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Klaas Jan Huntelaar

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Huntelaar 2015.jpg
Huntelaar in 2015
Personal information
Full name Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar
Date of birth (1983-08-12) 12 August 1983 (age 34)
Place of birth Voor-Drempt, Gelderland, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Ajax
Number 9
Youth career
1988–1994 VV H. en K.
1994–2000 De Graafschap
2000–2002 PSV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 PSV 1 (0)
2003 De Graafschap (loan) 9 (0)
2003–2004 AGOVV (loan) 35 (26)
2004–2006 Heerenveen 46 (33)
2006–2008 Ajax 92 (76)
2009 Real Madrid 20 (8)
2009–2010 Milan 25 (7)
2010–2017 Schalke 04 175 (82)
2017– Ajax 13 (6)
National team
2002–2006 Netherlands U21 23 (18)
2006– Netherlands 76 (42)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:40, 17 December 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 October 2015

Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈklaːs ˈjɑn ˈɦɵntəˌlaːr] (About this sound listen); born 12 August 1983), nicknamed The Hunter, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ajax and the Netherlands national team.

Huntelaar is described as a "prolific striker" with a "brilliant first touch" and has been compared in style to players such as Marco van Basten and Ruud van Nistelrooy. In 2009, former Netherlands national team manager Louis van Gaal was quoted saying about the player, "in the penalty area, he is the best player in the world, bar none."

Huntelaar has played for PSV, De Graafschap, AGOVV Apeldoorn, Heerenveen, Ajax, Real Madrid and Milan, before joining Schalke 04 in August 2010, for whom he was the top goalscorer in the 2011–12 Bundesliga with 29 league goals. Huntelaar is also Schalke's second highest goalscorer of all time, behind Klaus Fischer. He returned to Ajax on 1 June 2017 on a one-year contract.


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