Fernando Ricksen

Fernando Ricksen
Fernando Ricksen (2007)
Personnel
Surname	Fernando Jacob Hubertina Hendrika Ricksen
birthday	July 20, 1976
place of birth	Heerlen ,  Netherlands
date of death	18th September 2019
Place of death	Airdrie ,  Scotland
size	175 cm
position	Right defender , center back
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1993-1997	Fortuna Sittard	94 0(7)
1997-2000	AZ Alkmaar	92 (10)
2000-2006	Glasgow Rangers	182 (13)
2006-2009	Zenit St. Petersburg	36 0(2)
2010-2013	Fortuna Sittard	48 0(1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2000-2003	Netherlands	12 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Fernando Jacob Hubertina Hendrika Ricksen (born July 20, 1976 in Heerlen , † September 18, 2019 in Airdrie , Scotland ) was a Dutch football player .

Career

Fernando Ricksen began his professional career in 1993 at Fortuna Sittard . After 94 games and seven goals, he left the Sittarder in 1997 and moved to AZ Alkmaar . In 1998 he rose with the club in the Eredivisie . In 2000 he moved to the Scottish top club Glasgow Rangers . With the Rangers he won the Scottish Premier League in 2000, 2003 and 2005 and the Scottish FA Cup in 2000, 2002 and 2003 . The Scottish League Cup was brought to Glasgow in 2002, 2003 and 2005 (with Ricksen as captain) . In 2006 Ricksen left the Scots for Russia to Zenit St. Petersburg , with whom he became champions in 2007 and won the UEFA Cup in the 2007/08 season . In August 2009 he terminated his contract. After he had not found a new club, he temporarily ended his career.

On December 2, 2010, he revised the decision and joined his hometown club Fortuna Sittard.

For the Dutch national team Ricksen ran a total of 12 times between 2000 and 2003; He didn't score goals.

In October 2013, Ricksen announced that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He died in September 2019 in a hospice in Airdrie, Scotland. He left behind his wife, with whom he had been in a relationship since 2007 and married since 2014, and their daughter.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Justin Bowie: 'Best Time Ever': Rangers legend Fernando Ricksen celebrates 43rd birthday surrounded by family in Airdrie Hospice. In: The Scottish Sun . July 28, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019 . Gary Taylor: RIP Fernando: Rangers idol Fernando Ricksen dead at age of 43 following brave six-year battle with motor neurone disease. In: The Scottish Sun. September 18, 2019, accessed on September 19, 2019 . 
    
2. ↑ Ricksen keert terug bij Fortuna Sittard. In: AD.nl . December 2, 2010, archived from the original on December 2, 2010 ; Retrieved September 19, 2019 (Dutch). 
3. ↑ Ben Archibald: Stricken Fernando Ricksen's wife reveals fight against motor neurone disease has brought them closer. In: The Scottish Sun. April 24, 2017, accessed September 19, 2019 .