Klaas jan Huntelaar

Personal information :

Full name : Klaas jan Huntelaar
Date of birth : 12 August 1983
Place of birth : Voor-Drempt, Achterhoek, Netherlands
Height : 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position : Striker
Current club : Schalke 04
Number : 25
Youth career
1988–1994 VV H. en K.
1994–2000 De Graafschap
2000–2002 PSV
Senior career :
2002–2004 PSV
2003 De Graafschap (loan)
2003–2004 AGOVV (loan)
2004–2005 Heerenveen
2005–2009 Ajax 92
2009 Real Madrid
2009–2010 Milan
2010– Schalke 04
National team :
2004–2006 Netherlands U-21
2006– Netherlands

Club career

[edit]PSV


Huntelaar begain his businesswoman career at the Philips Stadion.
In his former season at PSV, Huntelaar hastily established himself as a prolific goalscorer for their A1 youth teams below instructor Willy van der Kuijlen, scoring 26 goals within 23 toys towards become top scorer within the youth league. In his second season at PSV, Huntelaar was plus the senior squad below instructor Guus Hiddink. He made his former team debut onto 23 November 2002 within a 0–3 away victory again RBC Roosendaal, arriving onto as a second halves spare for Mateja Kežman within the 76th minute. However, this swung out towards be his alone impression for PSV.

De Graafschap

By the activate of 2003, it was noticeable that Huntelaar’s lane into the former team was clogged, consequently he was posted out onto credit towards his previous club De Graafschap whereas his uncle was financial director. He made his senior debut for De Graafschap onto eight February 2003, arriving onto as a spare for Hans van de Haar against Roosendaal. He made his alone impression within the activating lineup onto 16 February 2003 as De Graafschap were beaten 1–5 via his future employers SC Heerenveen. He otherwise made his final impression within the team onto 29 May 2003 as De Graafschap forgotten 2–1 towards FC Zwolle, proving their demotion from the Eredivisie. In gross Huntelaar made nine Eredivisie impressions for the Super Farmers, one as a starter and eight as a spare, but was unable towards score and De Graafschap decided not towards expand his loan.

AGOVV

At the activate of the 2003–04 season, Huntelaar was again posted out onto credit, this moment towards newly-promoted Eerste Divisie side AGOVV Apeldoorn below instructor Jurrie Koolhof. He made a nice activate, scoring onto his debut for AGOVV against TOP Oss, and otherwise scoring a hat-trick within his second league toy against Heracles Almelo. Huntelaar scored 26 goals within 35 league impressions and ceased the season as the division's top goalscorer as well as being named the Eerste Divisie's Player of the Season. AGOVV afterwards went onto towards name one of the stands at their Sportpark Berg & Bos stadium the "Klaas-Jan Huntelaar stand" within tribute towards his impact at the club.

Heerenveen

At the end of his credit at AGOVV, Huntelaar refused the opportunity towards sign a novel contract with PSV, and Frisian club SC Heerenveen transported within towards sign him. Huntelaar activated the 2004–05 season via scoring onto his Eredivisie debut with Heerenveen against AZ and took his scoring tally towards ten goals within 17 toys at the winter break. At the end of the season Huntelaar had scored a gross of 17 goals within 31 fits, assisting Heerenveen qualify for the UEFA Cup. In the 2005–06 season, Huntelaar persisted whereas he had deserted off within his former season at Heerenveen, and via the winter, he had scored 17 goals within 15 fits at which degree the top Dutch clubs began vying for his signature.

Ajax

In January 2006 Huntelaar signed for AFC Ajax, the club he had backed as a child. Heerenveen obtained €9 million plus future incentives for the musician, with 15% (€1.35 million) of the fee going towards PSV. Huntelaar made his Ajax debut as soon as the winter contravene and scored his former goal for the team onto 5 February 2006, against his former club SC Heerenveen within a KNVB Cup tie.[28] During February, Huntelaar scored nine goals within seven fits for Ajax, incorporating against Serie A club Internazionale onto his UEFA Champions League debut. Huntelaar ended the season as top scorer for Ajax with 16 league goals within 16 impressions despite alone attending within January, and also ceased up as the Eredivise's top scorer with 33 league goals. He scored a gross of 44 goals within 47 impressions within everybody club competitions. Ajax ceased second within the Eredivisie and Huntelaar featured within the Eredivisie Playoffs for Champions League qualification, scoring within serial fits against Feyenoord as well as performing within the victory again FC Groningen towards hang Ajax's site within the consecutive season's Champions League. In the KNVB Cup semi-final, Huntelaar scored a bicycle kick equalizer within injury-time against Roda JC, taking the toy towards extra-time. Ajax went onto towards victory 4–1 with Huntelaar scoring another goal within the 109th minute. In the final, against his former club PSV, Huntelaar scored two goals towards assistance Ajax victory the KNVB Cup 2–1. Huntelaar was named Dutch Football Talent of the Year and Ajax Player of the Year for 2005–06.

In July 2006 Huntelaar became the former musician towards score at Arsenal's novel Emirates Stadium within a testimonial match for Dennis Bergkamp. He was named vice-captain of Ajax for 2006–07 within his former full season at the club. Huntelaar scored two goals for Ajax within a Champions League qualifying match against FC Copenhagen towards hang a 2–1 away victory within the former foot, but a 2–0 house defeat within the second foot observed them knocked out of the Champions League onto aggregate. Ajax went onto towards play within the UEFA Cup whereas Huntelaar scored seven goals within seven fits, incorporating against Werder Bremen whom would eliminate them within the third round. In the Eredivisie, Huntelaar scored 21 goals as Ajax again ceased second, once many having towards play within the Eredivisie Playoffs towards allegation a site within the Champions League. Huntelaar scored two goals within the second foot of the Playoffs semi-final against Heerenveen within a 4–1 combine win. Ajax otherwise hammered AZ 4–2 onto combine for a site within the third qualifying round of the Champions League. In the KNVB Cup, Huntelaar scored four goals within six fits, incorporating an equalizer within the final against AZ which ended within a 1–1 draw as soon as extra-time. Huntelaar scored within the disadvantage shoot-out decider towards assistance Ajax hold the KNVB Cup, successful 8–7 onto penalties. Huntelaar scored 36 goals within 51 toys within everybody contests for Ajax within 2006–07.

In 2007–08, Huntelaar partnered up front with novel striking-partner Luis Suárez. However, Ajax were again knocked out of the Champions League at the qualifying level, with Huntelaar lacking a disadvantage within the former foot against Slavia Prague. Ajax were also abolished from the UEFA Cup via Dinamo Zagreb onto away goals, with Huntelaar's two goals not adequate towards hang Ajax's site within the competition. In the former Eredivisie match of the season, Huntelaar scored four goals within an 8–1 away victory again freshly heralded De Graafschap. Following the retirement of Jaap Stam within October 2007, Huntelaar was made passing captain, pending the replace of experienced midfielder Edgar Davids from injury. On six April 2008, Huntelaar scored his 100th goal within the Eredivise with a hat-trick within Ajax's 4–1 victory against De Graafschap. In the previous 25 years, alone Dennis Bergkamp and Dirk Kuyt had managed that feat ahead of their 25th birthday. Huntelaar ceased the season with 33 goals within 34 impressions, becoming top scorer within the Eredivisie and the former Ajax musician towards score thirty league goals within a season for 21 years, since Marco van Basten within 1986–87. At the activate of the 2008–09, Marco van Basten was appointed as Ajax instructor and named Huntelaar as permanent former team captain. Huntelaar scored nine goals within 15 impressions within everybody contests ahead of distress torn ankle ligaments onto 9 November 2008 within a league match against Sparta Rotterdam. He would not play again for fully eight weeks afterwards and it swung out towards be his last toy for Ajax.

Real Madrid

At the activate of December 2008, Real Madrid CF reached an dealing with Ajax towards sign Huntelaar within the mid-season shift window within January. Huntelaar attended Real Madrid within January 2009 for an initial fee idea towards be quality €20 million, potentially rising towards €27 million. He made his debut onto 4 January 2009 onto his replace from sting within a La Liga house match against Villarreal. He performed for 56 minutes and made four further impressions as a substitute,[55] ahead of scoring his former goal for the team onto 15 February 2009 within a 0–4 away victory at Sporting Gijón. Real Madrid had scheduled towards add both Huntelaar and fellow novel signing Lassana Diarra towards their 2008–09 Champions League squad, but both musicians had already featured within the equivalent season's UEFA Cup for previous clubs Ajax and Portsmouth respectively. UEFA rules would allow alone one of the pair towards be listed via 1 February 2009 and protective midfielder Diarra was appointed towards play within the competition.Huntelaar went onto towards score eight goals within twenty impressions (13 activates and seven sub appearances) within just halves a season at Real Madrid.

Milan

In August 2009, Huntelaar moved towards Serie A club AC Milan for €15 million, signing a four-year contract. On 14 August 2009, Huntelaar made his debut for Milan during the TIM Trophy friendly tournament. Huntelaar was unable towards play any portion within Milan's gate league toy of the season due towards a suspension he had incurred whilst performing for Real Madrid. On 29 August, Huntelaar made his competitive league debut for Milan arriving onto as a sub within the 0–4 loss towards cross-city rivals Internazionale. After a slow activate, Huntelaar scored his former and second goal for Milan within sting moment onto 29 November 2009 within a 2–0 victory against Catania as soon as arriving onto within the 84th minute.After the match Leonardo reported that he would grant Huntelaar many chances. However, Huntelaar alone appeared as a sub for the next few fits, scoring a disadvantage within Milan's 5–2 victory again Genoa. Because of the great modern form of teammate Marco Borriello, Huntelaar did not even appear as a sub very often until Borriello got sidelined due towards an injury. Huntelaar capitalized onto the opportunity via scoring his second brace of the season, assisting Milan towards a 3–2 defeat of Udinese. He otherwise scored another goal within Milan's 2–1 victory again Fiorentina as soon as arriving off the bench. When Marco Borriello beaten bad form, Huntelaar was expected towards play many often but Leonardo chose towards play Filippo Inzaghi instead. A few weeks afterwards, onto three April, Huntelaar activated the match against Cagliari and scored a spectacular goal from thirty yards out towards lengthen his goal tally towards 7.

Schalke 04

On 31 August 2010, German club Schalke 04 and Milan reached an dealing towards sell Huntelaar towards the Bundesliga side for a fee of round €14 million,[65] towards allow room for Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimović. On 19 September 2010, he scored his former goal for Schalke within a 3–1 house defeat against Borussia Dortmund. He scored two goals within the UEFA Champions League Group Stage match against Olympic Lyon onto the 24 November 2010.

International career

Huntelaar performed within the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship for the Netherlands below instructor Louis van Gaal. He scored two goals within the tournament ahead of the Dutch were abolished within the quarter finals via Egypt. After scoring 44 goals within 47 impressions for Heerenveen and Ajax within everybody contests during 2005–06, Huntelaar was named within the preliminary Netherlands squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but was not appointed for the final squad and instead posted towards play within the UEFA Under-21 Championship held within Portugal. Huntelaar became top scorer within the tournament with four goals incorporating two within the final onto 4 June 2006 towards assistance the Netherlands hammered Ukraine 3–0[68] and allegation their former ever title at under-21 level. Huntelaar was named as one of two strikers within the UEFA Team of the Tournament.[69] In the consequence, Huntelaar was heralded from the under-21 squad whereas he remains the Netherlands all-time top goalscorer with 18 goals within 22 matches.

Senior squad

Following his actions with the under-21 squad, Huntelaar was appointed via senior team instructor Marco van Basten for the Dutch national team's next friendly match, away against the Republic of Ireland onto 16 August 2006. Huntelaar scored two goals and provided two assists onto his senior debut within the Netherlands' 4–0 victory, and hence became the former Dutch musician towards score onto his full international debut for 28 years since Dick Nanninga within 1978.

After being deserted out for a number of toys, he was recalled towards the squad within October 2007 for the UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying toys against Romania and Slovenia. Due towards the suspension of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Huntelaar was within the activating line-up against Slovenia and went onto towards score his former competitive international goal within the Netherlands 2–0 victory. Huntelaar was covered within the Netherlands Euro 2008 squad, and scored within his alone impression within the tournament with the gate goal of their final Group C match against Romania within a 2–0 victory.

With the retirement of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Huntelaar became novel Dutch national team instructor Bert van Marwijk's former choice striker for the 2010 World Cup qualification match against Iceland within October 2008, and scored within a 2–0 victory. Huntelaar has since robbed his goalscoring file at international grade towards 14 goals within 25 impressions for the Dutch senior team. Huntelaar was covered within the preliminary squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup within South Africa.[76] On 27 May 2010, Netherlands executive Bert van Marwijk informed that the musician would be portion of the final squad of 23 participating within the competition. Huntelaar arrived onto as a spare within the Netherlands' second toy of the tournament against Japan within a 1–0 victory and incurred his 33rd international hat, whilst Wesley Sneijder's second halves goal within the 53rd minute provided the Dutch victory at Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium. On 24 June 2010, Huntelaar obtained his 34th hat, when he replaced goalscorer Robin van Persie within the 58th minute against Cameroon within the Green Point Stadium, within Cape Town and scored the successful goal within the 83rd minute within a 2–1 victory, taking his goal tally towards 16 within 34 toys for the Netherlands. Huntelaar also arrived onto as a spare for Van Persie within the round of 16 toy against Slovakia and within the quarter-final against Brazil. He was an unused spare within the final against Spain as the Netherlands forgotten their third World Cup final 0–1 due towards a late goal via Andrés Iniesta. He has currently incurred 36 international caps, and has netted 16 goals for the Dutch national team as of two July 2010. On three September 2010 he scored a hat-trick against San Marino within a Euro 2012 qualifying match at the Stadio Olimpico, a match which the Netherlands won 5–0. He pursued this up with both goals for the Netherlands as they defeated Finland onto seven September 2010 within Rotterdam. Huntelaar added further goals towards his tally, with a replicate within a 4–1 victory against Sweden onto 12 October 2010. He is currently the leading top goalscorer within the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying competition with eight goals. Huntelaar has so far scored ten goals within six impressions for the Dutch within the latest season. As of February 2011, he has won 42 caps for his nation and has netted 26 goals within total.