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3 x Dutch League : 1983-1984, 1985-1986, 1986-1987 |
|
Season |
Team |
Games |
Goals |
Position |
|
1979-1980 |
Haarlem |
24 |
4 |
18th |
|
1980-1981 |
Haarlem (2) |
36 |
14 |
- |
|
1981-1982 |
Haarlem |
31 |
14 |
4th |
|
1982-1983 |
Feyenoord |
33 |
8 |
2nd |
|
1983-1984 |
Feyenoord |
33 |
15 |
1st |
|
1984-1985 |
Feyenoord |
19 |
7 |
3rd |
|
1985-1986 |
PSV |
34 |
24 |
1st |
|
1986-1987 |
PSV |
34 |
22 |
1st |
|
1987-1988 |
Milan |
29 |
9 |
1st |
|
1988-1989 |
Milan |
19 |
5 |
3rd |
|
1989-1990 |
Milan |
2 |
0 |
2nd |
|
1990-1991 |
Milan |
26 |
7 |
3rd |
|
1991-1992 |
Milan |
26 |
7 |
1st |
|
1992-1993 |
Milan |
15 |
7 |
1st |
|
1993-1994 |
Sampdoria |
31 |
16 |
4th |
|
1994-1995 |
Milan |
8 |
3 |
- |
|
|
Sampdoria |
22 |
9 |
8th |
|
1995-1996 |
Chelsea |
14 |
2 |
11th |
|
1996-1997 |
Chelsea |
12 |
1 |
6th |
|
1997-1998 |
Chelsea |
6 |
0 |
- |
|
|
Haarlem |
91 |
32 |
0.35 GPG |
|
|
Feyenoord |
85 |
30 |
0.35 GPG |
|
|
PSV |
68 |
46 |
0.68 GPG |
|
|
Milan |
125 |
38 |
0.30 GPG |
|
|
Sampdoria |
53 |
25 |
0.47 GPG |
|
|
Chelsea |
32 |
3 |
0.09 GPG |
|
European Cup |
22 |
6 |
0.27 GPG |
|
|
UEFA Cup |
8 |
2 |
0.25 GPG |
|
|
Netherlands |
66 |
17 |
0.26 GPG |
|
|
|
Totals |
550 |
199 |
0.36 GPG |
| Two spectacular seasons
at PSV prompted Silvio Berlusconi to take Ruud
Gullit to Milan for a then World record fee of £6 million. Crowned European footballer of the year, Gullit inspired Milan to their first scudetto in almost a decade and starred in Holland's European Championship triumph that summer, scoring the opening goal in the final against the USSR. Gullit made a rapid recovery from a knee injury in time to play in the 1999 European Cup final against Steaua Bucharest and scored the first two goals in the now legendary 4-0 victory before being substituted. Gullit was to pay a heavy price for an early comeback and missed the majority of the following season with another knee injury although ironically returned to play in a second successive European Cup final. Fully fit Gullit returned to form but Milan ended the 1990-1991 season in disgrace, finishing third in the league and banned from European - trailing to Marseille the floodlights failed and Milan walked off the pitch in protest. Gullit and new Milan coach Capello never saw eye to eye. Following another series of injuries and talk of conflict in the dressing room between Gullit and Baresi, Gullit was sold for a nominal fee to Sampdoria. Given a free role he was a spectacular success scoring 16 goals for the Genoa club, his best tally in Serie A. He returned from self imposed exile to the Dutch national team weeks before the 1994 World Cup only to walk out on his team-mates on the eve of the finals after arguments over tactics with coach Dick Advocat. Gullit rejoined Milan before dressing room tension surfaced again and he was sent back to Sampdoria. Tempted by the London night life Gullit ended his playing career with glamour boys Chelsea as sweeper, a position he played earlier in his career with equal success i.e. little. He went on to manage the London club to FA Cup final victory before his go got in the way again and he jumped before being pushed. He had a disastrous spell in charge at Newcastle famously falling out with local idol Alan Shearer and leaving the club rock bottom of the league before quitting in 1999. At his peak between the mid to late 80's Gullit was unquestionably one of the best players in the World and one of the most recognisable due to his long dread locked hair. Gullit had everything, pace, power, vision and sensational technique. Equally effective in attack or on the right side of midfield. More so than his dodgy knees his problems with team-mates, coaches and playboy life-style prevented him from reaching even greater heights. |