It was not until the appointment of Ruud Gullit as player-manager in 1996 that their fortunes changed.

The 1997 – 98 campaign saw Newcastle finish in only 13th place and, despite Dalglish achieving some notable successes during the season ( including a 3 – 2 UEFA Champions League win over Barcelona and an FA Cup final appearance against Arsenal ), he was sacked by Freddie Shepherd after two draws in the opening two games of the subsequent 1998 – 1999 season, and replaced by former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit.

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Key players in the squad from this period included Johan Cruyff, Ruud Gullit and Peter Houtman ( who later became the Feyenoord stadium announcer ).

In 1987, Silvio Berlusconi signed Van Basten for Milan, with fellow countrymen Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard joining in 1988.

Dalglish was replaced as manager early in the following season by Ruud Gullit.

Gullit was born Ruud Dil in Amsterdam to George Gullit, a Suriname migrant, and Ria Dil, his buitenvrouw, from the Amsterdam Jordaan inner city district.

Ruud Gullit in 1988

Gullit's brilliance prompted George Best to comment in 1990, " Ruud Gullit is a great player by any standards.

PSV garnered many honours in the football arena and have been credited as the club where many successful players such as Ruud Gullit, Hans van Breukelen, Gerald Vanenburg, Romário, Eric Gerets, Ronald Koeman, Ronaldo, Luc Nilis, Wim Kieft, Jaap Stam, Boudewijn Zenden, Arthur Numan, Wim Jonk, Danko Lazović, Balázs Dzsudzsák, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Phillip Cocu, Ibrahim Afellay, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Park Ji-Sung, Jefferson Farfán, Heurelho Gomes, Alex, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Mateja Kežman, and Arjen Robben made their name.

Ruud Gullit was the team manager from the beginning of the season 2011, but was later sacked by the club in June.

Sunderland also achieved a 2 – 1 victory over rivals Newcastle United at St. James ' Park, a result which helped bring about the resignation of Newcastle's manager, Ruud Gullit.

Yallop was replaced at Los Angeles by Ruud Gullit, who signed a three-year contract with the club which made him the highest paid coach in MLS history.

In the 2008 MLS season, Los Angeles went on a seven-game winless streak which saw them drop from first place in the Western Conference to outside playoff contention, prompting the resignation of manager Ruud Gullit and firing of general manager Alexi Lalas.

On August 18, 2008, Los Angeles Galaxy hired Arena to replace Ruud Gullit as head coach and Alexi Lalas as general manager.

He did establish them as a force in cup competitions and made them capable of attracting top-class players – such as Ruud Gullit – to the club.

The Dutch won the match 2 – 0, with goals coming from captain Ruud Gullit and tournament top scorer Marco van Basten.

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Barnes with many others was dropped from the first team by new manager Ruud Gullit and spent several months in the reserves despite, in his opinion, " excelling in training " and showing he had lost none of his quality if some of his pace.

Playing alongside fellow country-men Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit, Rijkaard won the European Cup twice ( in 1989 against Steaua Bucureşti and 1990, against Benfica ) and the domestic Serie A championship twice.

The twelve-year hiatus due to World War II meant that Ruud was 36 years old in 1948.

Ajax was leading 1 – 0 when Ruud Heus equalised with a penalty just before time.

Van Basten was heavily criticised for dropping Ruud van Nistelrooy ( who had scored 28 goals for the Netherlands ) before this game, in favour of Dirk Kuyt, who did not score throughout the entire tournament.

It was during his time at DWS that Ruud first took to using his father's surname, rather than his registered surname, as he thought it sounded more like a football player.

From 11 May 1973 to 19 December 1977 Ruud Lubbers was Minister of Economic Affairs in the Den Uyl-government and a member of the Catholic People's Party ( KVP ).

The first ski jumping technique, the Konsberger was developed by Jacob Tullin Thams and Sigmund Ruud in Kongsberg, and was the most popular ski jumping technique from the late 1920s to the late 1950s.

The EVS was conducted under the aegis of Jan Kerkhofs and Ruud de Moor and continues to be based in the Netherlands at the Tilburg University.

The double issue was developed by Owen Smith and Ken Friedman and published through the Rhode Island School of Design The other artists included as representing New Fluxus artists: Alan Bowman, Bibiana Padilla Maltos, david-baptiste chirot, David Cologiovani, Eryk Salvaggio, Cecil Touchon, mIEKAL aND, MTAA, Ruud Janssen, Sol Nte, and Walter Cianciusi.

However, former prime Minister of the Netherlands Ruud Lubbers claimed in 2005 that this was done on a foreign request.

Manchester United's attack was as strong as ever thanks to free-scoring Ruud van Nistelrooy, but the midfield was weakened following the pre-season £ 25 million sale of David Beckham to Real Madrid, and the centre of defence suffered a more severe setback after Rio Ferdinand was ruled out for the final four months of the season after being found guilty of the " failure or refusal to take a drugs test ".

Fluxus Heidelberg Center was founded by Litsa Spathi and Ruud Janssen.

The first automatic, storage tank-type gas water was invented around 1889 by Ruud after he immigrated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U. S. The Ruud Manufacturing Company, still in existence today, made many advancements in tank-type and tankless water heater design and operation.

The arrival of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Juan Sebastián Verón counted against Cole's first-team chances in the 2001 – 02 season, and on 29 December 2001 Cole was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £ 8 million.

Thanks to Diego Milito's 23 goals in 2006 – 07 ( he finished third to Roma's Francesco Totti and Real Madrid's Ruud van Nistelrooy-26 and 25 goals, respectively-in the European Golden Shoe race ), Real Zaragoza finished in sixth position, thus qualifying to the UEFA Cup.

The city has one professional football club, FC Den Bosch ( first club of Dutch international player Ruud van Nistelrooy ), and is also the home to top field hockey club HC Den Bosch, basketball team EiffelTowers Den Bosch and 2008 national rugby champion The Dukes

Fricker, Ruud Janssen, Steven Perkins, Gyorgy Galàntai, Pawel Petasz and Géza Perneczky ) Guy Bleus published the first E-Mail-Art Manifesto, called: Re: The E-Mail-Art & Internet-Art Manifesto in his electronic zine E-Pêle-Mêle: E-Mail-Art Netzine ( Hasselt, Belgium ).

On a positive note, Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy lived up to his £ 19million price tag by scoring 34 goals in all competitions during his first season at Old Trafford-breaking the club record that had been set by Dennis Viollet 40 seasons earlier.

Six goals in the League Cup run saw him usurping Ruud van Nistelrooy as the first choice strike partner for Wayne Rooney.

The first news report which came in the morning stated that permanent Secretary () Morten Ruud was resigning his post effective immediately.

Vialli joined Chelsea in the summer of 1996 for £ 600 000 a year ( after rejecting an offer from Rangers ) as part of manager Ruud Gullit's cosmopolitan rebuilding of the side, and won the FA Cup in his first season, including two goals in a spectacular 4 – 2 comeback over Liverpool in the fourth round.

He assisted Ruud van Nistelrooy's first goal with a cross, and played a part in van Nistelrooy's second goal as well.

This made him the first United player since Ruud van Nistelrooy ( in 2002 – 03 ) to score three hat-tricks in the same season.

For the 1996 – 1997 season, Hoddle was replaced by Ruud Gullit who handed Colgan his first team professional debut playing in a 3 – 2 away defeat at the hands of West Ham United on 12 March 1997.

However, Watson's move to Aston Villa in October 1998 saw Barton return to the right-back position on a more regular basis under new manager Ruud Gullit, and he was still the club's first choice player in this position in 2000 – 01, by which time the Magpies were being managed by the former England boss Bobby Robson.