Frank Rijkaard

Frank Rijkaard (born 30 September 1962) is a former Dutch football player. He has played for Netherlands national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time.^[2]

Frank Rijkaard

Personal information
Full name	Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard[1]
Date of birth	(1962-09-30) 30 September 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder, central defender
Youth career
–1973	SC Buitenveldert
1973–1976	Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
1976–1979	DWS
1979–1980	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1987	Ajax	205	(47)
1987–1988	Sporting CP	0	(0)
1987–1988	→ Real Zaragoza (loan)	11	(0)
1988–1993	AC Milan	142	(16)
1993–1995	Ajax	56	(12)
Total		414	(75)
National team
1981–1994	Netherlands	73	(10)
Teams managed
1998	Netherlands (assistant)
1998–2000	Netherlands
2001–2002	Sparta Rotterdam
2003–2008	Barcelona
2009–2010	Galatasaray
2011–2013	Saudi Arabia
Honours Representing  Netherlands UEFA European Championship Winner 1988 West Germany 1992 Sweden
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3][4][5][6]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ajax	1980–81	Eredivisie	24	4			1	1	–		25	5
	1981–82	Eredivisie	27	5			0	0	–		27	5
	1982–83	Eredivisie	25	3	8	1	0	0	–		33	4
	1983–84	Eredivisie	23	9	3	1	1	0	–		27	10
	1984–85	Eredivisie	34	7	3	1	4	1	–		41	9
	1985–86	Eredivisie	30	9	6	4	2	0	–		38	13
	1986–87	Eredivisie	34	7	5	0	9	2	–		48	9
	1987–88	Eredivisie	8	3	0	0	1	1	0[lower-alpha 1]	0	9	4
	Total		205	47	25	7	18	5	0	0	248	59
Sporting CP	1987–88	Primeira Divisão	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zaragoza	1987–88	La Liga	11	0	0	0	–		–		11	0
AC Milan	1988–89	Serie A	31	4	6	0	9	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	1	47	6
	1989–90	Serie A	29	2	6	0	9	2	3[lower-alpha 3]	0	47	4
	1990–91	Serie A	30	3	2	0	4	0	3[lower-alpha 4]	3	39	6
	1991–92	Serie A	30	5	5	0	–		–		35	5
	1992–93	Serie A	22	2	5	0	6	3	0	0	33	5
	Total		142	16	24	0	28	6	7	4	201	26
Ajax	1993–94	Eredivisie	30	10	4	0	6	1	1	0	41	11
	1994–95	Eredivisie	26	2	2	0	10	0	1	0	39	2
	Total		56	12	6	0	16	1	2	0	80	13
Career total			414	75	55	7	62	12	9	4	540	98

1. 1987 UEFA Super Cup
2. Appearance in 1988 Supercoppa Italiana
3. Two appearances in 1989 UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in 1989 Intercontinental Cup
4. Two appearances in 1989 UEFA Super Cup, one appearance, two goals in 1990 Intercontinental Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	1981	1	0
	1982	5	0
	1983	3	2
	1984	2	0
	1985	5	0
	1986	4	0
	1987	4	0
	1988	10	0
	1989	5	0
	1990	7	1
	1991	3	0
	1992	11	3
	1993	4	0
	1994	9	4
Total		73	10

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rijkaard goal.

List of international goals scored by Frank Rijkaard^[8]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 December 1983	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Malta	3–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier
2				5–0
3	3 June 1990	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
4	27 May 1992	De Baandert, Sittard, Netherlands	Austria	1–0	3–2	Friendly
5	18 June 1992	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Germany	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 1992
6	22 June 1992	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Denmark	2–2	2–2	UEFA Euro 1992
7	19 January 1994	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	1–1	2–2	Friendly
8	1 June 1994	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hungary	5–1	7–1	Friendly
9				6–1
10	12 June 1994	Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada	Canada	3–0	3–0	Friendly

Managerial statistics

As of 16 January 2013^[3][9]

Team	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
Netherlands	June 1998	July 2000	22	8	12	2	036.36
Sparta Rotterdam	June 2001	May 2002	38	6	12	20	015.79
Barcelona	July 2003	May 2008	273	160	63	50	058.61
Galatasaray	5 June 2009	20 October 2010	67	37	15	15	055.22
Saudi Arabia	28 June 2011	16 January 2013	27	7	9	11	025.93
Total			427	218	111	98	051.05

Honours

Player

Source:^[10]

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1993–94, 1994–95
• KNVB Cup: 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87
• Dutch Supercup: 1993, 1994
• UEFA Champions League: 1994–95
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87

AC Milan^[11]

• Serie A: 1991–92, 1992–93
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1988
• European Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90
• European Super Cup: 1989, 1990
• Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990

Netherlands

• UEFA European Championship: 1988

Individual

• Dutch Golden Shoe: 1985, 1987^[12]
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988^[13]
• Ballon d'Or – Third place: 1988,^[14] 1989^[15]
• Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the Match Award: 1990^[16]
• Serie A Best foreign player: 1992^[17]
• Serie A Footballer of the Year: 1992^[17]
• ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95^[18]
• FIFA 100^[19]
• UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: #21^[20]
• UEFA President's Award: 2005^[21]
• AC Milan Hall of Fame^[11]
• World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time^[22]
• Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver): 2020^[23]

Manager

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06
• Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006
• UEFA Champions League: 2005–06

Individual

• Don Balón Coach of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06
• UEFA Manager of the Year: 2005–06
• UEFA Team of the Year for Best Coach of the Year: 2006
• IFFHS World's Best Club Coach: 2006
• Onze d'Or Coach of the Year: 2006

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