Ruud Gullit
Ruud Gullit 2012
Ruud Gullit ( born September 1, 1962 in Amsterdam as Rudi Dil ) is a former Dutch football player and current coach.
Life
Gullit was born the son of a Dutch Ria Dil and George Gullit from Suriname. His father was a football player of Suriname. Because his father had a family, Ruud was brought up by his mother and her father. Only at the age of 16 when he got his first professional contract, he changed his name to Ruud Gullit, because this name in his opinion sounds better for a top footballer. Because of its lush head of hair, he is also called " black tulip ".
Playing career
Ruud Gullit made his international debut on his 19th birthday on September 1, 1981, when he appeared as a substitute in a friendly against Switzerland for the also debuting Frank Rijkaard. In 1986 he was appointed captain of the Dutch national team. His country did not qualify for the FIFA World Cup 1986 in Mexico, and a new team should now be set up to Ruud Gullit. In 1987, after winning the Dutch title with PSV Eindhoven, he moved to Italy for AC Milan, where he met his compatriot Marco van Basten, a year later Frank Rijkaard was committed. Gullit was voted 1987 European Footballer of the Year and World Footballer. The choice came as a surprise, because until then Gullit has seen no international success. He dedicated the award to the then imprisoned Nelson Mandela.
In the Dutch national team he formed with his club colleague Milan van Basten and Rijkaard a strong axis, which was supplemented by players such as Ronald Koeman and Hans van Breukelen. This team was able to build on the successes of the 1970s. In 1988, the Oranje Oranje under Rinus Michels coach at the European Football Championship in Germany by 2-0 in the final against the Soviet Union European champions, with Gullit scored the 1-0 lead in the final.
This success is expected to continue at AC Milan. At first, he was as game designers of the Milan team of Italian masters, and in 1989 won the by then perhaps playful best team of AC Milan European Cup of Champions. As a year previously made the final of the European Championship Gullit, together with Marco van Basten for the doors - both contributed two hits in the 4-0 win over Steaua Bucharest. A second ceremony as World Player of the Year was the result.
With the repetition of the victory in the European Cup champion in 1990 in the back and as the reigning European champions Ruud Gullit went for the Football World Cup 1990 in Italy. However, Gullit was not quite fit in this tournament and the Netherlands separated in a memorable game with 1:2 against Germany in the second round of. At the World Championship in Sweden in 1992 the team was eliminated in the semifinals to eventual surprise winner of Denmark on penalties.
Because of a dispute with national team coach Dick Advocaat, he left a few days before the start of the Football World Cup 1994, the Dutch training camp and ended his career in the national team. After an engagement at Sampdoria Ruud Gullit moved to Chelsea in 1995, where he became player-manager in 1996 and 1998 ended his career. With Gullit thus came from one of the most colorful figures of Dutch football since Johan Cruyff on the football stage. Not only on the court, he was a dedicated player, even as a fighter against racism, he is still an important political voice of his country.
Coaching career
Mitdem Chelsea Gullit was the youngest coach in the history of English football English Cup. 1998/99 he coached for one season Newcastle United.
In the season 2004/ 05 was Gullit coach of Feyenoord Rotterdam. After a regular season that in the Eredivisie and 25 points behind ended with fourth place on champions PSV Eindhoven, Ruud Gullit resigned.
From 8 November 2007 to 11 August 2008 Gullit was coach of Los Angeles Galaxy. On 18 January 2011 it was announced that he will take over as coach for the Russian first division club Terek Grozny. On 14 June 2011 the club announced that Gullit would be replaced as head coach. He could remain as a youth coach at Terek, it said on the website of the club.
Private life
Ruud Gullit was married three times: With his first wife, Yvonne De Vries, with whom he was married from 1984 to 1991, he has two daughters. In 1994 he married the Italian Christina Penza, with whom he also has two children. They were divorced in May 2000. Only a month later, he married his present wife, the actress and presenter Estelle Cruijff, a niece of Johan Cruyff. The couple has two children. They were divorced in June 2013.
In July 2013 were seized all property of Gullit because of failure to pay income tax in the years 2010 and 2011.
Gullit is currently working as a football analyst for Dutch television station RTL. For the TV station NOS, Eredevisie Live, Sky Sports, BBC, ITV and Sky it occurs repeatedly as a guest presenter.