High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Dutch pronunciation: ( listen); born 12 August 1983 in Voor-Drempt, Gelderland), nicknamed The Hunter, is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Schalke 04 and the Dutch national football team. Huntelaar is a prolific striker with brilliant technique and athleticism and has been compared in style to players such as Marco van Basten and Ruud van Nistelrooy. Former Netherlands, Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager Louis van Gaal has been quoted saying about the player "in the penalty area, he is the best player in the world, bar none."