Ruud Krol

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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 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.^[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]