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In January , Huntelaar signed for Ajax , the club he had supported as a child. Ajax finished second in the Eredivisie and Huntelaar featured in the Eredivisie Playoffs for Champions League qualification, scoring in consecutive matches against Feyenoord [40] [41] as well as playing in the victory over Groningen to secure Ajax's place in the following season's Champions League.
Ajax went on to win 4—1 with Huntelaar scoring another goal in the th minute. In July , Huntelaar became the first player to score at Arsenal 's new Emirates Stadium in a testimonial match for Dennis Bergkamp.
Ajax went on to play in the UEFA Cup , where Huntelaar scored seven goals in seven matches, including against Werder Bremen , who would eliminate them in the third round.
In the Eredivisie , Huntelaar scored 21 goals as Ajax again finished second, once more having to play in the Eredivisie Playoffs to claim a place in the Champions League.
Huntelaar scored two goals in the second leg of the Playoffs semi-final against Heerenveen in a 4—1 aggregate win. However, Ajax were again knocked out of the Champions League at the qualifying stage, with Huntelaar missing a penalty in the first leg against Slavia Prague.
In the previous 25 years, only Dennis Bergkamp and Dirk Kuyt had managed that feat before their 25th birthday. At the start of the —09 season, Marco van Basten was appointed as Ajax coach and named Huntelaar permanent first team captain.
At the start of December , Real Madrid reached an agreement with Ajax to sign Huntelaar in the mid-season transfer window in January.
Huntelaar made his debut on 4 January on his return from injury in a La Liga home match against Villarreal. UEFA rules would allow only one of the pair to be registered [67] [68] by 1 February and Diarra was selected to play in the competition.
After a slow start, Huntelaar scored his first Milan goals on 29 November in a 0—2 away win at Catania , scoring twice after coming on in the 84th minute.
After the match, manager Leonardo stated that he would give Huntelaar more chances. However, Huntelaar only appeared as a substitute for the next few matches, and because of the great form of teammate Marco Borriello , Huntelaar did not even appear as a substitute very often until Borriello's injury.
Huntelaar capitalized on the opportunity by scoring his second brace of the season, helping Milan to a 3—2 defeat of Udinese. When Borriello hit bad form, Huntelaar was expected to play more often, but Leonardo chose to play veteran Filippo Inzaghi instead.
On 3 April, Huntelaar started the match against Cagliari and scored from 30 yards out to stretch his goal tally to seven. On 31 July , Huntelaar scored four times in an 11—1 cup thrashing away to Teningen of the Landesliga Südbaden.
FC Köln at the Veltins-Arena. On 23 December , Schalke announced that Huntelaar signed a two-year contract extension to 30 June On 31 January , Huntelaar received a straight red card for a slide tackle on Manuel Schmiedebach of Hannover He had not scored a league goal since November , after going over 1, minutes and 13 games without scoring.
This has led to some minor criticism over his performance in the current season from his fans and the team's coach. Due to injuries and a drop in form, during the —17 Bundesliga season Huntelaar only made 16 appearances in the league 7 starts, 9 appearances from the bench , and overall 24 appearances in all competitions 10 starts, 14 appearances from the bench , scoring a total of only five goals, [] his lowest season goal tally at Schalke On 1 June , Ajax confirmed that they had re-signed Huntelaar.
He scored two goals in the tournament before the Dutch were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Egypt. Huntelaar became top scorer in the tournament with four goals [] including two in the final on 4 June to help the Netherlands beat Ukraine 3—0 [] and claim their first ever title at under level.
Following his achievements with the under squad, Huntelaar was selected by senior team coach Marco van Basten for the Dutch national team 's next friendly match, away against the Republic of Ireland on 16 August He scored two goals and provided two assists on his senior debut in the Netherlands' 0—4 away win at Lansdowne Road , [] and this became the first Dutch player to score on his full international debut for 28 years since Dick Nanninga in With the retirement of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Huntelaar became new Dutch national team coach Bert van Marwijk 's first choice striker for the World Cup qualification match against Iceland in October , and scored in a 2—0 victory.
On 3 September , Huntelaar scored a hat-trick against San Marino in a Euro qualifying match away at the Stadio Olimpico , a match which the Netherlands won 0—5.
Huntelaar added further goals to his tally, with a double in a 4—1 win against Sweden on 12 October At the World Cup , Huntelaar came off the bench for Robin van Persie in the round of 16 match against Mexico with the Netherlands 0—1 down.
He went on to provide the assist for Wesley Sneijder , and scored the winning goal with an injury-time penalty to qualify the team for the quarter-finals.
Since , Huntelaar has been in a relationship with his girlfriend Maddy Schoolderman. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Huntelaar in List of Players" PDF.
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