Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit (born 1 September 1962) is a Dutch former football player. He has played for the Netherlands national team.

Ruud Gullit

Gullit in Doha 2012
Personal information
Full name	Ruud Gullit[1]
Birth name	Rudi Dil[2]
Date of birth	(1962-09-01) 1 September 1962 (age 62)[1]
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands[1]
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward, midfielder, defender
Youth career
1967–1975	ASV Meerboys
1975–1979	DWS[4]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1982	HFC Haarlem	91	(32)
1982–1985	Feyenoord	85	(30)
1985–1987	PSV	68	(46)
1987–1994	AC Milan	125	(38)
1993–1994	→ Sampdoria (loan)	31	(15)
1994–1995	Sampdoria	22	(9)
1995–1998	Chelsea	48	(4)
Total		470	(174)
International career
1979	Netherlands U-21	4	(1)
1981–1994	Netherlands	66	(17)
Managerial career
1996–1998	Chelsea (player-manager)
1998–1999	Newcastle United
2004–2005	Feyenoord
2007–2008	LA Galaxy
2011	Terek Grozny
Medal record Representing  Netherlands Men's football UEFA European Championship Winner 1988 West Germany 1992 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

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

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
HFC Haarlem	1979–80	Eredivisie	24	4	0	0	—		—		—		24	4
	1980–81	Eerste Divisie	36	14	5	2	—		—		—		41	16
	1981–82	Eredivisie	31	14	4	2	—		—		—		35	16
	Total		91	32	9	4	—		—		—		100	36
Feyenoord	1982–83	Eredivisie	33	8	2	1	—		—		—		35	9
	1983–84	Eredivisie	33	15	8	9	—		4[a]	1	—		45	25
	1984–85	Eredivisie	19	7	2	0	—		2[b]	0	—		23	7
	Total		85	30	12	10	—		6	1	—		103	41
PSV	1985–86	Eredivisie	34	24	2	3	—		2[a]	0	—		38	27
	1986–87	Eredivisie	34	22	3	4	—		0	0	—		37	26
	Total		68	46	5	7	—		2	0	—		75	53
AC Milan	1987–88	Serie A	29	9	6	3	—		4[a]	1	—		39	13
	1988–89	Serie A	19	5	1	2	—		8[b]	4	0	0	28	11
	1989–90	Serie A	2	0	0	0	—		1[b]	0	0	0	3	0
	1990–91	Serie A	26	7	1	0	—		4[b]	1	3[c]	1	34	9
	1991–92	Serie A	26	7	1	1	—		—		—		27	8
	1992–93	Serie A	15	7	6	4	—		4[b]	0	1[d]	0	26	11
	1994–95	Serie A	8	3	2	0	—		3	0	1[d]	1	14	4
	Total		125	39	17	10	—		24	6	5	2	171	56
Sampdoria	1993–94	Serie A	31	15	10	2	—		—		—		41	17
	1994–95	Serie A	22	9	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	22	9
	Total		53	24	10	2	—		0	0	0	0	63	26
Chelsea	1995–96	Premier League	31	3	7	3	2	0	—		—		40	6
	1996–97	Premier League	11	1	1	0	1	0	—		—		13	1
	1997–98	Premier League	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	Total		48	4	8	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	63	7
Career total			470	175	61	36	7	0	32	7	5	2	575	219

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
2. Appearance(s) in European Cup
3. Two appearances and one goal in European Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
4. Appearance(s) in Supercoppa Italiana

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands[6][7]	1981	1	0
	1982	5	1
	1983	6	4
	1984	4	0
	1985	4	0
	1986	6	1
	1987	6	5
	1988	8	2
	1989	2	0
	1990	9	1
	1991	4	1
	1992	8	2
	1993	2	0
	1994	1	0
Total		66	17

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

List of international goals scored by Ruud Gullit^[7]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	22 September 1982	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification
2	7 September 1983	Stadion Oosterpark, Groningen, Netherlands	Iceland	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification
3	12 October 1983	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–2	3–2	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification
4				3–2
5	16 November 1983	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Spain	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification
6	21 December 1986	Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification
7	21 January 1987	Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain	Spain	1–0	1–1	Friendly
8	29 April 1987	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hungary	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification
9	14 October 1987	Górnik Stadium, Zabrze, Poland	Poland	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification
10				2–0
11	28 October 1987	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Cyprus	2–0	8–0	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification
12	25 June 1988	Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany	Soviet Union	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1988
13	14 September 1988	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Wales	1–0	1–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
14	21 June 1990	Stadio La Favorita, Palermo, Italy	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–1	1990 FIFA World Cup
15	17 April 1991	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Finland	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1992 qualification
16	27 May 1992	De Baandert, Sittard-Geleen, Netherlands	Austria	3–1	3–2	Friendly
17	16 December 1992	İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey	Turkey	2–0	3–1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics

All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (including friendlies) are included.^[8]

As of 2 May 2015

Team	Nat	Year(s)	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Chelsea		1996–1998	83	41	18	24	049.40
Newcastle United		1998–1999	52	18	14	20	034.62
Feyenoord		2004–2005	45	25	7	13	055.56
LA Galaxy		2007–2008	19	6	5	8	031.58
Terek Grozny		2011	13	3	3	7	023.08
Career total			212	93	47	72	043.87

Honours

Player

HFC Haarlem^[9]

• Eerste Divisie: 1980–81

Feyenoord^[9]

• Eredivisie: 1983–84
• KNVB Cup: 1983–84

PSV^[9]

• Eredivisie: 1985–86, 1986–87

AC Milan^[9]

• Serie A: 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1992, 1994
• European Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90
• UEFA Super Cup: 1990
• Intercontinental Cup: 1990

Sampdoria^[9]

• Coppa Italia: 1993–94

Netherlands^[9]

• UEFA European Championship: 1988

Individual

• Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1984,^[10] 1986^[10]
• Dutch Golden Shoe: 1986^[10]
• Dutch Sportsman of the Year: 1987^[11]
• Ballon d'Or: 1987;^[12] Runner-up 1988^[13]
• World Soccer Magazine World Footballer of the Year: 1987,^[14] 1989^[14]
• Onze de Onze: 1987, 1988, 1989^[15]
• Onze d'Argent: 1988, 1989^[15]
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988,^[16] 1992^[17]
• FIFA XI: 1991^[18]
• Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 1995–96^[19]
• Chelsea Player of the Year: 1996^[20]
• FIFA 100^[21]
• UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: #13^[22]
• Golden Foot: 2011, as football legend^[23]
• AC Milan Hall of Fame^[24]
• The Best of The Best – Player of the Century: Top 50^[25]
• World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time^[26]
• FAI International Football Awards – International Personality: 2008^[27]
• IFFHS Legends^[28]
• Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2017^[29]