Ruud van Nistelrooy's Nike match worn boots. This boots were worn during the
season 2007/2008 with Real Madrid. Both boots are personalized with "RvN" and
his shirt-nr. "17". Van Nistelrooy began his career with Den Bosch, before moving
onto Heerenveen, eventually making a name for himself at PSV Eindhoven where
he won two Dutch leagues. His goalscoring record at PSV attracted attention from
Manchester United; a deal was in place in the summer of 2000, but because of
injury problems his move was secured a year later for a then British record fee of
£19 million. His time at United was successful, winning the Premier League, FA
Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield, along with winning the Sir Matt
Busby Player of the Year twice. Van Nistelrooy hit 150 goals in just 219 games
for United, as well asbeing their all time European record goalscorer, but fell out
of favour towards theend of his tenure. Real Madrid then secured his services in
2006. Although aninjury blighted the end of his days with Madrid, he did win La
Liga twice and the Supercopa de España before signing for Hamburg during the
January transfer window in 2010. After a season-and-a-half with Hamburg, he
 moved back to Spainwith Málaga in the summer of 2011. His retirement from
football was announced on 14 May 2012.