Frank Rijkaard

Dutch association football player and manager

  • Fame60.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Netherlands rank#210
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Born 1962 · age 64Netherlands
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    66 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Netherlands
    #210
    Footballers
  • Age
    64
    Born 1962
  • Awards
    2
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-08-29

A defensive midfielder who won the European Cup three times as a player — twice with AC Milan, once with Ajax — then returned a decade later to win it again from the touchline, reshaping Barcelona in the mid-2000s around a young Ronaldinho.

Biography

About

Born 30 September 1962, Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard came up through Ajax, where he claimed five Eredivisie titles and lifted the 1994–95 Champions League. He moved to AC Milan and won back-to-back European Cups in 1989 and 1990, plus Serie A honors, establishing himself as one of the finest defensive midfielders the game has seen. For the Netherlands he earned 73 caps, anchoring the side that took the 1988 European Championship and later finished third at Euro '92; he also appeared at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups. As a manager he had spells with Sparta Rotterdam and the Dutch national team befor…

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Teams

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  • AFC Ajax
    1993–1995
  • AC Milan
    1988–1993
  • Real Zaragoza
    1987–1988
  • Sporting CP
    1987–1988
  • Netherlands national association football team
    1981–1994
  • AFC Ajax
    1980–1987
19801995
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Season stats

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1993–19958013
1988–199320126
1987–1988110
1987–198800
1981–19947310
1980–198724859
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Awards

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  • UEFA President's Award
  • AFC Ajax–player of the year
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Fame
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60.0
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Score components
Historical27.9
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
Country rank
#210
Category rank
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  • Wikipedia
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    wikidata · wikidata.org
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