Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

  • Fame60.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Netherlands rank#184
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  • Fame60.6
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  • Netherlands rank#184
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Born 1962 · age 64Netherlands
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  • Wikipedia
    70 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Netherlands
    #184
    Footballers
  • Age
    64
    Born 1962
  • Known for
    Ellis in Glamourland
    2004
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

He captained the Netherlands to their only major tournament win, took the Ballon d'Or in 1987, and then became the first foreign manager to lift the FA Cup — all while playing wherever the team needed him most.

Biography

About

Born Rudi Dil on 1 September 1962, Gullit moved from PSV to AC Milan in 1987 for a world record fee and was soon nicknamed "The Black Tulip." At Milan he formed a celebrated Dutch trio with Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard, winning three Serie A titles and two European Cups. He was named World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989, the same span in which he captained the Netherlands to victory at Euro 1988. In 1995 he signed for Chelsea, and a year later became player-manager; in his first season he delivered the FA Cup, the club's first major trophy in 26 years. In 2004, FIFA named hi…

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Teams

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  • Chelsea F.C.
    1995–1998
  • AC Milan
    1994–1994
  • U.C. Sampdoria
    1994–1995
  • U.C. Sampdoria
    1993–1994
  • AC Milan
    1987–1993
  • PSV Eindhoven
    1985–1987
  • Feyenoord Rotterdam
    1982–1985
  • Netherlands national association football team
    1981–1994
  • HFC Haarlem
    1979–1982
  • Netherlands national under-21 football team
    1979–1979
  • AFC DWS
    1975–1979
19751998
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Season stats

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1995–1998494
1994–199483
1994–1995229
1993–19943115
1987–199311735
1985–19876846
1982–19858530
1981–19946617
1979–19829132
1979–197941
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Awards

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  • Italian Football Hall of Fame
  • Ballon d'Or
  • Dutch Sportsman of the year
  • Dutch Footballer of the Year
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Score breakdown

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Fame
Falling
60.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical28.3
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
Global rank
Country rank
#184
Category rank
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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