Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar, known professionally as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌklaːˌʃɑn ˈɦʏntəlaːr] ; born 12 August 1983) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Huntelaar in 2015
Personal information
Full name Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar
Date of birth (1983-08-12) 12 August 1983
Place of birth Drempt, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1988–1994 VV H. en K.
1994–2000 De Graafschap
2000–2002 PSV Eindhoven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 PSV Eindhoven 1 (0)
2003De Graafschap (loan) 9 (0)
2003–2004AGOVV (loan) 35 (26)
2004–2006 Heerenveen 46 (33)
2006–2009 Ajax 92 (76)
2009 Real Madrid 20 (8)
2009–2010 Milan 25 (7)
2010–2017 Schalke 04 175 (82)
2017–2021 Ajax 85 (45)
2021 Schalke 04 9 (2)
Total 497 (279)
International career
2002–2006 Netherlands U21 23 (18)
2006–2015 Netherlands 76 (42)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up2010 South Africa
2014 Brazil
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2006 Portugal
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
2000 Israel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Huntelaar 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.

Huntelaar was named Dutch Football Talent of the Year and Ajax "Player of the Year" in 2006, and was a part of the Dutch side that won the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship where he became the tournament's leading goalscorer and received the player of the tournament award. He was also named as one of two strikers in the UEFA Team of the Tournament. He is the all-time top scorer of the Netherlands U-21 national team with 18 goals in 23 appearances.

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