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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Place of birth
- Amsterdam
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1980
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Netherlands national association football team
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Netherlands
- Mass
- 79
- Image
- Ruud Krol 2005.jpg
- Height
- 184
- Residence
- Villaricca
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- Commons category
- Ruud Krol
- date of birth
- 1949-03-24
- end of work period
- 1986-00-00
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 0
- name in native language
- Ruud Krol
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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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