Ruud gullit of ac milan passes the ball away from diego maradona of napoli during an italian serie a match at the stadio sao paolo in naples, italy. I only say this because, despite all the plaudits he received during his playing time, his name doesnt seem to resonate with the same force today. Great, accessible book from star, coach and analyst ruud gullit. He has played for the netherlands national team club career statistics. Dutch legend ruud gullit, a european champion clubs cup winner with ac milan in 1989 and 1990, gives the rundown on the rossoneris next opponents, fc zenit st. Two years after arriving in london, ruud gullit took english football by storm, not only revolutionising chelsea football club but helping to transform the image of the premier league so that it now attracts the best footballers from all over the world.
Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Gullit s two older brothers were named standard by his father, zulkifli and muhammad irfan. Gullit warns milan of zenit threat uefa champions league. Ruud gullit points out that you never see virgil van dijk. Im a big ruud gullit fan having been mesmerised by him and marco van basten and the dutch side in the 1988 european championship. Ruud gullit born 1 september 1962 is a dutch former football player. An opinionated masterclass in the art and science of reading a match from one of professional soccers most respected and beloved international figures. Ruud gullit of ac milan passes the ball away from diego. Maregas porto teammates criticised after racist abuse. I think there are two versions of this book, one called how to watch soccer aimed at the us audience, one called how to watch football which is more general. Rijkaard, van basten, gullit ac milan getty images. Ruud gullit, right, changed the way english football looked at defenders and their skill sets.
Ruud gullit simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ruud gullit has questioned why portos moussa marega appeared to have no support for his stance against racist abuse at. I think it is difficult to make a prediction on that because it is such a young team. He was the captain of the netherlands national team that was victorious at uefa euro 1988 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 fifa world cup and euro 1992. That same season, ruud gullit, a fellow countryman who is known as much for his massive hair as his footballing skills, arrived at milan. He was a central figure in milan s period of domination, helping them to 3 serie a titles, 2 european cups and several other titles. A rare talent metro ruud gullit was the best player in the world.
Ruud gullit manages to convey the sense that football is really quite simple if youre a genius like him, but without actually being annoying. His cv includes two european cups, won at ac milan alongside countrymen marco van basten and frank rijkaard. The ex of the milan insisted in that it keeps on being the. In the 1990 european cup final, he scored the only goal to win the cup for milan. Ruud gullit gives his views on his former clubs ac milan and chelsea and discusses the recent struggles of the dutch national team.
Weve gathered more than 3 million images uploaded by. No matter what you do with him, this is ruud gullit. Clive masonallsport get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Football icon fifa football best football players football art kids soccer soccer stars milan wallpaper ruud gullit association football.
Davie cooper makes ruud gullit s alltime xi as rangers legend joins maradona and cruyff in starstudded team. Gullit enjoys seeing juve struggle and says its good for. Carlo ancelloti, frank rijkaard, marco van basten and ruud gullit of ac milan line up in the wall against real madrid during the european cup semifinal played at the sansiro stadium in milan. Former dutch international ruud gullit, a european champion clubs cup winner with ac milan in 1989 and 1990, runs the rule over the italian sides opponents on. Gullit was named winner of the coveted ballon dor in 1987 and was also runner up the following year. He played his last game in a milan jersey at age 28, and finally relented to an early retirement at 30. I know its milan, i know its a young team, so support them as much as you can. No matter what you do with him, this is ruud gullit in. Davie cooper makes ruud gullits alltime xi as rangers. They have already lost their first league match at home, so they need time.
He was named dutch footballer of the year in 1984 and 1986, won the 1987 ballon dor and was a member of the dutch national team from 1981 to 1994. Dutch legend ruud gullit has named the key reason behind pep guardiolas failure to win the champions league since departing barcelona. Ruud gullit l of ac milan celebrates winning their 11th serie a title scudetto after the italian serie a match between como 11 ac milan in italy. How to watch soccer ruud gullit free download ruud. Photo by bob thomas sports photography via getty images embed textfortogglebutton123976376 textfortogglebutton123976376. Carlo ancelloti, frank rijkaard, marco van basten and ruud. Allsport uk allsport get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images.
Ruud gullit rocked the premier league excerpt from michael. Ruud gullit movember man up soccer players eindhoven netherlands milan football goals it is the beginning of november and that means one thing. Men up and down the country will grow moustaches with varying degrees of success all in the aid of charity. By clicking the download button, you accept the responsibility for using unreleased content including obtaining any clearances required for your use and agree to. Lr ruud gullit, daniele massaro milan, may 15, 1988 football soccer.
Leverkusen, as monaco, or even back to ac milan where we remember him at his best. Ruud gullit of ac milan in action during a serie a match. Gullit is also the only one in the family who pursue a career as a footballer. Ruud gullit born rudi dil, 1 september 1962 is a dutch football manager and former footballer who played professionally in the 1980s and. Former milan hero ruud gullit has revealed that he enjoys seeing juventus struggle and said its good for italian football to have competition. Ruud gullit of ac milan in action during a serie a match against padova calico at the silvio appiani stadium in padua, italy. Dutch internationals frank rijkaard, marco van basten and ruud gullit after joining ac milan, july 1988. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Ruud gullit face for pes 2017 by mostafa pes patch. Although the 57yearold won the fa cup with chelsea, we wont hold it against him. Ruud gullit of ac milan in action during a serie a match against napoli at the san paolo stadium in naples, italy. Dutch forward, midfielder and defender who helped ac milan win three serie a titles and two european cups from 1987 to 1993. Ruud gullit joined milan in 1987 for a then worldrecord fee.
First published in 1997 and now available as an ebook. Maxim gullit has become the latest son of a dutch legend to make his professional debut after following in the footsteps of his famous father, ruud. You dont realise it so much at the time, said ruud gullit as he reflected on ac milan s demolition of real madrid cf in 1989 one of uefas 60 legendary moments. Ruud gullit by harry harris overdrive rakuten overdrive. It is amazing to think about what could have been had his career not been cut so short.
Playing alongside fellow countrymen marco van basten and ruud gullit, rijkaard won the european cup twice in 1989 against steaua bucure. After the weekend, juventus are back on top by themselves and are currently one point above lazio and three above inter in serie a. Speaking to bein sports, ruud gullit waxed lyrical about virgil van dijk. Comment gullit a marque lhistoire du football youtube. Gullids father idolized ruud gullit and even his father chose ruud gullit s name as a prayer so that later his son could be as same as ruud gullit. This statistic shows which squad numbers have already been assigned in their history and to which players. Ruud gullit goals, skills, passes 19791998 youtube. The 1987 ballon dor, given to the best football player in europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from uefa member countries, was awarded to ruud gullit. Maxim gullit, son of dutch legend ruud, makes debut 40. He is also singing the song south africa with revelation time. Ruud gullit reveals why pep guardiola cant win the. The dutch hero of milan, chelsea and the national team of the netherlands. Sign this man on a free to any team you please, be it bayer leverkusen, as monaco, or even back to ac milan where we remember him at his best.
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