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Ruud Gullit (born as
Ruud Dil, September 1, 1962
in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football coach and former player, who
played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of
the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was
also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. |
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He was named the
European Footballer of the Year in 1987 and the World Soccer Player
of the Year in 1987 and 1989. He was a versatile player, playing in
numerous positions during his career. He last managed the Los
Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer after taking over from Frank
Yallop in November 2007. |
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Managerial career -
Newcastle United In 1998, he was named
manager of Newcastle United F.C., and his managerial career again
was on track, with an FA Cup final appearance in his first year. In
the following season, fans began to turn against him after a poor
run of results, and a well-publicised contretemps with star striker
and local hero Alan Shearer and captain Robert Lee did not put him
in a favourable light. Gullit even refused to assign Lee a squad
number, giving Lee's number 7 to new signing Kieron Dyer. In a match
between Newcastle and local rivals Sunderland following the latter's
return to the Premiership, Gullit, to the surprise of many, left the
usually starting strikers Alan Shearer and Duncan Ferguson on the
bench. Newcastle lost 2-1, although it was 1-1 when Shearer came on.
Gullit resigned three days later, after only five games into the
1999-2000 season. |
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