Ruud Gullit
Ruud Gullit
Ruud Gullit OON; born Rudi Dil, 1 September 1962) is a Dutch football manager and former footballer who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a midfielder or forward. 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 and Euro 92...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth1 September 1962
CityAmsterdam, Netherlands
player should-have fields
If a player is racially insulted, he should have the right to leave the field.
soccer play dutch
To play Holland, you have to play the Dutch.
football athlete player
Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.
country play best-things
To play for your country is the best thing that can happen.
player black abuse
When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.
play champion week
Every week you have to play well to be the champion.
player matter stubborn
I like stubborn players. At least they have an opinion. If they are right or wrong, this doesn't matter for me.
play dutch holland
To play Holland, you've got to play the Dutch
home funny-things play
You know, if you play on home soil sometimes funny things can happen and you have that push of the crowd.
mandela nelson
Nelson Mandela was as disappointed as I was.
alan change knew succeed team
If we were going to succeed as a team I knew we had to change Alan Shearer but he didn't want to change.
nobody talking television
In L.A., nobody is talking about football. No television stations. You see it nowhere.
mean people special
Mandela means a lot to the world. He's something special. There's only a few people in the history of mankind with that kind of charisma.
knows
I'd like to meet god. Not to question it, just to have a peak at what it is. I say 'it' because we don't know what it is.