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5 x Dutch League : 1981-1982,
1982-1983, 1984-1985, |
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Season |
Team |
Games |
Goals |
Position |
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1980-1981 |
Ajax |
24 |
4 |
2nd |
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1981-1982 |
Ajax |
27 |
4 |
1st |
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1982-1983 |
Ajax |
25 |
3 |
1st |
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1983-1984 |
Ajax |
23 |
9 |
3rd |
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1984-1985 |
Ajax |
34 |
7 |
1st |
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1985-1986 |
Ajax |
31 |
9 |
2nd |
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1986-1987 |
Ajax |
34 |
7 |
2nd |
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1987-1988 |
Ajax |
8 |
3 |
- |
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Zaragoza |
11 |
- |
11th |
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1988-1989 |
Milan |
31 |
4 |
3rd |
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1989-1990 |
Milan |
29 |
2 |
2nd |
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1990-1991 |
Milan |
30 |
3 |
3rd |
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1991-1992 |
Milan |
30 |
5 |
1st |
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1992-1993 |
Milan |
22 |
2 |
1st |
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1993-1994 |
Ajax |
30 |
10 |
1st |
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1994-1995 |
Ajax |
25 |
9 |
1st |
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Ajax |
261 |
65 |
- |
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Zaragoza |
11 |
0 |
- |
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Milan |
142 |
16 |
- |
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Netherlands |
73 |
10 |
- |
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Career |
414 |
81 |
- |
| Sacchi rescued Frank Rijkaard from his Spanish
hell shortly after he helped Holland lift the 1988 European Championship. With his arrival the jigsaw puzzle was complete - Gullit provided the flair, Van Basten the goals and Rijkaard the steel. For the next two seasons Milan would sweep all before them in Europe and beyond, winning two successive European Cups, European Super Cups and Intercontinental Championships. Rijkaard scored the winning goal against Benfica in the 1990 European Cup final. Glory would turn to shame just one month later as the Dutch, overwhelming favourites to win the 1990 World Cup, crashed out in the second round against arch rivals Germany. Rijkaard, usually a model professional, earned himself a red card for spitting at Rudi Voller. Rijkaard was outstanding in Milan's 1992 Championship success and even more so the following season, holding the team together as confidence hit rock bottom with the loss to injury of Van Basten and continued, dressing room problems with Gullit. Rijkaard left for Ajax after Milan's European Cup final defeat against Marseille despite desperate attempts by the club to keep him at the San Siro. Two season's later Rijkaard fittingly ended his playing career by making the winning goal against his former team-mates as Ajax defeated Milan to claim the 1995 European Cup. In a controversial move Rijkaard was appointed coach of the Dutch national team in succession to Gus Hiddink after the 1998 World Cup, despite no previous coaching experience. Under pressure following terrible results in friendly matches Rijkaard rode out the storm and took his team to the semi-finals of Euro 2000 on home soil before resigning following the team's incredible penalty shoot-out defeat against Italy. His second coaching spell with Sparta Rotterdam ended in relegation. Rijkaard was surprisingly appointed coach of Barcelona in 2003. He was on the verge of getting the sack after a terrible first half campaign before the team suddenly clicked following the arrival of Rijkaard's then modern day equivalent in the Dutch national team, Edgar Davids. Barcelona ended a five year wait for a league championship the following season before going on to complete a league an European Cup double in 2006. Considered the third best Dutch player of all time, behind Cruijff and Van Basten. Key Attributes : Tackling, passing, power |
| Thanks to Sergey V Polishchuk |