Van The Man’s record at
Manchester United:
Scoring 8 games in a row!
1st goalscorer
in the Premier League (since 1992) to do so.
The List, scoring in a
row:
1. Ruud van Nistelrooy (2001/02) 8
(10 goals)
Liam Whelan (Man Utd.)(1956/57) 8 ( 8 goals)
2. Thierry Henry (Arsenal) (2000/01) 7 ( 9 goals)
3. Mark Stein (Chelsea) (1993/94) 7 ( 9 goals)
4. Alan Shearer (Newcastle Utd.) (1996/97) 7 ( 7 goals)
5. Mick Quinn (Coventry City) (1992/93) 6 (10 goals)
6. Ian Wright (Arsenal) (1994/95) 6 ( 8 goals)
7. Francesco Baiano (Derby County) 6 ( 8 goals)
Scoring 10 goals in a row
on the highest level:
Billy McAdams (Manchester
City) 1957/58
Ron Davies (Southampton) 1966/67
Jermain Defoe (Bournemouth)* 2000/01
* First Division, so not at the highest level !
Where did Ruud the
Devil make them?
|
Game |
Goals |
Score |
Result |
|
Derby C (H) |
1 |
4-0 |
5-0 |
|
Middlesbrough (A) |
1 |
0-1 |
0-1 |
|
Southampton (H) |
3 |
1-0, 2-0, 4-0 |
6-1 |
|
Everton (A) |
1 |
0-2 |
0-2 |
|
Fulham (A) |
1 |
0-2 |
2-3 |
|
Newcastle Utd (H) |
1 |
1-0 |
3-1 |
|
Southampton (A) |
1 |
1-1 |
1-3 |
|
Blackburn R. (H) |
1 |
1-0 (pen.) |
2-1 |
Name
Games Goals Seasons
|
Duncan
Edwards |
175 |
21 |
1952/58 |
|
Dennis
Viollet |
291 |
178 |
1952/62 |
|
Liam
Whelan (Irl) |
96 |
52 |
1954/58 |
|
Tommy
Taylor |
189 |
128 |
1952/58 |
|
Dennis
Law (Sco) |
399 |
236 |
1962/73 |
|
George
Best (Nir) |
466 |
178 |
1963/74 |
|
Mark
Hughes (Wal) |
462 |
162 |
1983/86 & 1988/95 |
|
Brian
McClair (Sco) |
448 |
126 |
1987/98 |
|
Eric
Cantona (Fra) |
182 |
80 |
1992/97 |
|
Andy Cole |
275 |
121 |
1994/01 |
|
Ol
Solskjaer (Noo) |
198** |
86 |
1996-today |
|
Teddy
Sheringham |
156 |
47 |
1997/01 |
|
Dwight
Yorke (Tri) |
150** |
64 |
1998-today |
** till 21st
of January 2002
Ruud finished top in the Champions League list season 2001/02, with 10 goals.
Topscorers in the 2001/02 season in England (source Ceefax): 40 Goals Van Nistelrooy(Manchester Utd.) 23(League) 17 (Other) 33 Goals Owen(Liverpool) 19(League) 14 (Other) 33 Goals Henry(Arsenal) 24(League) 9(Other) 30 Goals Hasselbaink(Chelsea) 23(League) 7 (Other) 27 Goals Shearer(Newcastle Utd.) 23(League) 4 (Other) 27 Goals Solskjaer(Manchester Utd.) 17(League) 10 (Other) 22 Goals Gudjohnsen(Chelsea) 13(League) 9 (Other)
Ruud European topscorer of the Champions League season 2002-03:
1. Van Nistelrooy (Hol, Manchester Utd) 12 goals 2. Inzaghi (Ita, AC Milan) 10 goals 3. Raul (Esp, Real Madrid) 9 goals, Crespo (Arg, Inter Milan) 9 goals, Makaay (Hol, Deportivo La Coruna) 9 goals 6. Koller (Cze, Borussia Dortmund) 8 goals 7. Henry (Fra, Arsenal) 7 goals, Saviola (Arg, Barcelona) 7 goals 9. Shearer (Eng, Newcastle Utd) 6 goals, Ronaldo (Bra, Real Madrid) 6 goals 
On September 16, 2004 Ruud broke 2 records in one night (Olympique Lyon - Manchester Utd 2-2), scoring the two goals in France, Van Nistelrooy scored goal # 29 and 30 in European Cups for Manchester United. Dennis Law was the old recordholder with 28 goals. in 33 matches. He also became Dutch topscorer in European Cup with 39 goals (another 9 goals with PSV Eindhoven) in 48 matches. Keeping Rob Rensenbrink at 37.
All-time European topscorer is Gerd Müller (Ger) with 65 goals in 74 matches.
