LEGENDS - NETHERLANDS - KEYPLAYER - Ruud Gullit
Personal information
Full name
Ruud Gullit
Date of birth
16 September 1962
Place of birth
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position
Forward, Midfielder
Youth career
ASV Meerboys
1967-1975
DWS
1975-1979
Senior career*
HFC Haarlem
1979-1982
91x apps / 32x goals
Feyenoord
1982-1985
85x apps / 30x goals
PSV EINDHOVEN
1985-1987
68x apps / 46x goals
Milan
1987-1993
117x apps / 35x goals
Sampdoria
1993-1994
31x apps / 15x goals
Milan
1994-1995
8x apps / 3x goals
Sampdoria
1994-1995
22x apps / 9x goals
Chelsea
1995-1998
49x apps / 4x goals
Total
465x apps / 175x goals
NATIONAL TEAM
Netherlands U-21
1979
4x apps / 1x goals
Netherlands
1981-1994
66x apps / 17x goals
TEAMS MANAGED
Chelsea
1996-1998
Newcastle United
1998-1999
Feyenoord
2004-2005
Los Angeles Galaxy
2007-2008
Terek Grozny
2011
(* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only)
Ruud Gullit, born Rudi Dil, 1 September 1962), is a Dutch football manager and former football player who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup and Euro 92.
At club level, in 1987 he moved from PSV Eindhoven to A.C. Milan for a world record transfer fee.
Easily recognizable with his distinctive dreadlocks, he was part of the famed Dutch trio at Milan which included Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard.
Gullit won three Serie A titles and two European Cups with Milan.
Gullit was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1987 and the World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989.
Normally an attacking midifielder, he was a versatile player, playing in numerous positions during his career.
In 2004 he was named one of the Top 125 greatest living footballers as part of FIFA's 100th anniversary celebration.
Gullit was working to promote the Belgian-Dutch 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bid.
Netherlands