Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar is my kind of striker: not a flashy dribbler, but a pure penalty-box predator who lived and died on a single instant of instinct. Moving from Ajax through Real Madrid and AC Milan, then topping the Bundesliga scoring charts at Schalke, he proved that goalscoring is its own irreplaceable art. What I admire most is the ruthlessness of his trade, the willingness to exist only where it matters most. His shift into coaching feels right to me, a man trying to pass on that rare scoring sense to the next generation. Few players understood the geometry of the box so cleanly.

Name (English)

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Name (Japanese)

クラース・ヤン・フンテラール

Reading

くらーす・やん・ふんてらーる

Born

August 12, 1983 (age 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Boar

Origin

Voor-Drempt, Gelderland, Netherlands

Blood type

Private

Height

186 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Awards & achievements

• 2006 AFC Ajax–player of the year

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.klaasjanhuntelaar.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/klaasjanhuntelaar/
• Xhttps://x.com/KJ_Huntelaar
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• Gelderland
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-19

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.