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Ruud Krol

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Dutch football player

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Type
Person
Country
PL
Active from
1984-02-09

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Key facts

1980
Vancouver Whitecaps
1990
Servette
1999
Al-Wahda
2013
Tunisia
2014
Espérance
2015
Raja Casablanca
2016
Club Africain
2020
Kuwait SC
Full name
Rudolf Jozef Krol
Date of birth
( 1949-03-24 ) 24 March 1949 (age 77)
Place of birth
Amsterdam , Netherlands
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Positions
Left-back sweeper
Years
Team
1968 1980
Ajax
1980 1984
Napoli
1984 1986
Cannes
1969 1983
Netherlands

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rudolf Jozef "Ruud" (or "Rudi") Krol ( Dutch pronunciation: [ryt 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. Regarded as one of the greatest 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.

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