Ruud Gullit was a Dutch footballer born on 1/9/1962.
Throughout his career he played in several different positions but will be remembered best for his midfield roles.
Gullit started his career playing in Holland at the age of 16 for Haarlem.
He spent 8 seasons in Holland, 3 years at Haarlem and Feyenoord and 2 years at PSV before he was eyed up by AC Milan in 1987.
During his time in Holland he scored 129 goals from just 273 appearances.
He won an Eredivisie title with Feyenoord in 1984 and 2 titles with PSV in 86 and 87.
Gullit will be best known for his time at AC Milan where he spent 6 seasons and came back for a short spell later in his career.
He also had 2 spells at Sampdoria during his time in Italy, overall he made 229 appearances scoring 89 goals.
He won 3 Serie A titles, 2 European Cups and 3 Supercoppia Italiana's.
Ruud Gullit left Italy to play for Chelsea in England where he later was appointed player Manager, he spent 3 years there and was eventually sacked after a dispute with the board.
Gullit carried on his managerial career and has since managed Newcastle, Feyenoord, LA Galaxy and a very brief time at Russian Club Terek Grozny where he was sacked after just 3 games just 4 months ago.
Gullit was a very exciting player to watch play football and he will always be remembered as one of the legends of football.
Ruud Gullit won 2 world footballer of the year awards in 87 and 89.
He represented his country at an international level earning 66 caps.
There is a video below featuring some of his great moments, I hope you enjoy.
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