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Van Nistelrooy more productive than ever
Tuesday 23 September 2008
Ruud van Nistelrooy's decision
to not play for the Dutch national football team so
far seems to bring grist to his mill.
The 32-year-old record
breaking striker has had a more productive start
to the new season than ever.
After six official games for the
Royals the counter is at six for one of Holland's most
prolific goal scorers.
Never before in his professional
career did Van Nistelrooy score so many goals in his
first six games.
Van Gol, as he's called
in Spain, scored three in the double Supercup encounter
with Valencia, one in the league games against Deportivo
La Coruņa and Racing Santander (last weekend ) and he
scored a goal in last week's Champions League game against
Bate Borisov.
Only in the league game against
Numancia of September 14 Van the Man was unsuccessful.
Since his debut for Real, two years
ago, Van Nistelrooy has scored 59 goals in 86 official
matches, an average of almost 0.7 goals per match.
The stats for his career are as
impressive: 230 goals in 383 professional league games,
58 Champions League goals in 72 appearances and 33 goals
in 64 games for Holland.
His total goal record on club level
now stands at 309 goals in 486 appearances - an incredible
average of 0.64 goals per game.
Van Nistelrooy's starts:
| Season |
Club |
Games |
Goals |
| 2008/09 |
Real Madrid (Spa) |
6 |
6 |
| 2006/07 |
Real Madrid (Spa) |
6 |
5 |
| 1999/00 |
PSV |
6 |
5 |
| 2005/06 |
Manchester United (Eng) |
6 |
5 |
| 2007/08 |
Real Madrid (Spa) |
6 |
4 |
| 2004/05 |
Manchester United (Eng) |
6 |
4 |
| 2003/04 |
Manchester United (Eng) |
6 |
4 |
| 2001/02 |
Manchester United (Eng) |
6 |
4 |
| 2000/01 |
PSV |
6 |
4 |
| 2002/03 |
Manchester United (Eng) |
6 |
3 |
| 1998/99 |
PSV |
6 |
3 |
| 1994/95 |
FC Den Bosch |
6 |
3 |
| 1997/98 |
SC Heerenveen |
6 |
2 |
| 1996/97 |
FC Den Bosch |
6 |
2 |
| 1995/96 |
FC Den Bosch |
6 |
2 |
Video: Van
Gol's magnificent goal against Santander (21/9/08)
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