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Ruud Krol
Krol in 2005
Personal information
Full name
Rudolf Jozef Krol
Date of birth
(1949-03-24) 24 March 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Left-back, sweeper
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1968–1980
Ajax
339
(23)
1980
Vancouver Whitecaps
14
(0)
1980–1984
Napoli
107
(1)
1984–1986
Cannes
63
(0)
Total
523
(24)
International career
1969–1983
Netherlands[1][2]
83
(4)
Managerial career
1989–1990
Mechelen
1990
Servette
1991–1993
Netherlands U21 (assistant)
1994–1995
Egypt U23
1995–1996
Egypt[3]
1997–1999
Zamalek
1999
Al-Wahda
1999–2001
Netherlands (assistant)
2002–2005
Ajax (assistant)
2006–2007
Ajaccio
2007–2008
Zamalek
2008–2011
Orlando Pirates
2012–2013
Sfaxien
2013
Tunisia
2014
Espérance
2014
Al-Ahli
2015
Raja Casablanca
2016
Club Africain
2018–2019
Sfaxien
2020
Kuwait SC[4]
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Netherlands (as player)
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up
1974 West Germany
Runner-up
1978 Argentina
European Championship
1976 Yugoslavia
Representing Egypt (as manager)
African Games
1995 Harare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Rudolf ("Ruud" or "Rudi") Jozef Krol (Dutch pronunciation:[ˈkrɔl]; born 24 March 1949) is a Dutch former professional footballer who was capped 83 times for the Netherlands national team. Most of his career he played for his home town club, Ajax. He became a coach after retirement.[5] Regarded as one of the best defenders of all time, Krol mainly played as a sweeper or left-back, though he could play anywhere across the back line, or in midfield as a defensive midfielder, due to his range of passing with both feet, temperament, tactical intelligence, and his ability to start attacking plays after winning back the ball.[6][7]
^"Ruud Krol profile – Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)".
^Ruud Krol at National-Football-Teams.com
^1996 African Cup of Nations (squads)
^رود كرول... مدرباً لـ «الكويت» alraimedia.com
^"Voodoo, titels en de Dodenstad: het Afrikaanse leven van Ruud Krol". vice.com. 5 December 2017.
^Salvio Passante (12 March 2009). "ESCLUSIVA TUTTONAPOLI.NET - RUUD KROL: "Napoli sempre nel mio cuore. Sarebbe un onore lavorare per la società azzurra. Bruscolotti team manager giusto"" (in Italian). TuttoNapoli.net. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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