Cadena SER

Broadcast area	Spain
Slogan	Te hablamos a ti... y te escuchamos (Talking — and listening — to YOU)
Frequency	AM: Various FM: Various
First air date	14 November 1924
Format	News, politics, sport
Language	Spanish
Former callsigns	EAJ-1, EAJ-5, EAJ-7, EAJ-9 and others
Owner	Unión Radio
Website	Official Website

La Cadena SER (the SER Network) is Spain's premier radio network in terms of both seniority (it was created in 1926) and audience share (it had a regular listenership in 2009 of 4,819,000). The acronym SER stands for Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish Broadcasting Company).

Cadena SER's programmes – which encompass news, sport, talk, entertainment and culture – can be received throughout Spain. The network's main studios are located on the Gran Vía in Madrid; in addition, studios across the country contribute local and regional news and information, with local programming in each location amounting to between two and three and a half hours daily.

Cadena SER is owned by Unión Radio, the majority shareholder in which is currently the PRISA group, a major player in the Spanish media market which also controls, for example, such music radio stations as M80 Radio and Los 40 Principales and a number of newspapers (including the influential national daily El País), as well as the digital TV station Digital+.

History[link]

At 18.30 on Friday 14 November 1924 station EAJ-1 Radio Barcelona, the first Spanish radio station to receive an official licence from the government of General Miguel Primo de Rivera, began regular broadcasting. Seven months later, on 17 June 1925, Unión Radio – a company which had the backing of the leading manufacturers of electrical and broadcasting equipment in Spain, Germany, and the United States – opened station EAJ-7 Radio Madrid, and when, on 10 November 1926, this same company also took over the ownership of Radio Barcelona the foundations were in place for the formation of Spain's first national radio network. By 1927 Unión Radio was operating not only Radio Madrid and Radio Barcelona but also EAJ-5 Radio Sevilla, EAJ-9 Radio Bilbao, and EAJ-22 Radio Salamanca, enabling all of these stations to broadcast simultaneous, i.e. networked, programming for most of their time on air, with Radio Madrid as the chief production centre.

Following the demise of the monarchy headed by Alfonso XIII, and throughout the period of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–39) which followed it, Unión Radio continued to be Spain's only nationwide radio network, and created Spain's first national radio news programme La Palabra ("The Word"), broadcast several times daily. However, from 1939 until 1977, under the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco and the initial part of the transition to democracy, the network was forbidden from carrying any national news programming other than the compulsory twice-daily relays of the official news bulletins prepared by the government-controlled Radio Nacional de España.

From 25 September 1940, when ownership of Unión Radio was transferred to the newly constituted Sociedad Española de Radiodifusión (Spanish Broadcasting Company), the network renamed itself Cadena SER. In 1975 25% of the shares in the network were compulsorily acquired by the Spanish state, and in 1984 most of the remaining shares were purchased by the PRISA media conglomerate. The nationalized shares were subsequently sold back to the private sector (in effect, to PRISA) under the premiership of Felipe González in 1992.

The network played a significant role in the period of transition to democracy following the death of Franco and in the years leading up to and immediately following the adoption of the Spanish Constitution of 1978, notably in its coverage of the attempted coup of 23 February 1981. Cadena SER also played a vital journalistic role in its reporting of the events and circumstances of the 2004 Madrid train bombings.

Politics[link]

Cadena SER, along with the other Grupo Prisa media, is considered to be close to Spain's left-wing political party, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and also radical feminism. For example, PRISA was fined for broadcasting Socialist adverts during election day. Because of this, there have been many disputes with the other main radio network in Spain, Cadena COPE.

Sports[link]

Cadena SER is also the leader in radio sports coverage. The network covers every match in La Liga, in the UEFA Champions League games whenever a Spanish team is playing, and matches involving the Spanish national football team. Cadena SER's main sports programmes are Carrusel Deportivo and El Larguero.

Programmes[link]

• Hoy por hoy (with Carles Francino and Pedro Blanco): news and current affairs programme, on the air since 22 September 1986. Broadcast Mondays to Fridays between 6.00 and 12.20, it is one of Spain's most listened-to programmes, with a daily audience of 2,704,000 in September to November 2006.^[1]
• Hora 14 (with José Antonio Marcos): news programme, on air from 14.00 to 15.10, with local opt-outs.
• La Ventana (with Gemma Nierga): weekly political programme. 728,000 listeners in September–November 2006.
• Hora 20 (with Javier Casal).
• SER Deportivos (with Manolo Lama).
• De nueve a nueve y media (with Celia Montalbán).
• Hora 25 de los negocios (with Javier Ruiz).
• Hora 25 (with Carlos Llamas): daily programme of news and topical debate, on air from 22.00 until midnight; created in 1972.
• Matinal Fin de Semana (with Isabel León).
• Hora 14 Fin de Semana (with Jesús Cintora).
• El Larguero (with José Ramón de la Morena): after-midnight sports programme, on air since 1989. 1,356,000 daily listeners in September–November 2006.^[1]
• Hablar por hablar (with Cristina Lasvignes): talk show first created in 1989 for Radio Barcelona. Listenership of 549,000 in September–November 2006.
• Si amanece nos vamos (with Roberto Sánchez).
• La hora extra (with Ana Borderas).
• Milenio 3 (with Iker Jiménez y Carmen Porter): a weekly look at the paranormal and the mysterious.
• SER Historia (with Nacho Ares).
• Punto de fuga (with Pablo Morán).
• SER Curiosos (with Alberto Granados): science programme.
• SER Consumidor (with Jesús Soria).
• SER Aventureros (with José Antonio Ponseti).
• A vivir que son dos días (with Àngels Barceló).
• SER Digital (with Chema Lapuente et Miguel Ángel Muñoz): looking at new technologies; on air since 2003.
• La salud en la SER (with Paloma Delgado)
• El cine de "lo que yo te diga" (with Carlos López Tapia): on air since 1989, this programme looks at cinema.
• Carrusel Deportivo : dating from 1954, this is Spain's longest-running radio programme. Covering the world of sport, it is broadcast on Saturdays (18.00-24.00) and Sundays (15.30-23.00). It has an audience of 1,700,000 on Saturdays and 2,112,000 on Sundays.^[1]
• Los toros (with Manuel Molés): reporting on bullfighting.

In October 2009 the Colombian broadcaster Herbin Hoyos began broadcasting Las voces del secuestro ("The voices of the kidnapped") after being forced into exile in Spain by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc).^[2]

References[link]

• Carmelo Garitaonaindía; La radio en España (1923-1939), Siglo Veintuno de España, Madrid, 1988. ISBN 84-7585-109-6
• Lorenzo Díaz; La radio en España, 1923-1977, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 1997. ISBN 84-206-0834-3

External links[link]

• Official website
• An orchestral arrangement of Cadena SER's interval signal, Sinfonía Azul

Coordinates: 41°38′39″N 4°43′33″W / 41.64417°N 4.72583°W / 41.64417; -4.72583

Manolo Lama

Manolo Lama (Born January 3, 1962 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish radio sportscaster. Manolo Lama is known for his play-by-play covers of Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Spain matches at the radio program Tiempo de Juego in the Cadena COPE. Since 1982 until 2011 in the Cadena Ser^[1][2]

Manolo Lama has also covered a lot of important events such as the Olympic Games or FIFA World Cup games. In the Cadena COPE he also presents a program called Deportes COPE and collaborates in the program called El Partido de las 12. In television he presents the afternoon sports bulletin in Cuatro (TV).^[3]

Lama is also the Spanish play-by-play announcer (alongside Paco González) of the EA Sports' FIFA series video game since 1998.

References[link]

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Personal information
Full name	Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij
Date of birth	(1976-07-01) 1 July 1976 (age 35)
Place of birth	Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1997	Den Bosch	69	(17)
1997–1998	Heerenveen	31	(13)
1998–2001	PSV Eindhoven	67	(62)
2001–2006	Manchester United	150	(95)
2006–2010	Real Madrid	68	(46)
2010–2011	Hamburger SV	36	(12)
2011–2012	Málaga	28	(4)
Total		449	(246)
National team‡
1998–2011	Netherlands	70	(35)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 May 2012

Rutgerus Johannes Martinus "Ruud" van Nistelrooij (Dutch pronunciation: [ryt vɑn ˈnɪstəlroːi̯] ( listen); born 1 July 1976) is a retired Dutch footballer. He is the second-highest goalscorer in Champions League history with 60 goals. He is a three-time Champions League top scorer, as well as a top scorer in three different European domestic leagues. He was a pure goal scorer known for his shooting ability, calmness in front of goal and positioning.

Van Nistelrooy began his career with Den Bosch, before moving onto Heerenveen, eventually making a name for himself at PSV Eindhoven where he won two Dutch leagues. His goalscoring record at PSV attracted attention from Manchester United; a deal was in place in the summer of 2000, but because of injury problems his move was secured a year later for a then British record fee of £19 million. His time at United was successful, winning the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield, along with winning the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year twice. Van Nistelrooy hit 150 goals in just 219 games for United, as well as being their all time European record goalscorer, but fell out of favour towards the end of his tenure. Real Madrid then secured his services in 2006. Although an injury blighted the end of his days with Madrid, he did win La Liga twice and the Supercopa de España before signing for Hamburg during the January transfer window in 2010. After a season-and-a-half with Hamburg, he moved back to Spain with Málaga in the summer of 2011. His retirement from football was announced on 14 May 2012.

Club career[link]

Early career[link]

Born in Oss, North Brabant, Van Nistelrooy started his professional career in 1993 with Dutch second division side Den Bosch, where he was converted from a central midfielder to centre forward after playing part-time for Nooit Gedacht and 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.

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 next season, he won his second Eredivisie scoring title with 29 goals. According to a 2001 interview with The Telegraph, Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson said that his son Darren, who was at tryouts 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."^[2] Ferguson sent team representatives to PSV's next league game and signed Van Nistelrooy the next day.^[2]

Van Nistelrooy looked set to complete an £18.5 million transfer to Manchester United in the summer of 2000. A press conference had been called to confirm Van Nistelrooy's arrival, but instead this was used to announce that the transfer had been delayed over concerns about his fitness. Days later, he suffered ruptured cruciate knee ligaments during a training session and the deal was axed.^[3] When the transaction was completed in April 2001, United were forced to pay PSV an additional £500,000 for the player's services due to the change in exchange rates between Euro and Sterling.

Manchester United[link]

Van Nistelrooy playing for Manchester United against Chelsea.

Van Nistelrooy signed a five-year contract after passing his medical.^[4] He downplayed United's £19 million investment to reporters, saying "The price is not heavy for me – it lifts me up because it means United have big confidence in me."^[2] During his first season, Van Nistelrooy scored 23 goals in 32 league games. He broke the record he shared with Mark Stein, Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry, by scoring in eight consecutive league games. He also scored 10 Champions League goals, and was named the PFA Players' Player of the Year.

The following season, he finished as the top Premier League scorer with 25 in 34 games, including three hat-tricks, and he ended the season on another eight-game scoring streak.^[5] He started the 2003–04 season by scoring twice in his first two league matches, which boosted his goals in consecutive games record to 10 matches in a row. He scored his 100th goal for the club in a 4–3 victory over Everton on 7 February 2004. He scored two goals, one a penalty, in United's victory over Millwall in the 2004 FA Cup Final.^[6]

Van Nistelrooy missed most of the 2004–05 season due to injury, but nonetheless scored a Champions League-best eight goals. One of them was his thirtieth career European goal, which he scored in a 2–2 Champions League group stage draw with Lyon on 16 September 2004, overtaking Denis Law's previous club record of 28 goals. Law later said to reporters, "I'm delighted for Ruud. It could not happen to a nicer guy."^[7] Manchester United were eliminated by eventual finalists Milan in the knockout stage after going scoreless in both legs.

At the start of the 2005–06 season, Van Nistelrooy scored in United's first four Premier League games. He finished as the second-highest league scorer with 21 goals, behind Arsenal's Thierry Henry. By the end of his fifth season with United, Van Nistelrooy had amassed 150 goals in fewer than 200 starts.

Van Nistelrooy shields the ball during a match against Tottenham Hotspur.

Van Nistelrooy was benched for the League Cup Final against Wigan Athletic, fuelling speculation of a rift between him and coach Alex Ferguson, which Van Nistelrooy denied. He was nonetheless left on the bench for six consecutive league matches, and though he then returned to the starting line-up and scored match-winners against West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers, fresh doubt spread over Van Nistelrooy's future when he was benched for United's season finale win over Charlton Athletic. Ferguson claimed that Van Nistelrooy was angry at the decision and left the stadium three hours before kick-off. On 9 May 2006, Setanta Sports reported that Van Nistelrooy's exclusion from the squad was due to a training session fight between him and team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo. Van Nistelrooy allegedly criticised Ronaldo's tendency to hold onto the ball instead of passing to his team-mates, which sparked the fight, after which Van Nistelrooy remarked, "Go crying to your daddy."^[8] The article claimed that this was not a reference to Ronaldo's father (who had died earlier in the season), but to United's Portuguese assistant coach Carlos Queiroz.^[9]

Van Nistelrooy signed with Spanish La Liga side Real Madrid on 28 July, departing Old Trafford after five seasons with a total of 150 goals in 220 appearances. With 38 goals, he is also the club's all-time European top goalscorer.

Real Madrid[link]

Van Nistelrooy playing for Real Madrid.

On 15 July 2006, Ferguson confirmed that Van Nistelrooy wanted to leave Manchester United and Real Madrid announced two weeks later that he had signed a three-year contract after being purchased for €24 million.^[10]

Van Nistelrooy scored a hat-trick in his second league match against Levante and, on 12 November 2006, he scored all four of Real Madrid's goals in a 4–1 victory over Osasuna. He won the league's Pichichi award with 25 goals as Real Madrid took home the 2006–07 title, and he also equalled the longest consecutive scoring streak in La Liga history with seven straight matches, tying a league record shared by Hugo Sánchez.^[11]

In January 2008, Van Nistelrooy signed a contract extension keeping him with Madrid until 2010, with the expiration date one day shy of his 34th birthday.^[12] He underwent ankle surgery in March,^[13] and returned for the El Clásico derby against Barcelona on 7 May, in which he netted a penalty two minutes after coming on as a substitute.^[14] He finished the season with 20 goals in 33 appearances.

In November 2008, Real Madrid announced that Van Nistelrooy would miss the remainder of the 2008–09 season after exploratory arthroscopic surgery revealed a partially torn meniscus in his right knee, with an expected recovery time of six to nine months following a second operation to repair the damage.^[15] Van Nistelrooy travelled to the United States to see specialist Richard Steadman, who had previously operated on the same knee back in 2000. At the time of his injury, he had 10 goals in 12 club appearances for the season.^[16] Following the injury, he was de-registered by Real Madrid for the rest of the 2008–09 season, and his shirt number was given to Dani Parejo. On 24 August 2009, in the last preseason game before the start of La Liga, Van Nistelrooy stepped on the pitch for the first time since his injury and played the last fifteen minutes of the game against Rosenborg, substituting Kaká. Van Nistelrooy came on for Cristiano Ronaldo in the 80th minute against Xerez in his first La Liga match since recovering from his injury. In the 81st minute, he provided the assist for a Benzema goal, following it with his own 88th minute goal. However, during his strike, he picked up a thigh injury. It was revealed by Real Madrid that he would be out from first team action for up to six weeks.^[17] On 27 October, Van Nistelrooy made his second comeback of the season coming on as a substitute for Raúl in the 71st minute against Alcorcon in the Copa del Rey.

Hamburger SV[link]

On 23 January 2010, Van Nistelrooy signed an 18-month contract with the German club Hamburg until June 2011.^[18][19] He made his first appearance for the club, coming off the bench in the last two minutes of Hamburg's 3–3 draw with Cologne on 6 February.^[20] Van Nistelrooy scored his first two goals for Hamburg on 13 February 2010 against Stuttgart in the 75th and 77th minutes of a 3–1 win, after entering the game just a few minutes prior.^[21] On 11 March 2010, Van Nistelrooy scored his first Europa League goal in the 40th minute of Hamburg's match against Anderlecht.^[22]

On 15 August 2010, Van Nistelrooy scored his only competitive hat-trick with Hamburg, in a 5–1 win over Torgelower SV Greif during round 1 of the 68th season of the DFB-Pokal.^[23] On 21 August 2010, he scored a brace in Hamburg's season opener against Schalke 04, which HSV won 2–1. During that match he played against his friend and former Real Madrid team-mate Raúl, who made his Bundesliga debut.

Van Nistelrooy scored 7 goals and made 2 assists in 25 appearances in his only full season with Hamburg.^[24]

Málaga[link]

On 1 June 2011, Van Nistelrooy arrived at Málaga CF to sign a one-year contract with the La Liga club on a free transfer.^[25]

On 1 October 2011, while playing against Getafe, he scored his first goal for Málaga. On 21 December, against the same club, he opened the scoring with a volley as Málaga won 3-2 on aggregate.

On 14 May 2012, he announced his retirement from football at the age of 35.

International career[link]

Van Nistelrooy has 70 caps and 35 goals for the Netherlands. He made his debut for the national team in a friendly match against Germany on 18 November 1998.^[26] However, the cruciate ligament injury which postponed his transfer to Manchester United also ruled Van Nistelrooy out of Euro 2000.^[27]

Van Nistelrooy (front) with Robin van Persie

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. During a 2006 World Cup qualifying match, he scored in the Dutch's 4–0 hammering of bottom-placed Andorra and was yellow-carded for going to Andorra player Antoni Lima and celebrating in front of him, following an incident six minutes before when Van Nistelrooy missed a penalty and Lima laughed at him.^[28] He was a part of coach Marco van Basten's squad for the 2006 World Cup finals, for which he served as the official FIFA/SOS ambassador.^[29] He started, and was substituted, in all of the Netherlands' group stage matches, and scored his lone goal against the Côte d'Ivoire. Van Nistelrooy was dropped to the bench for the Netherlands' second round match, which saw them eliminated by Portugal.

Van Basten left the striker out of the squad for a friendly against Ireland on 16 August 2006.^[30] Dirk Kuyt replaced Van Nistelrooy in their next match against Portugal in September.^[31] After Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was unavailable for Euro 2008 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Belarus due to injury, Van Nistelrooy refused Van Basten's request to take his place on the roster.

On 23 January 2007, Van Nistelrooy announced his retirement from international football following some disputes with coach Marco van Basten.^[32] However, after several phone conversations and at the persuasion of veteran Edwin van der Sar, both player and coach put aside their differences. Van Basten announced four months later that Van Nistelrooy was returning to the Oranje.^[33][34] On 8 September, Van Nistelrooy filled Huntelaar's spot, as previously requested, for the qualifier against Bulgaria, scoring in a 2–0 victory,^[35] and scored the winning goal four days later in injury time of the Netherlands' win over Albania.

At Euro 2008, Van Nistelrooy scored for the Netherlands in their decisive 3–0 victory over Italy in the group stage, and scored the equaliser in their eventual 3–1 loss to Russia in the quarter-finals. On 4 August, he again announced his retirement from international competition.^[36][37]

During the build up to the 2010 World Cup Van Nistelrooy again made himself available, but was left out by Van Marwijk, the Dutch team coach.^[38]

After main striker Robin van Persie suffered an injury during a match with his club Arsenal, Van Marwijk gave Van Nistelrooy a chance to reclaim his position as the main striker of the Netherlands' national team. Van Nistelrooy was invited to two Netherlands' Group E qualification matches for Euro 2012 against San Marino and Finland.^[39] He scored in the 5–0 victory against San Marino on 3 September 2010.^[40]

He was again recalled to the squad in March 2011 for two Euro 2012 qualification games with Hungary, after injuries to strikers Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Arjen Robben and Theo Janssen.^[41] In the away game on 25 March he appeared as a late substitute for Dirk Kuyt^[42] while in the return game in Amsterdam four days later he came off the bench to score his 35th international goal.^[43] adding it is 'wonderful to be able to add something to this Oranje team', as he told Berend Scholten.^[44]

Personal life[link]

Family[link]

Van Nistelrooy married his girlfriend, Leontien Slaats, in July 2004.^[45] The couple had their first child, a girl named Moa Annette, in September 2006, and a son named Liam in March 2008.^[46][47][48]

Charity work[link]

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.^[49]

On 17 November 2009, Van Nistelrooy and his wife hosted SOS at Real Madrid City. The purpose of the event was to help create a calendar which would be sold to benefit the organization.^[50]

Statistics[link]

Club[link]

As of 13 May 2011^[51]

International[link]

Van Nistelrooy (right) with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar^[52] in training prior to UEFA Euro 2008. Van Nistelrooy originally announced his retirement from international duty before the tournament, before rejoining the team for the tournament and retiring again. He returned to international duty for a March 2011 qualification match for UEFA Euro 2012 against Hungary, in which he scored to help Holland win.

International goals^[53]

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 April 1999	Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands	Morocco	1–2	1–2	Friendly
2	25 April 2001	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Cyprus	4–0	4–0	2002 WCQ
3	2 June 2001	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	2–2	2–4	2002 WCQ
4	2 June 2001	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	2–3	2–4	2002 WCQ
5	15 August 2001	White Hart Lane, London, England	England	0–2	0–2	Friendly
6	5 September 2001	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Estonia	5–0	5–0	2002 WCQ
7	6 October 2001	Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands	Andorra	3–0	4–0	2002 WCQ
8	6 October 2001	Gelredome, Arnhem, Netherlands	Andorra	4–0	4–0	2002 WCQ
9	20 November 2002	Arena Auf Schalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Germany	1–3	1–3	Friendly match
10	29 March 2003	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Czech Republic	1–0	1–1	2004 UEQ
11	2 April 2003	Sheriff Stadium, Tiraspol, Moldova	Moldova	1–1	1–2	2004 UEQ
12	19 November 2003	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Scotland	3–0	6–0	2004 UEQ
13	19 November 2003	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Scotland	4–0	6–0	2004 UEQ
14	19 November 2003	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Scotland	6–0	6–0	2004 UEQ
15	15 June 2004	Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal	Germany	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2004
16	19 June 2004	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal,	Czech Republic	2–0	2–3	UEFA Euro 2004
17	23 June 2004	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal	Latvia	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2004
18	23 June 2004	Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga, Portugal	Latvia	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2004
19	13 October 2004	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Finland	2–1	3–1	2006 WCQ
20	13 October 2004	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Finland	3–1	3–1	2006 WCQ
21	30 March 2005	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Armenia	2–0	2–0	2006 WCQ
22	8 June 2005	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	0–1	0–4	2006 WCQ
23	3 September 2005	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	0–1	0–1	2006 WCQ
24	7 September 2005	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Andorra	3–0	4–0	2006 WCQ
25	7 September 2005	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Andorra	4–0	4–0	2006 WCQ
26	27 May 2006	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Cameroon	1–0	1–0	Friendly
27	4 June 2006	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Australia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
28	16 June 2006	Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany	Côte d'Ivoire	2–0	2–1	2006 World Cup
29	8 September 2007	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Bulgaria	2–0	2–0	2008 UEQ
30	12 September 2007	Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania	Albania	0–1	0–1	2008 UEQ
31	29 May 2008	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Denmark	1–0	1–1	Friendly
32	9 June 2008	Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland	Italy	1–0	3–0	Euro 2008
33	21 June 2008	St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland	Russia	1–1	1–3	Euro 2008
34	3 September 2010	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	0–5	0–5	2012 UEQ
35	29 March 2011	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Hungary	3–2	5–3	2012 UEQ

Career totals[link]

Honours[link]

Club[link]

PSV Eindhoven

• Eredivisie (2): 1999–2000, 2000–01
• Johan Cruijff Shield (2): 1998, 2000

Manchester United

• Premier League (1): 2002–03
• FA Cup (1): 2003–04
• Football League Cup (1): 2005–06
• FA Community Shield (1): 2003

Real Madrid

• La Liga (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
• Supercopa de España (1): 2008

Individual[link]

• Eredivisie Topscorer: 1998–99, 1999–2000
• Dutch Players' Player of the Year: 1999, 2000
• Premier League Player of the Month: December 2001, February 2002, April 2003
• UEFA Champions League Most Valuable Striker: 2001–02
• Barclaycard Player of the Year: 2002
• IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year: 2002
• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 2001–02, 2002–03
• PFA Player of the Year: 2001–02
• UEFA Champions League Topscorer: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05
• Premier League Goal of the Month: March 2003
• UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2002–03
• Premier League Golden Boot: 2002–03
• FIFA 100
• Pichichi Trophy: 2006–07
• IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Decade: 2001–2010

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Ruud van Nistelrooy profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)