 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Hasselbaink aive padanho rekubatana neChampionship side Leicester City muna Nyamavhuvhu 2007, asi kirabhu yakazobvisa chikumbiro chavo. Panzvimbo pezvo, sachigaro weCardiff City Peter Ridsdale, uyo akashanda naHasselbaink kuLeeds United, akamuunza kuCardiff pachibvumirano chegore rimwe, achimuisa mukubatana kwechinyakare naRobbie Fowler. Mutungamiri Dave Jones akati Hasselbaink pakutanga akatora nguva yekugadzirisa uye kuva mutambi akakodzera asi pasinei nokuva mutambi anoda basa rake rakanga riri simba rakanaka. Musi wa19 Gunyana, Hasselbaink akarova chibodzwa chake chekutanga kuCardiff aine 20-yard yakaderera drive mu 21 ligi kukundwa kuWatford kuNinian Park. Akasarudzwa kuti ave Mutambi weMutambo muChikamu cheChishanu cheFA Cup mushure mekuisa chinangwa chinoshamisa pamusoro peWolverhampton Wanderers. Akaramba ari mutambi wenguva dzose we Bluebirds mumwaka wese wa2007-08, uye akaonekwa mumitambo mishanu yemitambo mitanhatu Cardiff yakatamba kusvika kumagumo eFA Cup. Mumutambo wokupedzisira Cardiff yakarasikirwa ne10 kuPortsmouth; Hasselbaink akatamba maminitsi 70 asati atsiva Steve Thompson. Sezvo mwaka wapera akapinda muhurukuro kuti awedzere kugara kwake kuCardiff; zvisinei, akasiya kirabhu muna Chikunguru 2008 zvichitevera gakava pamusoro pemubhadharo. 