El Balón de Oro (en francés, Ballon d'Or) era un premio individual que desde 1956 otorgaba anualmente la revista France Football al mejor jugador europeo y que jugaban en Europa. A partir de 1995 se amplió a todos los futbolistas que actuaban en torneos europeos y desde 2007 el Balón de Oro pasó a premiar al mejor jugador del planeta.

It may not be a coincidence that the last time Newcastle were riding high under the great Bobby Robson, John Carver was also Assistant Manager. Alan Pardew didn't waste much time in appointing John Carver last January When Bobby Robson took over from the hopeless Ruud Gullit in 1999, he was impressed with Carver and made him [.

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Self-induced humiliation is apparently a global phenomenon. After looking at the five most memorable English footballer pop disasters last week, we now turn our attention to the rest of the world, where, like at home, the footballing ego knows no bounds.

Once the kit provider of Real Madrid, Spanish sportswear firm Kelme recently signed a deal to become the official kit provider of the Surinam national soccer team. Though a slew of Suriname-born players and Dutch-born players of Surinamese descent such as Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Ryan Babel, Aron Winter, and Jimmy [.

This is old news as we all know but there seems to have been an interesting development regarding this outburst by a certain Barry McIntosh. In a slightly amusing twist of fate, and if North East football correspondent for the Sun Steve Brenner is to be trusted, Mr. McIntosh doesn't even represent the player!

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Ruud Gullit's managing stint in Chechnya ended the same way it did in Los Angeles -- with him being shown the door after a brief time in charge.

Gullit was fired by Chechen club Terek Grozny on Tuesday, just five months after being hired as the club's manager.

He was given an ultimatum to win Tuesday's game by team management, but a last-minute goal doomed his team to a 1-0 loss and cost him his job.

Nem todos os grandes jogadores têm capacidade para virem a ser grandes treinadores. Maradona é capaz de ser o melhor exemplo desta máxima, mas Ruud Gullit também está nesse lote. Depois de ter iniciado a carreira no Chelsea, já treinou Newcastle, Feyenoord, LA Galaxy e Terek Grozny, de onde acaba de ser despedido.

Nem todos os grandes jogadores têm capacidade para virem a ser grandes treinadores. Maradona é capaz de ser o melhor exemplo desta máxima, mas Ruud Gullit também está nesse lote. Depois de ter iniciado a carreira no Chelsea, já treinou Newcastle, Feyenoord, LA Galaxy e Terek Grozny, de onde acaba de ser despedido.

It's Chech-out time Ruud Gullit looks like he's earned his flight home from Chechnya (assuming that's how they deal with sacked managers) after his Terek Grozny slipped to defeat in their crunch match against Perm. OTP told you earlier that Terek's press team had gone public with a win or you're sacked warning to Gullit.

This morning, Terek Grozny, the Chechnyan football club attempting to make waves in the football world, released one of the best official website statements in recent memory, torpedoing their coach in no uncertain terms, declaring if he does not win this afternoon's game, he'll find unemployment.

And because that coach is Ruud Gullit, it makes it all the better.

This morning, Terek Grozny, the Chechnyan football club attempting to make waves in the football world, released one of the best official website statements in recent memory, torpedoing their coach in no uncertain terms, declaring if he does not win this afternoon's game, he'll find unemployment.

And because that coach is Ruud Gullit, it makes it all the better.

Ruud awakening Ruud Gullit has been told to win his next game in charge of Chechen side Terek Grozny of face the chop. The ultimatum was issued in a press statement on the club's official website, which outlined that the club were not happy with Gullit's management, his party lifestyle and his general failure to [.

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But what would happen if the teams played each other? Both probably produced their greatest displays in beating Real Madrid 5-0, Barcelona earlier this season; AC Milan in the European Cup semifinal in 1989 (both, oddly, also drew 1-1 in the Bernabeu the same season). So let's take the lineups from those two games and pit them against each other.

Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles.

Dutch soccer star Ruud Gullit was a legend in the 1980s. Now he is the new manager of Chechen team Terek Grozny as part of a pet project by Chechnya's hardman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, who hopes football success can help rebuild his battered country. But critics accuse Gullit, who used to be an outspoken proponent of human rights, of selling out.

Chivas USA continued its roster transformation on Friday, sending forward Alan Gordon to Toronto FC for midfielder Nick LaBrocca.

The acquisition of LaBrocca is the latest addition of a quality MLS veteran to Robin Fraser's Chivas USA side. The Rojiblancos have also added Jimmy Conrad and Heath Pearce, while also drafting Zarek Valentin and bringing in Seth Owusu on loan.

A great number of parallels between Bunyodkor in Uzbekistan and the current headline-making of Terek Grozny, Russia's version of the 'hey, let's throw obscene money at it' methodology of team-building.

They've approached the recently retired Ronaldo, landed the recently freed Roberto Carlos (think Rivaldo) and now have set their sights on a European-conquering striker (a la Samuel Eto'o in Uzbekistan): Diego Forlan.

If you fancy an unorthodox spring vacation this year and feel like eschewing the beaches for a trip to Chechnya, this is the scene which will greet you at the airport: a giant billboard of Ruud Gullit, known these days for mediocre coaching and head firmly planted in his own ass.

Ruud Gullit found another coaching gig.
I thought *I* would get a coaching gig before Gullit, but the story gets better.
Quote: Ruud Gullit has rejected criticism of his decision to coach Chechnyan club Terek Grozny, whose president, former militia leader Ramzan Kadyrov, also is the Kremlin-backed president of Chechnya.

Andy Gray's sacking this evening came as a major shock to the football world. The Scotsman had been the face of Monday Night Football since the concept existed and a major player in the rise and dominance of Sky Sports the past few seasons. Some of his phrases have since become infamous from the moment he uttered the likes of 'take a bow son' and 'you don't save those'.

MILAN, Italy Ajax midfielder Urby Emanuelson is going to AC Milan. The Dutch player signed a 3,5 year contract. The 24-year-old can play at left-wing, left-back, wing-back or in midfield. "He was one of our objectives in the transfer market and I am happy for him to come," said coach Massimiliano Allegri.

James Richardson is a multimedia juggernaut for the Guardian. He hosts their Football Weekly podcast ("James Richardson, Barry Glendenning, Sid Lowe and the rest of the Guardian's football writers bring you their Sony award-nominated, twice-weekly podcast mixing puns and punditry, a round-up of all the action from the Premier League and around Europe") and also does a weekly video European newspaper review.

From the Guardian:
The former Chelsea and Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit has joined Russia's Terek Grozny as coach on an 18-month contract, the Chechnya-based club said on its website yesterday. Gullit, 48, joins the club three years after being fired by the Los Angeles Galaxy. He has also managed Feyenoord.

From the Guardian:
The former Chelsea and Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit has joined Russia's Terek Grozny as coach on an 18-month contract, the Chechnya-based club said on its website yesterday. Gullit, 48, joins the club three years after being fired by the Los Angeles Galaxy. He has also managed Feyenoord.

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The Union will introduce "a new team member" at Fado's on Thursday. Doors open at 11:30am with the introduction scheduled for noon.

Former World Player of the Year and Dutch international Ruud Gullit has been named coach of Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny, the Chechen club said on Tuesday.

"Chechen and Terek president Ramzan Kadyrov has appointed Ruud Gullit the team's head coach," Terek said on their website (www.

The gossip press must be loving it that David Beckham may come and play in the Premier League, well at least for a couple of months. David Beckham with former Galaxy and Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit David went on loan at Milan last year, and he picked up his Achilles injury that not only [...]