| Football legend : GULLIT
Ruud Gullit was a Dutch star football player of
the 80s and 90s. He won European Footballer of the Year in 1987,
and World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989. His career
started with Haarlem before moving to Feyenoord and then PSV Eindhoven.
He was transfered to AC Milan with the record fee of 6 million pounds.
Playing for the great AC Milan team of the late 1980s, which starred
his fellow countrymen Marco Van Basten and Frank Rijkaard, Italian
world class players Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi, he helped Milan
capture three Serie A titles and two European Cups (1989, 1990)
during Milan's amazing five year reign from 1988-1992. He was well
known for his heading and jumping ability, among his other creative
talents as an outstanding offensive midfielder. Widely agreed to
be one of the best and most creative players the Netherlands, or
as a matter of fact, the world has ever seen.
He was also one of the core batch of players that
led the Netherlands to the 1988 European Championship title, to
date, the only international title the Netherlands has achieved.
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