nistelrooy won the Premier League Player of the Season in 2003. He was accredited with spearheading the title win for United with a goal tally that was described as “astonishing”. After scoring 12 Champions League goals, he was named by UEFA as the best striker in Europe.
Is Ruud van Nistelrooy good?
Incredibly, given the club’s dominance of the 1990s, van Nistelrooy was the first United player to score more than 20 goals in a Premier League season, as well becoming the club’s first player to score 10 European goals in a single campaign, and the PFA Players’ Player of the Year followed.
Where is Nistelrooy now?
PSV
Did Ruud van Nistelrooy win the Champions League?
#10 Ruud van Nistelrooy For a striker who has top scored in three different leagues in the continent and was also the top scorer in three different seasons in the Champions League, it is surprising that he never won the Champions League.
Was Ruud van Nistelrooy a poacher?
Van Nistelrooy was a specific kind of poacher, able to hold up the ball and bring others into play, able to harry defenders into making mistakes and able to contribute to link-up play where needed. But his goalscoring from inside the box was his best quality by a mile. Goals with both feet, plenty of headers.
What happened to Ruud van Nistelrooy?
Van Nistelrooy won La Liga twice with Madrid but never got his hands on the European Cup. Following Ronaldo’s arrival at the Bernabeu in 2009, the Dutch striker joined German side Hamburg. He retired in 2012 after a spell with Malaga and is currently PSV Under-19 coach and assistant manager of the Dutch national team.
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