Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (born 12 August 1983) is a former Dutch football player.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Huntelaar in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar[1]
Date of birth	(1983-08-12) 12 August 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Voor-Drempt, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
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)
2003	→ De Graafschap (loan)	9	(0)
2003–2004	→ AGOVV (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)
National team
2002–2006	Netherlands U21	23	(18)
2006–2015	Netherlands	76	(42)
Honours Men's football Representing  Netherlands FIFA World Cup Runner-up 2010 South Africa 2014 Brazil UEFA European Under-21 Championship Winner 2006 Portugal UEFA European Under-17 Championship 2000 Israel
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
PSV	2002–03[3]	Eredivisie	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
De Graafschap	2002–03[3]	Eredivisie	9	0	1	0	—		—		10	0
AGOVV	2003–04[3]	Eerste Divisie	35	26	2	1	—		—		37	27
Heerenveen	2004–05[3]	Eredivisie	31	16	1	0	7[b]	3	—		39	19
	2005–06[3]		15	17	1	1	6[b]	2	—		22	20
	Total		46	33	2	1	13	5	—		61	39
Ajax	2005–06[3]	Eredivisie	16	16	3	5	2[c]	1	4[d]	2	25	24
	2006–07[3]		32	21	6	4	9[e]	9	4[d]	2	51	36
	2007–08[3]		34	33	2	1	4[f]	2	5[g]	0	45	36
	2008–09[3]		10	6	1	1	4[b]	2	—		15	9
	Total		92	76	12	11	19	14	13	4	136	105
Real Madrid	2008–09[3]	La Liga	20	8	0	0	0	0	—		20	8
Milan	2009–10[3]	Serie A	25	7	2	0	3[c]	0	—		30	7
Schalke 04	2010–11[4]	Bundesliga	24	8	3	2	8[c]	3	—		35	13
	2011–12[3]		32	29	3	5	12[h]	14	1[i]	0	48	48
	2012–13[5]		26	10	2	2	7[c]	4	—		35	16
	2013–14[6]		18	12	1	1	2[c]	1	—		21	14
	2014–15[7]		28	9	1	0	8[c]	5	—		37	14
	2015–16[8]		31	12	2	1	7[h]	3	—		40	16
	2016–17[9]		16	2	3	2	5[h]	1	—		24	5
	Total		175	82	15	13	49	31	1	0	240	126
Ajax	2017–18[3]	Eredivisie	28	13	1	0	3[j]	0	—		32	13
	2018–19[3]		28	16	4	3	11[c]	4	—		43	23
	2019–20[3]		18	9	4	0	10[k]	1	—		32	10
	2020–21[3]		11	7	0	0	3[c]	0	—		14	7
	Total		85	45	9	3	27	5	—		121	53
Schalke 04	2020–21[3]	Bundesliga	9	2	0	0	—		—		9	2
Ajax total			177	121	21	14	46	19	13	4	257	158
Schalke 04 total			184	84	15	13	49	31	1	0	249	128
Career total			497	279	44	29	111	55	14	4	665	367

1. Includes KNVB Cup, Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia and DFB-Pokal
2. Appearances in UEFA Cup
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. Appearances in Eredivisie play-offs
5. Seven appearances and seven goals in UEFA Cup, two appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League
6. Two appearances and two goals in UEFA Cup, two appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Four appearances in Eredivisie play-offs, one appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
8. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
9. Appearance in DFL-Supercup
10. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
11. Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

Huntelaar (left) as the Netherlands' #9 with Dirk Kuyt.

Source:^[10]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	2006	4	2
	2007	5	1
	2008	9	7
	2009	11	4
	2010	12	11
	2011	8	5
	2012	10	4
	2013	1	0
	2014	9	4
	2015	7	4
Total		76	42

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Huntelaar goal.^[10]

List of international goals scored by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 August 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	4–0	Friendly
2				3–0
3	17 October 2007	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Slovenia	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4	6 February 2008	Poljud Stadium, Split, Croatia	Croatia	2–0	3–0	Friendly
5	26 March 2008	Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	1–3	4–3	Friendly
6				4–3
7	24 May 2008	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Ukraine	2–0	3–0	Friendly
8	17 June 2008	Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland	Romania	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2008
9	6 September 2008	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Australia	1–0	1–2	Friendly
10	11 October 2008	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Iceland	2–0	2–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	11 February 2009	Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia	Tunisia	1–0	1–1	Friendly
12	28 March 2009	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Scotland	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	1 April 2009	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Macedonia	2–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	5 September 2009	De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands	Japan	3–0	3–0	Friendly
15	3 March 2010	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	United States	2–0	2–1	Friendly
16	24 June 2010	Cape Town Stadium, South Africa	Cameroon	2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup
17	3 September 2010	Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	2–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
18				3–0
19				4–0
20	7 September 2010	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Finland	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
21				2–0
22	8 October 2010	Zimbru Stadium, Chişinău, Moldova	Moldova	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
23	12 October 2010	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Sweden	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
24				3–0
25	17 November 2010	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Turkey	1–0	1–0	Friendly
26	9 February 2011	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	Austria	2–0	3–1	Friendly
27	2 September 2011	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands	San Marino	5–0	11–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
28				8–0
29	7 October 2011	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Moldova	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
30	11 October 2011	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Sweden	1–1	2–3	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
31	29 February 2012	Wembley Stadium, London, England	England	2–0	3–2	Friendly
32	15 August 2012	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	2–1	2–4	Friendly
33	12 September 2012	Ferenc Puskás Stadium, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	4–1	4–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
34	12 October 2012	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Andorra	2–0	3–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
35	29 June 2014	Estádio Castelão, Fortaleza, Brazil	Mexico	2–1	2–1	2014 FIFA World Cup
36	10 October 2014	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Kazakhstan	1–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
37	16 November 2014	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Latvia	3–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
38				6–0
39	28 March 2015	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Turkey	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
40	5 June 2015	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	United States	1–0	3–4	Friendly
41				2–1
42	13 October 2015	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Czech Republic	1–3	2–3	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Honours

Ajax^[11]

• Eredivisie: 2018–19, 2020–21
• KNVB Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2018–19
• Johan Cruyff Shield: 2006,^[12] 2007,^[13] 2019

Schalke 04^[11]

• DFB-Pokal: 2010–11
• DFL-Supercup: 2011

Netherlands Youth

Huntelaar was the Golden Player and Golden Boot at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: 2006^[14]

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2010;^[11] third place: 2014^[15]

Individual

• Eerste Divisie top scorer: 2003–04^[16]
• Eerste Divisie Player of the Year: 2003–04
• Eredivisie top scorer: 2005–06,^[16] 2007–08^[16]
• Johan Cruyff Trophy: 2005–06^[16]
• Ajax Player of the Year (Rinus Michels Award): 2005–06^[17]
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Boot: 2006^[18]
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 2006^[19]
• Bundesliga top goalscorer: 2011–12^[20]
• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2011–12^[21]
• UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying top goalscorer^[22]

References

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