Ruud GULLIT
Attacking Midfielder
Other Positions
SS – RW – LW – CM – CD
76cm x 70kg; Right Footed; Prime 1987 – 1994
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Tactical Skills
Mental Skills
Attacking Skills
Defensive Skills
Info Box
– Formed an amazing Dutch trio at Milan with Van Basten and Rijkaard
– A versatile and powerful midfielder gifted with amazing pace and shooting abilities
– Hits free kick with power
– Injury Prone
– Knocks ball past opponent
– Moves into channels
– Runs with ball often
– Shoots with power
– Triest first time shots
Additional Skills
“Like a deer emerging from the forest,” murmured the placid Boskov, and he was spot on! Gullit is one of the first Captain Americas of football: a colossal beast of nearly 90 kg, standing 1.90 meters tall, swift of foot, his braids flowing in the wind framing his imposing figure, rendering him almost sacred.
An icon of football and Serie A when the sun was setting on other European leagues, Gullit embodies the prototype of the Dutch player—never constrained or trivialized into a single role, as is typical in Italy—with his overwhelming athletic prowess of African or Caribbean origin.
A lethal mix, neither banal nor calculable by opponents bewildered by this wardrobe sprinting like a gazelle.
Such power and, at the same time, such grace may have perhaps worn down his thunderous yet fragile musculature—alas!
The football gods demand a sacrifice now and then—but gifting us with immutable moments of plastic iconicity.
