The players that magic fans once liked once disappeared from the fans' vision after retiring. But they have never given up their love affair with football, and when the time comes, more and more legends of the past have taken up the coaching whip and gone to coaching positions.
On Wednesday, local time, Eindhoven, one of the traditional top three in the Eredivisie, officially announced that the 45-year-old Van Nistruy will serve as the first-team head coach next season.
The current manager of Eindhoven is German Roger Schmidt, who will leave at the end of the season. According to the famous journalist Romano, Van Nistelrough and Eindhoven signed until the summer of 2025.
In fact, after retiring in May 2012, Van Nistelrooy did not leave football for long. In August 2014, Van Nistelrooy became assistant coach of the Dutch national team. In February 2016, Van Nistelrooy became Eindhoven's manager of the U17 echelon. In July 2018, he became the manager of Eindhoven U19.
In the summer of 2021, Van Nistelrooy served as manager of the Eindhoven reserve team, leading the team to this season's Dutch Second Division. After Schmidt and Eindhoven did not agree on a contract extension, Van Nistelrooy became Eindhoven's manager for next season, which will be his first time in charge of the first team, and Eindhoven is expected to have an experienced assistant coach to assist Van Nicholas.
There were also rumors that Van Nistelrooy could return to Manchester United as Tenhag's assistant coach. The Times reported last week that if Ajax boss Tenhag takes over manchester United this summer, he will select a Dutchman who has played at Manchester United to join the coaching staff, and the shortlist includes Stam, Van Nissy and Van Persie.
The credibility of the rumor is unknown, but now that Van Nistelrooe has accepted Eindhoven's appointment, the possibility of returning to Manchester United this summer has naturally been ruled out.
Fanny's playing career is no stranger, and from 1998 to 2001, Van Nistelrooy played for Eindhoven, scoring 77 goals in 90 appearances. In the summer of 2001, Van Nissy joined Manchester United for £19 million, setting a Record Premier League transfer fee at the time.
In his five seasons with Manchester United, Van Nistelrooy made 219 appearances and scored 150 goals, 36 goals in 49 games, 44 goals in 52 games, 30 goals in 44 games, 16 goals in 27 games and 24 goals in 47 games in a single season. Van Nisit has the highest goal scoring percentage among the Red Devils' all-time top scorers with 150+ goalscoring. To this day, Van Nistelrooy is still the manchester United's first goal machine in the mind of the devil.
Whether it is the Dutch League, the Premier League, La Liga, or the Champions League, Van Nistelrooy has won the top scorer of the season, and won the Golden Boot Award seven times in his career, proving his unparalleled goal efficiency, and the nickname of "The King of the Little Penalty Area" is not blown out, it is kicked out.
The International Association for the History and Statistics of Football (IFFHS) named Van Nistelrooy the top scorer of the first 10 years of the 21st century, and as long as he is in the box, there is no ball that Van Nistelrooy can't get.
But the super striker has retired as a head coach, and there are not many success stories in international football at the moment, and we look forward to good luck in Van Nistelrooy's coaching career!