A little history of:
Managers and ex.managers
careers in Soccer.
# 4
Ruud Gullit
1962:
Born in Amsterdam on September 1.
1970:
Signs for Meerboys as a junior.
1978:
Signed for Haarlem (where he will make
91 league app. and score 32 goals) by former West Bromwich Albion player
Barry Hughes,
then the Dutch club's coach.
1981:
Makes international debut for Holland
against Switzerland
on 19th birthday.
1982:
Moves to Feyenoord, where he will make
85 league app. and score 30 goals.
1985:
Transferred to PSV Eindhoven for £400,000,
and he makes 68 league app. and score 46 goals.
1987:
Signs for AC Milan for then world record
£5.5million.
Voted European and World Footballer
of the Year.
Dedicates European award to Nelson
Mandela.
1988:
Helps Milan to Italian League title.
Captains Holland
to European Championship glory. Sustains
serious knee injury.
1989:
Scores twice as Milan win European
Cup with 4-0 victory
over Steaua Bucharest.
1990:
Wins second successive European Cup
winners' medal with
Milan after 1-0 win over Benfica. Plays
in World Cup finals
for only time as Holland go out in
second round to eventual
champions Germany.
1992:
Wins second Italian title medal. Announces
retirement from
international soccer for "personal
reasons",
but later has a change of heart.
1993:
Wins third Italian League winners'
medal with Milan before joining
Sampdoria. He made 117 league app.
and scored 35 goals for Milan. Again announces he is quitting international
soccer after rowing with Dutch manager
Dick Advocaat
following his substitution in a World
Cup qualifier
against England at Wembley.
1994:
Makes international comeback against
Scotland, but walks out
of training camp after another argument
with Advocaat
with the World Cup less than three
weeks away.
In all, made 66 appearances for Holland,
scoring 16 goals.
Moves back to Milan after 31 league
app. and scoring 15 goals for Sampdoria. There he will only stay for seven
months making 8 league app. and scoring 3 goals before returning to Sampdoria
again. This time he plays 22 league games and scores 9 golas for the Genua
club.
1995:
Signs two-year contract with Chelsea,
leaving Sampdoria on a free transfer.
1996:
Appointed player-coach in succession
to Glenn Hoddle after the
latter's decision to succeed Terry
Venables as England coach.
1997:
Suffers serious ankle injury at Derby
which keeps him out for most of the season, but guides Chelsea to FA Cup
with 2-0 Wembley win over Middlesbrough.
1998:
Sacked as manager for Chelsea. The
reason, he acted like a playboy,
according to the management. I think
Ruud has another view of
the sacking.
1998:
Becomes manager at Newcastle United, when Kenny Dalglish
was sacked after only 2 games of the new season.
(Made by: Ulf Brennmo)
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Other managers/ex. managers at the following links:
#1 Arsene Wenger
#2 Brian Little
#3 Colin Todd
#5 Steve Coppell
#6 Jim Smith
#7 Howard Kendall
#8 George Graham
#9 Martin O'Neill
#10 Roy Evans
#11 Alex Ferguson
#12 Kenny Dalglish
#13 David Pleat
#14 Dave Jones
#15 Gerry Francis
#16 Harry Redknapp
#17 Joe Kinnear
