Soccer Player

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

1962 - today

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His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2024). Ruud Gullit is the 45th most popular soccer player (down from 38th in 2024), the 55th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Ruud Gullit is most famous for being a Dutch football player, and the first black player to play for the Dutch national team. He was also the first black player to win the European Cup with a non-English club.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Ruud Gullit ranks 45 out of 21,273Before him are Paolo Maldini, Sándor Kocsis, Ronaldinho, Lothar Matthäus, Johan Neeskens, and Paolo Rossi. After him are László Kubala, Romário, Antonín Panenka, Fernando Santos, Ricardo Zamora, and Omar Sívori.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ruud Gullit ranks 10Before him are Jordan Peterson, Demi Moore, Jim Carrey, Antony Blinken, Mohammed Omar, and Cliff Burton. After him are Jodie Foster, Frank Rijkaard, Claudia Sheinbaum, Nicolás Maduro, Keir Starmer, and Ralph Fiennes.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ruud Gullit ranks 55 out of NaNBefore him are Jan Steen (1626), Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920), Max Euwe (1901), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), and Johan Neeskens (1951). After him are Frits Zernike (1888), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), Tobias Asser (1838), Thomas Bernhard (1931), Paul Verhoeven (1938), and Rem Koolhaas (1944).

Among Soccer Players In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Ruud Gullit ranks 3Before him are Johan Cruyff (1947), and Johan Neeskens (1951). After him are Rob Rensenbrink (1947), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Arie Haan (1948), Ruud Krol (1949), Edwin van der Sar (1970), René van de Kerkhof (1951), Johnny Rep (1951), Willy van de Kerkhof (1951), and Piet Keizer (1943).

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