Coordinates	52°24′″N16°55′″N
Playername	Ruud Gullit
Fullname	Ruud Dil / Gullit
Height
Dateofbirth	September 01, 1962
Cityofbirth	Amsterdam
Countryofbirth	Netherlands
Position	Attacking Midfielder/Forward/Sweeper
Years1	1979–1982
Years2	1982–1985
Years3	1985–1987
Years4	1987–1993
Years5	1993–1994
Years6	1994–1995
Years7	1994–1995
Years8	1995–1998
Clubs1	HFC Haarlem
Clubs2	Feyenoord
Clubs3	PSV
Clubs4	Milan
Clubs5	Sampdoria
Clubs6	Milan
Clubs7	→ Sampdoria (loan)
Clubs8	Chelsea
Caps1	91 |goals1 32
Caps2	85 |goals2 31
Caps3	68 |goals3 46
Caps4	171 |goals4 56
Caps5	31 |goals5 16
Caps6	8 |goals6 3
Caps7	22 |goals7 9
Caps8	32 |goals8 4
Totalcaps	465 |totalgoals 175
Nationalyears1	1979
Nationalyears2	1981–1994
Nationalteam1	Netherlands U-21
Nationalteam2	Netherlands
Nationalcaps1	4 |nationalgoals1 1
Nationalcaps2	66 |nationalgoals2 17
Manageryears1	1996–1998
Manageryears2	1998–1999
Manageryears3	2004–2005
Manageryears4	2007–2008
Manageryears5	2011
Managerclubs1	Chelsea
Managerclubs2	Newcastle United
Managerclubs3	Feyenoord
Managerclubs4	Los Angeles Galaxy
Managerclubs5	Terek Grozny }}

(born as Ruud Dil, September 1, 1962 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1987 and the World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989. He was a versatile player, playing in numerous positions during his career. Gullit was working to promote the Belgian-Dutch 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bid.

Early life

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. The family lived in one split level room on the top floor of a small apartment building. Gullit's father worked as an economics teacher at a local school, his mother as a custodian at the Rijksmuseum.

Gullit developed his football skills in the confines of the Rozendwarsstraat, and street football was instrumental in his formative years. Gullit's first team were the ''Meerboys'', where he joined as a junior in 1970. However, at the age of 10 Gullit moved from the Jordaan to Amsterdam Old West where he played street football alongside Frank Rijkaard. Gullit joined the DWS club after his move, and came to the attention of the Dutch youth team, where he played alongside such future greats as Erwin Koeman, Ronald Koeman and Wim Kieft.

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. He retained his mother's surname, officially, and continues to sign all contracts as Ruud Dil.

Club career

HFC Haarlem

In 1978, he signed professionally for HFC Haarlem under coach and former West Bromwich Albion F.C. player Barry Hughes. Gullit made 91 league appearances for Haarlem, scoring 32 goals. Gullit made his debut for the club at just 16 years old, becoming at the time the youngest player in the history of the Eredivisie. In his first year at Haarlem they finished bottom of the Eredivisie, but bounced back the following season winning the Eerste Divisie. Gullit was named as the best player in the Eerste Divisie that season. in recognition of his outstanding efforts. In the 1981–2 season Gullit was in fine form as Haarlem finished 4th and qualified for Europe for the only time in their history. In that same season Gullit scored the goal he would later consider his finest, "Playing against Utrecht I went past four defenders and then the goalkeeper, and scored. It was an unforgettable goal for me." Hughes was so impressed with the young Gullit that he described him as the "Dutch Duncan Edwards".

Feyenoord

The young Gullit was considered to be signed by Premier League sides Arsenal F.C. and Ipswich Town but managers Terry Neill and Bobby Robson turned him down. Neill later told that he considered £30,000 too much for 'this wild kid'. Gullit therefore moved to Feyenoord in 1982, for a fee of £300,000, where he made 85 league appearances, scoring 31 goals. At Feyenoord Gullit found himself playing alongside Dutch legend Johan Cruijff, while the assistant manager was Wim van Hanegem, and they were to leave a lasting impression. Gullit's first season saw Feyenoord miss out on major honours, but the following year they completed the league and cup double. Gullit was named Dutch Footballer of the Year in recognition of his contribution to Feyenoord's success. At Feyenoord Gullit occupied an increasingly advanced role in midfield, having played predominantly as a sweeper at Haarlem. While at Feyenoord Gullit became the focus of a race row as manager Thijs Libregts was alleged to have referred to Gullit as "blackie" and criticised him for being lazy, though Libregts defended himself by claiming that it was merely a nickname. While playing for Feyenoord at St Mirren in September 1983 he was racially abused and spat on by Scottish supporters. Gullit called it "the saddest night of my life".

PSV Eindhoven

In 1985, he moved to PSV for ƒ1.2 million (£400,000), and wound up scoring 46 goals in 68 league appearances for the team. Gullit was again named Footballer of the Year in 1986 as he helped PSV capture the Eredivisie crown, a feat they repeated the following year. It was at PSV that Gullit really began to establish himself as a world class footballer and his distinctive, dreadlocked appearance made certain that he would catch the eye of Europe's biggest clubs. Gullit was also singled out for criticism by large numbers of Feyernoord supporters, who branded him a "wolf" and accused him of moving to Eindhoven for money.

Milan

Silvio Berlusconi signed Gullit for A.C. Milan in 1987, paying the then world record transfer fee of ƒ18 million (£6 million) as a replacement for Ray Wilkins. Among his teammates at that club were compatriots Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard, along with Paolo Maldini and Franco Baresi. Gullit's exploits with first PSV and then Milan helped him win the European Footballer of the Year award in 1987 which he dedicated to Nelson Mandela.

When he arrived at Milan, Gullit initially struggled to settle as he spoke no Italian and was unused to living in a foreign country. However, Gullit's first season at Milan saw the club win Scudetto for the first time in 9 years, under coach Arrigo Sacchi. He was initially used on the right of an attacking trio alongside Van Basten and Pietro Virdis, but after an injury to Van Basten it was changed to a front two. The following season Milan built on their domestic success by adding the European Cup to their list of honours. Their scintillating 5–0 demolition of Real Madrid in the semi-final second leg came at a cost, as Gullit suffered an injury and required surgery to be fit in time for the final. That performance was followed by a 4–0 victory over Steaua Bucharest in the 1989 final with Gullit scoring two crucial goals. The following year Milan retained the trophy as they defeated Benfica in the 1990 final. However, serious injuries sustained to the ligaments of his right knee limited Gullit's playing time and he managed just 2 domestic games in the 1989–90 season before appearing in the cup final.

In 1990–91 Milan's pursuit of a third consecutive European Cup was cut short by Olympique de Marseille at the semi-final stage. Having drawn the first leg at the San Siro, Milan trailed to a Chris Waddle goal with little time remaining when the floodlights went out. After a short delay the lighting was restored, but Milan had returned to their dressing room and refused to return to complete the game. UEFA awarded Marseille a 3–0 victory and expelled Milan from all European competitions for the following season.

While Milan continued their domestic dominance by winning Serie A in both 1991–92 (a season in which they went undefeated) and 1992–93, Gullit's position was an increasingly peripheral one. This was demonstrated by his omission from the UEFA Champions League Final 1993 final as under the UEFA rules clubs were only allowed to field 3 foreigners.

Sampdoria

In 1993, Gullit moved to Sampdoria and led them to victory in the Italian Cup in the 1993/4 season. He also scored the winner in a 3-2 victory over AC Milan. He was briefly re-signed by a very impressed AC Milan in 1994, but quickly returned to Sampdoria before the culmination of the 1994/5 season. During his time at Sampdoria, he served under manager Sven Goran Erikson and the two had a strong understanding and mutual respect. In his brief time at Sampdoria he managed 15 goals.

Chelsea

In July 1995, he signed for Chelsea on a free transfer. Initially played as sweeper by manager Glenn Hoddle with limited success, Gullit was moved to his more familiar role in midfield, where he scored six goals. The signing of Gullit, alongside the likes of Mark Hughes and Dan Petrescu, propelled Chelsea to the semi-final of the FA Cup but their league form was disappointing.

Gullit's earliest difficulty in England was adapting to the abilities of some of his Chelsea teammates, "I would take a difficult ball, control it, make space and play a good ball in front of the right back, except that he didn't want that pass. Eventually Glenn said to me, ‘Ruud, it would be better if you do these things in midfield’." However, his adjustment was rapid and he ended the season by being named runner-up to Eric Cantona as Footballer of the Year.

Gullit has since often stated in interviews that it was in London he enjoyed his career the most and felt happiest. In moving to Chelsea, Gullit played an important part in the "foreign revolution" as numerous high profile international stars, such as the prolific German World Cup winner Jürgen Klinsmann, Italian superstar Gianfranco Zola who became a Chelsea legend, and Dutch magician Dennis Bergkamp, joined Premiership clubs and helped to increase its worldwide profile.

National team

In 1981, on his 19th birthday, Gullit made his international debut as a substitute for the Dutch national team against Switzerland, a game the Dutch lost 2–1.

Gullit's early international career was marred by disappointment as the Dutch failed to qualify for the 1982 FIFA World Cup and Euro 84. The Dutch missed out in 1984 on goals scored as the Spanish trounced minnows Malta 12–1 in their final qualifying game, when they needed an 11 goal victory to qualify.

There was further disappointment in 1986 when the Dutch missed out on qualification for the World Cup at the hands of neighbours Belgium in a play-off. Having lost 1–0 in Belgium, the Dutch appeared to be set for qualification in Rotterdam as they led 2–0 until Georges Grun put the Belgians through on away goals.

However, Gullit was one of the key players for the Dutch team helping his country win the Euro 88 under coach Rinus Michels. Having lost their opening game of the tournament to the USSR the Dutch beat England and Republic of Ireland to reach the semi-finals. After defeating West Germany 2–1 in Hamburg the Dutch faced the Soviet Union in the final. Gullit opened the scoring with a well-placed header and Marco van Basten scored an incredible volley to cap a 2–0 win. Ruud Gullit was thus the first Dutch captain to hold aloft international silverware.

The Dutch travelled to Italia 90 as one of the favourites, but the team failed to perform as expected. Gullit's knee injuries clearly hampered his play, and his only moment of brilliance was a superb dribble and shot against Ireland which helped the Netherlands qualify for the second round. There they met W Germany in one of the most exciting games of the tournament, though the game was marred by an altercation between Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler. The Germans gained revenge for their defeat at Euro 88, by beating the Netherlands 2–1 and going on to win the tournament.

1992 saw the Dutch again among the favourites for silverware in Sweden at Euro 92. Gullit appeared in imperious form against Scotland in their opening game of the tournament as he supplied Dennis Bergkamp with an easy goal. But after drawing with Russia and beating Germany, the Dutch suffered a shock exit on penalties to Denmark, who ended up winning the championship's Henri Delaunay Trophy.

In 1993 Gullit and Netherlands manager Dick Advocaat began what was to be a long running dispute which ultimately ended Gullit's international career. Advocaat's decision to play Gullit on the right-side of midfield, in a game against England at Wembley, rather than his usual central position upset Gullit and this was exacerbated by his substitution for Marc Overmars. Yet unusually for a man of his stature Gullit also possessed outstanding natural balance and poise that gave a graceful style to his game. Gullit thus combined technical ability with physical presence to become an iconic figure in world football.

Gullit's brilliance prompted George Best to comment in 1990, "Ruud Gullit is a great player by any standards. He has all the skills. He's not afraid to do things with the ball. And he looks as if he's enjoying every second of it. By my reckoning that's what makes him an even better player than Maradona. Both have the key quality you will find in all the best players: balance. You just can't knock them off the ball. It was the same with Pelé, Beckenbauer and Cruijff."

Managerial career

Chelsea

In the summer of 1996, when Glenn Hoddle left Chelsea to become manager of the England national team, Gullit was appointed as a player-manager. Gullit made a promising start to his managerial career when in the first season as a player-manager he guided Chelsea to an FA Cup triumph in 1997, the club's first major trophy in 26 years. Gullit became the first non-British manager to win a major trophy in England. The club also finished at a credible sixth place in the Premiership.

The following season, with Chelsea in second place in the Premiership and proceeding to the quarterfinals in two cup competitions, he was sacked, allegedly for a disagreement with the club's board over the compensation, though Gullit himself disputed this. He was replaced by Gianluca Vialli, a man he had helped to bring to the club, and who went on to guide them to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Football League Cup glory over the remainder of the season. Gullit's last appearance as a player came in the first leg of that season's Football League Cup semi final against Arsenal, but Gullit was sacked before the second leg.

After Gullit's controversial sacking by Chelsea, chairman Ken Bates famously said of Gullit - "I didn't like his arrogance - in fact I never liked him".

Newcastle United

In 1998, he was named manager of Newcastle United F.C., and his managerial career again was on track, with an FA Cup final appearance in his first year. In the following season, fans began to turn against him after a poor run of results, and a well-publicised contretemps with star striker and local hero Alan Shearer and captain Robert Lee did not put him in a favourable light. Gullit even refused to assign Lee a squad number, giving Lee's number 7 to new signing Kieron Dyer. In a match between Newcastle and local rivals Sunderland following the latter's return to the Premiership, Gullit left the usually starting strikers Alan Shearer and Duncan Ferguson on the bench. Newcastle lost 2–1, although it was 1–1 when Shearer came on. Gullit resigned three days later, after only five games into the 1999–2000 season.

Feyenoord Rotterdam

Before the start of the 2004/2005 season, he took charge of Feyenoord, quitting at the end of that season without winning any trophies to be replaced by Erwin Koeman. Feyenoord had finished a disappointing 4th in the Eredivisie, behind Ajax, PSV and AZ.

Los Angeles Galaxy

On November 8, 2007, Ruud Gullit became head coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy, signing a 3-year contract. His $2 million per year salary was the highest ever given to an MLS head coach. Gullit arrived as replacement for Frank Yallop who was let go after Galaxy failed to make the 2007 MLS playoffs.

From the get go, Gullit's time with Galaxy was troublesome. Not well-versed in the intricacies and specifics of the Major League Soccer such as salary cap and draft rules, the Dutchman never adapted well to the North American league. The ill-fated January 2008 acquisition of left back Celestine Babayaro (who was brought in on Gullit's personal wishes before getting dismissed quickly and unceremoniously without even getting a chance to play any competitive matches due to extreme lack of commitment in preseason) set the tone for the league campaign that was about to start. After getting blown out 0-4 in the season opener, Gullit clashed with midfielder Peter Vagenas who criticized him for completely neglecting set play practice during training.

As the season progressed Gullit would clash with just about every player, notably Landon Donovan and also Abel Xavier who criticized the Dutchman's managerial style claiming he did not have respect for most of the players. Eventually, it also came out that Gullit's very appointment came in controversial fashion as Galaxy general manager at the time Alexi Lalas got bypassed in the process with the decision coming straight from Beckham's personal handlers - his management company 19 Entertainment as well as his personal manager Terry Byrne.

On August 11, 2008, Gullit resigned as coach from the Los Angeles Galaxy citing personal reasons. This came following a seven-game winless streak. General manager Alexi Lalas was fired on the same occasion.

Terek Grozny

On January 18, 2011, FC Terek Grozny, a Russian Premier League football club announced that Gullit has agreed to sign a year-and-a-half contract and become the head coach for the Chechen side. Gullit told ''Sovetsky Sport'': "I'd like to believe that I can bring joy into the lives of the Chechen people through football [...] Of course, I won't deny that I'm getting lots of money from Terek." Gullit was sacked by the club on June 14, 2011, having only won 3 games as manager. The club also said Gullit had a "party lifestyle".

Media career

In 1988 Ruud Gullit scored a No.3 hit with the anti-apartheid song ''South Africa'' in the Dutch Top 40 together with the reggae band Revelation Time. Previously he had a modest hit in 1984 with the song ''Not the dancing kind''.

After his spell at Newcastle, Gullit spent several years working as a football commentator, having previously coined the term "sexy football" during his spell as a BBC pundit during Euro 96 which was at a time Gullit was still playing professionally for Chelsea. Gullit used the term to describe teams, such as Portugal at that tournament, who played attractive football with an emphasis on the defense-penetrating pass-and-move game.

By 2006, Gullit had a talk show on Dutch TV, where he has interviewed, amongst others, Nelson Mandela. When Gullit was named winner of the Ballon d'Or in 1987, he dedicated the award to the then imprisoned Nelson Mandela. At the time, Gullit was signed to AC Milan and the Italians raised their eyebrows, "Nelson who?". Gullit tried to explain and they said, ‘Oh, a footballer with political beliefs’. Gullit has since in interviews told that he met Nelson Mandela after he was released and Mandela said, ‘Ruud, I have lots of friends now. When I was on the inside, you were one of the few’.

In 2007 Gullit recalled, "Four months ago I visited Robben Island and met three guys who were cell-mates of Nelson Mandela. They remembered my dedicating my award in 1987 to Mandela and they said they couldn’t believe what I had done, and were sure the football authorities would withdraw the award. That's what apartheid did to them, it made them believe injustice was a normal part of life."

He also appeared as a pundit for ITV during the 2006 FIFA World Cup and works as an analyst for the UEFA Champions League games on Sky Sports and Al Jazeera Sports.

During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Gullit worked as a studio analyst alongside former players Jürgen Klinsmann and Steve McManaman for ESPN .

Personal life

Gullit has been married three times and has six children:

Yvonne de Vries – 1984 to 1991: two children, daughters Felicity and Charmayne.

Cristina Pensa – 1994 to May 2000: two children, son Quincy and daughter Sheyenne.

Estelle Cruyff – 3 June 2000–present: She is the niece of Johan Cruyff. They have two children, son Maxim and daughter Joëlle.

Sponsors

Gullit was sponsored in 1990 to wear a black and white football boot made by Italian sports brand Lotto. The boot he wore was the Lotto Stadio 90, a boot which was initially created for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Player

;Haarlem

Eerste Divisie (1): 1981

;Feyenoord

Eredivisie (1): 1984

KNVB Cup (1): 1984

;PSV Eindhoven

Eredivisie (2): 1986, 1987

;AC Milan

Serie A (3): 1988, 1992, 1993

Supercoppa Italiana (3): 1988, 1992, 1994

European Cup (2): 1989, 1990

UEFA Super Cup (2): 1989, 1990

Intercontinental Cup (2): 1989, 1990

;Sampdoria

Coppa Italia (1): 1994

;Chelsea

FA Cup (1): 1997

;Netherland

European Championship (1): 1988

Manager

;Chelsea

FA Cup (1): 1997

Individual

Netherlands Player of the Year (2° level) (1): 1981

Dutch Footballer of the Year (2): 1984 1986

Netherlands Cup Top Scorer (1): 1984 (9 goals)

Dutch Golden Shoe Winner (1): 1986

Netherlands League Top Scorer: 1986 (2nd, 24 goals)

Dutch Sportsman of the Year (1): 1987

Ballon d'Or (1): 1987, 1988 (silver)

World Soccer Magazine World Footballer of the Year (2): 1987 (39% of the votes), 1988 (2nd), 1989 (24% of the votes), 1993 (3rd)

Onze d' Silver (2nd place) (2): 1988, 1989

IFFHS Best World Player of the Year: 1988 (bronze), 1989 (bronze)

UEFA European Championship Dream Team (2): 1988, 1992

1988 European Championship Silver ball

UEFA Player of the Year: 1989 (2nd)

Silver Ball English League Player of the Year: 1996

Chelsea Player of the Year (1): 1996

FIFA 100

Statistics

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Managerial stats

83 52 45 12 11

Team	From	To	Record
!G!!W!!L!!D!!Win %
align=left	Chelsea				|	41	24	18	49.39
align=left	Newcastle United				|	18	20	14	34.61
align=left	Feyenoord				|	25	8	12	55.56
align=left	Los Angeles Galaxy				|	6	4	2	50.00
align=left	FC Terek Grozny				|	3	3	5	27.27

Further reading

References

External links

Gullit's international record (Dutch)

Gullit's unofficial page

Gullit's emotional South African journey – fifa.com/worldcup/ – FIFA, 2007 – retrieved 20 July.

European Champions Cup/UEFA Champions League Winning Squads

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James Stevenson Smart (June 14, 1842 - September 17, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Smart moved with his parents to Coila, Washington County, New York, in 1849. He attended Cambridge (New York) Academy and Union College, Schenectady, New York, and was graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (now Washington & Jefferson College) in 1863. He entered the Union Army in January 1864 as first lieutenant in the Sixteenth Regiment of New York Heavy Artillery. He was promoted to a captaincy, and was honorably discharged in August 1865. He engaged in newspaper work at Cambridge, New York, in 1865 and published the Washington County Post.

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Coordinates	52°24′″N16°55′″N
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David "Davie" Cooper (25 February 1956 – 23 March 1995) was a professional football player. He was a Scotland international and played as a left winger.

He started his career at Clydebank F.C. where he was an instant success, helping the club to the second division championship in 1975-1976. Some of the major clubs began to take notice of his ability and in 1977 he was signed by Rangers manager Jock Wallace for £100,000. With Rangers, Cooper won three League Championships and three Scottish Cups. By season 1988-1989 he was no longer a first team regular and moved to Motherwell for £50,000. He went on to win the Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1991 before returning to his former club Clydebank in 1994.

Dutch footballing legend Ruud Gullit played against Davie Cooper in a friendly match for Feyenoord against Rangers, after which he called Cooper one of the greatest players he has ever seen, he later named Cooper in his greatest XI in football magazine Four Four Two

He died of a brain haemorrhage on 23 March 1995 whilst he was filming a coaching video.

Early life

Cooper was born in Hamilton, Scotland on Saturday 25 February 1956. He attended Beckford Street Primary in Hamilton before moving on to Udston Primary, and it was to be at the latter that his talent started to flourish as captain of the school team. He played then at left-half (the equivalent of left midfield in contemporary footballing terms) and at inside left (roughly equivalent to a modern-day deep-lying striker).

Cooper moved up to St. John's Grammar School (now Hamilton Grammar School), which had no team playing before third year. He soon went on to secure a regular starting place with local juvenile team Udston United. As a boy he was a Rangers supporter and when he was not playing it was to Ibrox that he went with his father and brother. His brother, John, had a two year spell with Hull City when he was 16, but he failed to secure a career as a professional footballer.

Cooper himself later moved on to Hamilton Avondale from where he would subsequently sign for Clydebank. He played with the Under-16 team before moving up to Under-18. At the time he was working as an apprentice printer with the brothers who ran Avondale. He had gained a cap for the Scottish Amateur League, but his first International recognition came when he represented his country at Under-18 level against the Home Nations.

Rangers, Motherwell, Clyde and Clydebank, together with English sides Coventry City and Crystal Palace, all expressed an interest in signing the young Cooper. After his brother's less than pleasant experience on Humberside, however, Cooper was hesitant about the step up to professional football. But when he became too old to play for Avondale in the younger age groups, and after having served his apprenticeship as a printer, a career in professional football began to become a more realistic prospect. Cooper's bosses asked Jack Steedman, then the owner of Clydebank, to help persuade the youngster to turn professional. Steedman is said, perhaps apocryphally, to have turned up with the takings from the 'puggy' - the fruit machine - in the 'Bankies' social club as the lure. The sum involved varies, but the story has it that the objective was to "persuade" Cooper to sign. The result was that in the summer of 1974, Cooper became a Clydebank player.

Club career

Clydebank

Cooper made his debut for Clydebank, as a substitute, against Airdrie in the League Cup, in one of the then mini-leagues around which the competition was organised, which also included St. Mirren and Stirling Albion. The game took place on Saturday 10 August 1974 at Broomfield and it proved to be a rather inauspicious debut for the youngster as the home team won, after leading 1-0 at the break, 4-0. Cooper came on to replace Joe McGovern.

Cooper's full debut came also against Airdrie and again in the Scottish League Cup on Wednesday 28 August, but again Airdrie won, this time by 2-1. The game was also his first appearance at New Kilbowie Park. The 'Bankies' finished bottom of the section.

Cooper's Scottish League debut came in the Second Division, in the last season before League re-construction, on Saturday, 31 August. The game was against Queen of the South at Palmerston Park, with the 'Bankies' going down 3-0 at the hands of the 'Doonhamers'. He was left on the bench for the visit of Stranraer in midweek and although he replaced Norrie Hall he was unable to help the Bankies win as they recorded their second 3-0 defeat in two games. After that he drifted out of the team and it was not until the end of October that he became an almost permanent fixture in the Clydebank line-up.

Cooper first played on the winning side for the Bankies on 30 November, when Clydebank beat Cowdenbeath at Kilbowie by 2-1. His first goal for the Bankies came two games later when, again at Kilbowie, he scored the third goal in the 4-1 defeat of Alloa Athletic. Cooper ended the season with 29 starts, 2 as a sub, and scored 5 goals.

In the 1975-76 season, the Bankies led from the off in the 26 game Second Division and Cooper was one of four ever-presents that season, He was amongst the goals that season too, finishing top of the Clydebank list with 13 in the League, three of which were penalties. His first hat-trick in Senior football included two penalties on a dark and cold Saturday, as the Bankies defeated Alloa Athletic 3-1. Cooper played in all of the Bankies 49 games that season, scoring 22 goals and seeing the club promoted to the First Division.

In the League, the Bankies were the only real rivals to a superbly talented young St. Mirren side, steered by an inexperienced and fiery manager by the name of Alex Ferguson. The season involved a 6-0 win at Bayview and the Bankies record victory of 8-1 over Arbroath at New Kilbowie when Cooper scored his second and final hat-trick for the Bankies.

The Bankies eventually sealed promotion to the Premier Division in the fourth last game of the season with a memorable win over Dundee. Clydebank finished runners-up to St. Mirren and became the first Scottish team to be promoted in successive seasons. Cooper's last goal for the Bankies was against Raith Rovers in a 2-0 win at New Kilbowie on 23 April 1977. His last game was at Brockville in a 4-2 win, a week later.

Rangers

Cooper was included in the Scotland squad for the Home International Championship and the trip to South America, but immediately before he left for Chile, he signed for Rangers. The fee involved was £100,000 and it was reported that he received a signing on fee of £10,000 and was on a wage of £150 per week.

Cooper made a good start to his Ibrox career, he appeared in 52 of Rangers 53 matches in the 1977-78 season, as Jock Wallace's side won the domestic treble. His first league goal for Rangers came against St Mirren at Love Street on 17 September 1977 in a 3-3 draw, his last goal came almost exactly eleven years later also against St Mirren. His first Ibrox goal for the club came a fortnight later in a 4-1 win against Clydebank and he went on to notch another in the same match direct from a corner kick. He went on to score eight goals in total during his first season.

The following season Rangers retained both cups with Cooper making 49 appearances and scoring ten goals. Cooper scored an outrageous and widely remembered goal against Celtic in the 1979 Drybrough Cup Final. He took the ball on his chest with his back to the goal, then proceeded to beat four defenders while playing keepie uppie, before slipping the ball into the back of the net. This goal was voted the greatest ever Rangers goal by fans and listed by The Guardian's Rob Smyth as the second greatest ever solo goal, after Diego Maradona's Goal of the Century.

The 1979-80 season was the first of only three seasons during his time at Ibrox that the club failed to win a trophy, with their final league position of 5th not winning the club a place in European competition. Aberdeen won the Premier Division, Celtic the Scottish Cup beating Rangers in the Final and Dundee United the League Cup.

The summer of 1980 almost saw the end of Cooper's Rangers career as Brighton's Alan Mullery put in a bid for both Cooper and Gordon Smith. Greig however would only let one go and Mullery plumped, perhaps wrongly, for Smith.

The following season (1980-81) was to be, in the main, another disappointing one for Cooper, as John Greig used the his talent sparingly in league matches (starting fewer than half the games) and even more sporadically in the Scottish Cup. He was recalled to the starting line-up for the final replay against Dundee United inspiring Rangers to regain the Cup. This was to be Davie's last Scottish Cup winners medal for the Ibrox side.

1981-1982 saw Cooper start his 21st consecutive League Cup tie for Rangers as they won through to the Final to defeat the holders, Dundee United, who were going for a hat-trick of victories in the competition. His only goal in the Ibrox side's 11 ties came in the Final. Coop' also returned to the manager's plans in the League missing only 6 fixtures as Rangers finished third.

The end of the season brought the club's 7th successive Scottish Cup Final but they suffered a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of Aberdeen. However, it saw yet another medal to add to the Cooper collection.

The 1982-83 term saw two significant landmarks in the Cooper career: His first hat-trick for Rangers (in a Sectional League Cup tie against Kilmarnock) and his first and only European goal, netted against Borussia Dortmund at Ibrox, in the UEFA Cup. That season was also to prove to be his most prolific goalscoring season for the club, netting 12 times in all competitions. Despite this, it was to prove yet another season without trophies. Although Rangers reached both Cup Finals, Celtic were victorious in the League Cup and Aberdeen, for the second successive year, secured the Scottish Cup.

The following two seasons (1983-84 and 1984-85) saw Davie succeed again in the League Cup, wrapping up winners medals No 4 and No 5. The Rangers management changed, with Jock Wallace returning to Ibrox in place of John Greig. In hindsight, Greig's treatment of Cooper's mercurial skills was widely held to have been ineffective.

Rangers, despite Cooper missing only six matches during this time, continued to disappoint in the Premier Division, securing only fourth in the table on each occasion.

With the arrival of Graeme Souness as Rangers manager in April 1986, optimism was high for the following campaign and Cooper was to play a major part once more. The League Cup returned to Ibrox with victory over Celtic in the Final of 1986-1987, the winner coming from the penalty spot after referee Davie Syme adjudged that Terry Butcher was impeded by Roy Aitken thus he pointed to the spot and it was netted by Davie Cooper. After a hesitant start, Rangers won the League championship for the first time in 9 years. Cooper not only set up a substantial fraction of Rangers goals, but netted 8 in league matches himself.

The 1987-88 season saw Cooper again produce the unexpected on the Hampden stage in the League Cup Final, with an unstoppable free-kick to net Rangers first goal in the 3-3 draw against Aberdeen. The Ibrox side eventually won 5-3 on penalties and so Cooper was able to claim his seventh winners medal. Celtic claimed the other two domestic trophies in their Centenary season.

In his last season at Ibrox, Cooper became increasingly frustrated as Graeme Souness used his talents sparingly and often favoured Mark Walters as his first-choice winger. This lack of first-team games was to lead to his leaving the club. Davie Cooper's career as a Rangers player began to draw to a close at Hampden in May 1989 in another Scottish Cup Final, as Rangers chased their first treble in 11 years. Unfortunately for Cooper, who appeared as a substitute, a Joe Miller goal retained the cup for Celtic.

At the beginning of the 1988-89 season (Tuesday 9 August 1988), Cooper's testimonial match against Girondins de Bordeaux saw over 43,000 spectators watch Rangers win 3-2 with Butcher, Drinkell and McCoist netting for Rangers. Cooper finished his Rangers career with 75 goals in 540 appearances. When asked to describe the highlight of his time at Rangers, he simply responded "I played for the team I loved."

Motherwell

Although he did not want to leave Rangers, the lure of regular first team football persuaded him to sign for former team-mate Tommy McLean at Motherwell in August 1989. In his four and a half seasons at Fir Park, Davie played over 150 times for the "Steelmen" and was instrumental in the club winning its first major trophy in 39 years, in the epic Scottish Cup Final of 1991 which saw Dundee United defeated 4-3 after extra-time. The move also revived Cooper's Scotland career and he earned another four caps before injury put paid to his chances of going to the 1990 World Cup Finals in Italy.

Return to Clydebank

While with Motherwell, Cooper had been working in a coaching capacity with the reserve and youth sides. In December 1993 he returned to Clydebank as a player, but also to assist in coaching duties. As in his first period at the club, Cooper began on the losing side as Clydebank lost 0-2 to Ayr United at New Kilbowie on 4 January 1994. In 1993-94 he played in a total of 20 games, including sixteen starts and four as a substitute. In 1994-95 he was almost an ever-present in the side, until the start of February when he played against Hearts in the Scottish Cup Third Round Replay at Tynecastle on 7 February 1995. But despite the Bankies best efforts they were unable to overcome the Edinburgh team. That was Cooper's last First XI appearance. The last goal he scored was against Airdrie in the League Cup Semi-Final - typically it was a first class strike. Cooper made his last appearance in a Clydebank jersey in a reserve fixture at New Kilbowie on 21 February 1995 against Hamilton Academical.

International career

The 1976-77 season saw Cooper make his international debut for Scotland's under-21s. It came in the Czech town of Pilsen. Cooper played alongside the likes of Roy Aitken, George Burley and John Wark in a 0-0 draw. His cap that October night meant that he missed the Clydebank game Brockville the only match he missed all season. He secured another three caps that season - against Wales, Switzerland and England.

Cooper had become a regular in the Scotland team where, prior to the 1986 World Cup, he had played in 11 straight games. He played in the crucial match against Wales at Ninian Park, coming on as substitute for Gordon Strachan and scoring the penalty that took Scotland another step on the road to Mexico. The night also brought sadness as Jock Stein, the Scotland manager, died.

Scotland had to beat Australia for the privilege to cross the Atlantic and Cooper was on the score sheet in the 2-0 win. Cooper, who had been prominent in the run up to the World Cup, was employed sparingly by Alex Ferguson in Mexico, making just two appearances.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Scotland's goal tally first.'' Hampden Park, Glasgow 12 September 1984 10 September 1985 20 November 1985 12 November 1986 12 November 1986

# !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1	28 February 1984	|		1-0	2-1	British Home Championship
2	|	Hampden Park, Glasgow		1-0	6-1	Exhibition game>Friendly match
3	|	Ninian Park, Cardiff		1-1	1-1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)>FIFA World Cup 1986 qualifying
4	|	Hampden Park, Glasgow		1-0	2-0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)>FIFA World Cup 1986 Play-off
5	|	Hampden Park, Glasgow		1-0	3-0	1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying#Group 7>UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying
6	|	Hampden Park, Glasgow		2-0	3-0	1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying#Group 7>UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying

Death

Cooper suffered a brain haemorrhage on 22 March 1995 at Broadwood Stadium where he and former Celtic, Arsenal and Aberdeen Scottish international Charlie Nicholas were recording a coaching film for youngsters. He died in hospital the next day. He was 39 years old.

His funeral took place at Hillhouse Parish Church, Hamilton on Monday 27 March 1995, and he was buried in the town's Bent cemetery.

Cooper is remembered as one of the most significant players in the histories of Clydebank, Rangers and Motherwell football clubs. In his tribute to Cooper, the then Rangers manager, Walter Smith, said that "God gave Davie Cooper a talent. He would not be disappointed with how it was used."

Legacy

Heart of Midlothian forward, David Templeton was named after Cooper by his father, ex pro Henry Templeton. David Templeton's full name is David Cooper Templeton.

After Cooper's death, Motherwell re-named Fir Park's North Stand in his honour.

The 2005 Scottish League Cup Final between Rangers and Motherwell paid tribute to Cooper's memory. Ticket stubs had an image of him printed on them, and a percentage of the programme sales went towards establishing a centre for special needs children.

Ruud Gullit named Cooper in his dream team when interviewed by 4 4 2 magazine.

References

External links

DavieCooper.com

Rangers FC - Cooper's entry in the Rangers Hall of Fame.

Sporting Heroes - Career record.

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Fernando Ruiz Hierro (; born 23 March 1968) is a retired Spanish footballer. He is mostly known for his spells with Real Madrid and Spain, appearing in more than 500 official games with the former and representing the latter on nearly 100 occasions, whilst appearing in four World Cups and two European Championships.

Equally at ease as a central defender or defensive midfielder, he had the ability, at his peak, to combine solid defensive play with a near-unlimited passing range and surprising goalscoring talent, which made him one of the world's most sought-after players. For the ''Merengues'', he won five La Liga and three UEFA Champions League trophies, over the course of nearly 15 years.

Club career

Hierro was born in Vélez-Málaga, Province of Málaga. After beginning his football career at local club Vélez-Málaga, he had a very brief youth spell with neighbouring CD Málaga, where he was told he was not good enough for the sport, which prompted a return back home. He eventually made his La Liga debuts with Real Valladolid, being bought by Real Madrid after two solid seasons.

At Real, Hierro scored seven goals in 37 contests in his first season, and eventually had his position on the field advanced, by then coach Radomir Antić, continuing his good performances with the addition of goals - in three seasons combined, he scored an astonishing 44 league goals, 21 alone in 1991–92, a career-best. During years, he often partnered club great Manuel Sanchís in the centre of the defense, being instrumental in the conquest of five leagues and three UEFA Champions League, and being named captain after the latter's retirement.

On 24 March 2002, Hierro scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 home win against Real Zaragoza, although the ultimate leader would be Valencia CF. He was released at the end of the 2002–03 season, alongside club manager Vicente del Bosque, under rather unceremonious circumstances and without the fanfare normally accorded to a player of his stature. Having appeared in 497 top division games over the course of 16 seasons (105 goals), he then chose a lucrative move to the wealthy but developing Middle East football industry, joining Qatar's Al Rayyan Sports Club.

After just one year, Hierro returned to Europe, signing with English Premiership side Bolton Wanderers on the advice of his English team-mate at Real Madrid, Steve McManaman, and teaming up with another former club employee, Iván Campo. He scored one league goal for Bolton, which came in a 3–2 loss at Norwich City in December 2004. Even though he was hard-pressed by fans and manager Sam Allardyce to stay for a further campaign, he announced his retirement from professional football on 10 May 2005. He remained a fan favorite long after his departure, with the fans still singing a song created for him, and was widely regarded as one of the club's greatest ever players.

In July 2011, Hierro returned to his native region, being appointed Málaga CF's director of football.

International career

Hierro was capped 89 times for Spain and scored 29 goals, being only surpassed by Raúl González (who also took over his captain armband in June 2002, when he retired) and David Villa. He made his debut on 20 September 1989, freshly signed by Madrid, in a 1–0 friendly win with Poland, in A Coruña, and appeared for the nation in the 1990 (although only as a squad member), 1994, 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 1996 (where he missed a penalty as Spain crashed out to hosts England in a shootout) and 2000.

One of his most important goals came during the 1994 World Cup qualification, as he headed the winning goal against Denmark that allowed ten-men Spain to qualify for the final tournament in the USA. In the finals, he scored on an individual play against Switzerland in the round of 16, before his team was eliminated by Italy in the quarterfinals.

Although he had already been in charge for a few weeks, Hierro was officially presented as sporting director of the Royal Spanish Football Federation in late September 2007. He remained four years in the position.

Honours

Team

Real Madrid:

*UEFA Champions League: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02

*UEFA Super Cup: 2002

*Intercontinental Cup: 1998, 2002

*Spanish League: 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03

*Spanish Cup: 1992–93

*Spanish Supercup: 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001

Al Rayyan:

*Qatari Cup: 2003–04

Individual

UEFA Best Defender: 1997–98

FIFA World Cup: All-star team 2002

Statistics

Club

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International

|- |1989||2||0 |- |1990||1||1 |- |1991||4||0 |- |1992||6||3 |- |1993||6||2 |- |1994||13||2 |- |1995||7||3 |- |1996||9||2 |- |1997||6||2 |- |1998||7||3 |- |1999||6||5 |- |2000||9||2 |- |2001||7||2 |- |2002||6||2 |- !Total||89||29 |}

Personal

Hierro's older brothers, Antonio and Manuel, were also professional footballers and defenders. The latter amassed 174 first division matches (17 goals) with Málaga, Valladolid (pairing up with Fernando as the side finished eighth in 1987–88), Real Betis and CD Tenerife.

As Málaga were relegated from the second division in the 2005–06 season, Manuel briefly coached the Andalusians.

References

External links

BDFutbol profile

National team data

International goals; at RSSSF

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