Voting Station

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Please vote to return to collections.

Soccer Player

The Resume

    (July 1, 1976- )
    Born in Oss, North Barbant, Netherlands
    Birth name is Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij
    Striker for Den Bosch (1993-1997), Heerenveen (1997-1998), PSV Eindhoven (1998-2001), Manchester United (2001-2006), Real Madrid (2006-2010), Hamburger SV (2010-2011), and (Malaga (2011-2012)
    Member of the Netherlands national team

Why he might be annoying:

    His real name is difficult too spell and pronounce.
    He missed much of the 2004-2005 season due to an injury.
    He got excluded from Manchester United due to a fight between him and teammate Cristiano Ronaldo.
    He also had a feud with Dutch national team coach Marco van Basten.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He won the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year twice.
    In 2004, he broke Denis Law's previous Manchester United record of 28 goals.
    He and his wife are both heavily involved with the charity organization SOS Children's Villages.
    In fact, he was officially appointed 'FIFA for SOS Children's Villages' Ambassador in the Netherlands in 2001.

Credit: Birdienest81


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 62.50% Annoying