Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit
Ruud Gullit (1988)
Personnel
Surname	Ruud Dil Gullit
birthday	September 1, 1962
place of birth	Amsterdam ,  Netherlands
size	190 cm
position	Midfielder , striker
Juniors
Years	station
1973-1975	Sea boys
1975-1979	DWS
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1979-1982	HFC Haarlem	91 (32)
1982-1985	Feyenoord Rotterdam	85 (31)
1985-1987	PSV Eindhoven	68 (46)
1987-1993	AC Milan	117 (35)
1993-1994	Sampdoria Genoa	31 (15)
1994	AC Milan	8 0(3)
1994-1995	Sampdoria Genoa	22 0(9)
1995-1998	Chelsea FC	49 0(4)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1981-1994	Netherlands	66 (17)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1996-1998	Chelsea FC ( player-coach )
1998-1999	Newcastle United
2003-2004	Netherlands U19
2004	Netherlands (assistant coach)
2004-2005	Feyenoord Rotterdam
2007-2008	LA Galaxy
2011	Terek Grozny
2017	Netherlands (assistant coach)
1 Only league games are given.

Ruud Dil Gullit (born September 1, 1962 in Amsterdam , Netherlands as Rudi Dil ) is a former Dutch football player and current coach . He led the Dutch national team to the European title in 1988 as team captain.

Life

Gullit was born to Ria Dil and George Gullit from Suriname, the Netherlands. His father was a Suriname national soccer player. Because his father already had a family, Ruud was raised by his mother and her father. It wasn't until he was 16 when he got his first professional contract that he changed his name to Ruud Gullit because, in his opinion, that name sounds better for a top footballer. It is also known as the "black tulip" because of its lush head of hair.

Player career

Ruud Gullit (1988)

Ruud Gullit made his first international match on his 19th birthday on September 1, 1981, when he was substituted on for Frank Rijkaard, who was also making his debut, in a friendly against Switzerland . In 1986 he was named captain of the Dutch national team. His country could not qualify for the Soccer World Cup in Mexico in 1986 and a new team should now be built around Ruud Gullit. In 1987, after winning the Dutch championship with PSV Eindhoven , he moved to Italy for AC Milan , where he met his compatriot Marco van Basten , and a year later Frank Rijkaard was also signed. Gullit was voted Europe's Footballer of the Year and World Footballer in 1987 . The choice came as a surprise, as Gullit had not yet achieved any international success. He dedicated the award to Nelson Mandela, who was still imprisoned at the time .

In the Dutch national team, he formed a strong axis with his Milan club colleagues van Basten and Rijkaard, which was supplemented by players such as Ronald Koeman and Hans van Breukelen . This team managed to build on the successes of the 1970s. In 1988, the Oranje Elftal under national coach Rinus Michels was European champions at the European Football Championship in Germany with a 2-0 win in the final against the Soviet Union , with Gullit taking the 1-0 lead in the final.

This success should continue at AC Milan. First he was the playmaker of the Milanese team of Italian champions and in 1989 what was perhaps the best team of AC Milan up to then won the European Cup . Like a year earlier in the final of the European Championship, Gullit and Marco van Basten scored the goals - both contributed two goals each to the 4-0 win over Steaua Bucharest . A second honor as World Footballer of the Year was the result.

With the repetition of the victory in the European Cup of National Champions in 1990 behind him and as reigning European champion, Ruud Gullit went to the 1990 World Cup in Italy . But Gullit was not quite fit in this tournament and the Netherlands were eliminated in a memorable game with 1: 2 against Germany in the round of 16. At the European Football Championship in Sweden in 1992 , the team was eliminated in the semifinals against eventual surprise winner Denmark on penalties .

Due to disputes with national coach Dick Advocaat , he left the Dutch training base a few days before the start of the 1994 World Cup and ended his career in the national team. After an engagement at Sampdoria Genoa , Gullit moved to Chelsea in 1995 , where he was promoted to player- coach in 1996 and ended his career in 1998. With Gullit, one of the most colorful figures in Dutch football since Johan Cruyff stepped down from the football stage. He was not only a committed player on the pitch, as a fighter against racism he is still an important political voice in his country.

Style of play

Gullit had already internalized the philosophy of total football as a teenager. He could play in different positions. He was athletic and fast, and he made targeted use of these qualities. He was tall and had tremendous bounce and head strength. Unusually for a man of his stature, he had excellent balance, which gave his game elegance. Goal instinct, high game intelligence and good positional play made him one of the best players of his generation. George Best praised Gullit in 1990 and placed him on a par with Pelé , Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff . "

Coaching career

Ruud Gullit (2012)

With Chelsea, Gullit became the youngest coach in the history of English football to win the English Cup . In 1998/99 he coached Newcastle United for one season .

In the 2004/05 season Gullit was the coach of Feyenoord Rotterdam . After a mediocre playing time that ended fourth in the Eredivisie and 25 points behind champions PSV Eindhoven , Ruud Gullit resigned.

Of 8 November 2007 to 11 August 2008 Gullit was coach of the MLS - franchises LA Galaxy . On January 18, 2011 it was announced that he would take over the coaching post of the Russian first division club Terek Grozny . On June 14, 2011, the club announced that Gullit would be replaced as head coach. However, he could stay with Terek as a youth coach, it said on the club's website.

On May 9, 2017, the Dutch Football Association announced that Gullit would become assistant coach under the new bond coach Dick Advocaat from June 2017 . After missing qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Russia , Advocaat and Gullit left the association at the end of November 2017.

Private life

Ruud Gullit has been married three times: he has two daughters with his first wife Yvonne De Vries, with whom he was married from 1984 to 1991. In 1994 he married the Italian Christina Pensa, with whom he also has two children. The marriage was divorced in May 2000. Just a month later, he married his third wife, actress and presenter Estelle Cruyff , a niece of Johan Cruyff . The couple have two children. The marriage was divorced in June 2013.

In July 2013, all Gullit properties were seized due to income tax not being paid in 2010 and 2011.

Gullit currently works as a football analyst for the Dutch television station RTL . He appears repeatedly as a guest presenter for the channels NOS , Eredivisie Live, Sky Sports, BBC , ITV and Sky .

successes

Gullit with the European Championship trophy (1988)

player

HFC Haarlem

• Promotion to the Eredivisie 1980/81

Feyenoord Rotterdam

• Dutch champion : 1983/84
• KNVB Cup winner : 1983/84

PSV Eindhoven

• Dutch champion : 1985/86 , 1986/87

AC Milan

• Italian champion : 1987/88 , 1991/92 , 1992/93
• Italian Supercup winner : 1988 , 1992 , 1994
• European champion cup : 1988/89 , 1989/90
• UEFA Super Cup winners : 1989 , 1990
• World Cup Winner : 1989 , 1990

Sampdoria Genoa

• Coppa Italia winner : 1993/94

Chelsea FC

• FA Cup winner : 1996/97

National team

• European Champion : 1988

Trainer

• FA Cup : 1996/97

Personal awards

• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1981, 1984 1986
• Dutch top scorer (Golden Shoe): 1986
• Dutch Sportsman of the Year: 1987
• Ballon d'Or : 1987
• World Soccer Magazine World Footballer of the Year: 1987, 1989
• Onze Mondial Second place: 1988, 1989
• IFFHS Player of the Year: 1988 (Bronze), 1989 (Bronze)
• European Championship All-Star Team : 1988, 1992
• Chelsea Player of the Year : 1996
• FIFA 100

Career statistics

society	league	season	league		Nat. Cup		European Cup		Other		total
			Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates
HFC Haarlem	Eredivisie	1979/80	24	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	4th
	First Division	1980/81	36	14th	4th	2	-	-	-	-	40	16
	Eredivisie	1981/82	31	14th	6th	2	-	-	-	-	37	16
total			91	32	10	4th	-	-	-	-	101	36
Feyenoord Rotterdam	Eredivisie	1982/83	33	9	2	1	-	-	-	-	35	10
		1983/84	33	15th	12	9	4th	1	-	-	49	25th
		1984/85	19th	7th	4th	3	2	0	-	-	25th	10
total			85	31	18th	13	6th	1	-	-	109	45
PSV Eindhoven	Eredivisie	1985/86	34	24	2	1	2	0	-	-	38	25th
		1986/87	34	22nd	3	6th	-	-	-	-	37	28
total			68	46	5	7th	2	0	-	-	75	53
AC Milan	Series A	1987/88	29	9	6th	3	4th	1	-	-	39	13
		1988/89	19th	5	1	2	8th	4th	-	-	28	11
		1989/90	2	0	-	-	1	0	-	-	3	0
		1990/91	26th	7th	1	0	4th	1	3	1	34	9
		1991/92	26th	7th	1	1	-	-	-	-	28	8th
		1992/93	15th	7th	6th	4th	4th	0	1	0	26th	11
total			117	35	15th	10	21st	6th	4th	1	157	52
Sampdoria Genoa	Series A	1993/94	31	15th	10	3	-	-	-	-	41	18th
total			31	15th	10	3	-	-	-	-	41	18th
AC Milan	Series A	1994/95	8th	3	2	0	3	0	1	1	14th	4th
total			8th	3	2	0	3	0	1	1	14th	4th
Sampdoria Genoa	Series A	1994/95	22nd	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	9
total			22nd	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	22nd	9
Chelsea FC	Premier League	1995/96	31	3	7th	3	-	-	2	0	40	6th
		1996/97	12	1	1	0	-	-	-	-	13	1
		1997/98	6th	0	4th	0	-	-	-	-	10	0
total			49	4th	12	3	-	-	2	0	63	7th
Career total			471	175	72	40	32	7th	6th	2	581	224

Sources: national-football-teams.com; footballdatabase.eu

Web links

Commons : Ruud Gullit  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ruud Gullit in the database of weltfussball.de
• Player profile in the AC Milan Hall of Fame

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.weltfussball.de
2. ^ Glanville, page 3
3. ^ Donald McRae: Memories of past magic fire Gullit's enduring passion for Milan . In: The Guardian , May 22, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2010. 
4. ↑ Andrew Godsell, Europe United (2005), p 129
5. ↑ Gullit maag as jeugdcoach blijven , De Telegraaf -Telesport of June 14, 2011
6. ↑ Dick Advocaat new national coach of the Netherlands. In: sueddeutsche.de. May 9, 2017, accessed August 7, 2020 . 
7. ↑ http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1002/Showbizz/article/detail/3450611/2013/06/01/Ruud-Gullit-en-Estelle-Cruijff-officieel-gescheiden.dhtml
8. ↑ http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686/Binnenland/article/detail/3484557/2013/07/31/Opnieuw-beslag-legerd-op-panden-Ruud-Gullit.dhtml
9. ↑ Rudi Dil Gullit ( English ) national-football-teams.com. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
10. ↑ Ruud Gullit ( English ) footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved October 13, 2019.

predecessor	Office	successor
--- Marco van Basten	Netherlands Footballer of the Year 1984 1986	Marco van Basten Ronald Koeman