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Ruud Gullit

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Image:Gullit1988.jpg right|thumb|220px|Gullit was captain of the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands team that won the 1988 European Football Championship]] '''Ruud Gullit''' (September 1, 1962, Amsterdam) was a Netherlands Dutch star football (soccer) football player of the 1980s and 1990s. He was European Footballer of the Year in 1987 as well as World Football Awards World Football Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989. Gullit was born '''Ruud Dil''' in Amsterdam, and his career started with Haarlem before moving to Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord and then PSV Eindhoven. He was taken to Italy by Silvio Berlusconi, who paid the then record fee of £6 million for him. Playing for the great A.C. Milan team of the late 1980s, which starred, among others, fellow countrymen Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard, Italian world class players Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi, he helped Milan capture three Serie A titles and two UEFA Champions League European Cups (1989, 1990) during Milan's amazing five year reign from 1988-1992. He was well known for his heading and jumping ability, among his other creative talents as an outstanding offensive midfielder. Widely agreed to be one of the best and most creative players from the Netherlands national football team Netherlands, he was also one of the core group of players that led the Netherlands to the {{Ec|88}} title, to date, the only international title the Netherlands has achieved. In July, 1995, he signed for Chelsea F.C. on a free transfer. Initially played as sweeper by manager Glenn Hoddle, with limited success, Gullit was moved to his more familiar role in midfield, where he scored six goals. In the summer of 1996, Hoddle left to become manager of the England National Football Team England national team and Gullit was appointed player-manager. He made a promising start to his managerial career. In his first season as player-manager, Gullit guided Chelsea to an FA Cup win in 1997, the club's first major trophy for 26 years and in doing so became the first overseas manager to win that trophy. He also guided the team to a credible sixth place finish in the FA Premier League Premiership in the same year. The following season appeared to be going well, with Chelsea second in the Premiership and in the quarter-finals of two cup competitions, when he was sacked, allegedly after a disagreement with the club's board over pay. He was appointed manager of Newcastle United F.C. in 1998 where success was initially promised, with an FA Cup Final appearance in his first season. The following season, however, results and fans began to turn against him, and a well-publicised contretemps with star striker and local hero Alan Shearer did his survival prospects no favours. He also fell out with Newcastle captain Rob Lee Robert Lee. Ruud Gullit resigned as manager of Newcastle United only 5 games into the 1999-2000 season, following a home defeat to local rivals Sunderland A.F.C. Popular opinion had it that he resigned as manager before he was pushed out. He spent several years limited to occasional football punditry, where he invented the term 'sexy football'. Gullit became manager of Feyenoord before the start of the 2004/2005 season. However, he resigned at the end of the same season without winning any trophies. {{start box}} {{succession box|title=European Footballer of the Year.html">Igor Belanov after=Marco van Basten|years=1987}} {{succession box| before=Glenn Hoddle| title=Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Manager| years=1996 - 1998| after=Gianluca Vialli }} {{succession box| before=Kenny Dalglish| title=Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Manager| years=1998 - 1999| after=Steve Clarke (caretaker) }} {{end box}} Category:1962 births Gullit, Ruud Category:Living people Gullit, Ruud Category:Dutch footballers Gullit, Ruud Category:European Footballers of the Year Gullit, Ruud Category:FIFA 100 Gullit, Ruud Category:Feyenoord Rotterdam footballers Gullit, Ruud Category:PSV Eindhoven footballers Gullit, Ruud Category:A.C. Milan players Gullit, Ruud Category:Chelsea F.C. players Gullit, Ruud Category:Dutch football managers Gullit, Ruud Category:PSV Eindhoven footballers Gullit, Ruud Category:Chelsea F.C. managers Gullit, Ruud Category:Newcastle United F.C. managers Gullit, Ruud bg:Рууд Гулит de:Ruud Gullit es:Ruud Gullit fr:Ruud Gullit ko:뤼트 휠릿 id:Ruud Gullit it:Ruud Gullit he:רוד חוליט hu:Ruud Gullit nl:Ruud Gullit ja:ルート・フリット no:Ruud Gullit pl:Ruud Gullit pt:Ruud Gullit fi:Ruud Gullit sv:Ruud Gullit

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