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Ruud Krol, Netherlands footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Ruud Krol
Ruud Krol
Netherlands
24 March 1949
midfielder
Ruud Krol 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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📋 Profile & Career

: Krol in 2005
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Rudolf Jozef Krol
Date of birth: (1949-03-24) 24 March 1949 (age 76)
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 83 (4)
⚽ Managerial career:
1989–1990: Mechelen
1990: Servette
1991–1993: Netherlands U21 (assistant)
1994–1995: Egypt U23
1995–1996: Egypt
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

📼 Match Highlights Videos

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6:21
Channel Image Ruud Krol, Rudi [Goals & Skills]
4 years ago • 36.23K views
Estimated Revenue • $101

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8:23
Channel Image Ruud Krol [Best Skills & Goals]
3 years ago • 8.45K views
Estimated Revenue • $24

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4:44
Channel Image Ruud Krol "Rudi" --Best Tackles, Goals & Skills--
11 months ago • 1.82K views
Estimated Revenue • $5

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1:50
Channel Image Rudi Krol, captain of Holland football team in 1978
8 years ago • 2.31K views
Estimated Revenue • $6

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2:24
Channel Image Ruud Krol ● Netherlands ● Defensive Skills & Goals
5 years ago • 1.83K views
Estimated Revenue • $5

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6:59
Channel Image Ruud Krol - Super Fly [Best goals & skills]
5 years ago • 9.38K views
Estimated Revenue • $26

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1:24
Channel Image Totalfootball Netherlands vs Argentina, Ruud Krol scores #WorldCup74
3 years ago • 2.13K views
Estimated Revenue • $6

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0:32
Channel Image Goal! Ruud Krol. 31.08.1975. FC Den Haag - Ajax
6 years ago • 529 views
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9:33
Channel Image Ruud Krol vs Arsenal - 1971-72 European Cup Quarter Final 2nd leg
11 years ago • 5.34K views
Estimated Revenue • $15

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Channel Image 30+ Best Germany 🇩🇪 Football Legends of the 60s & 70s ⚽ Then and Now
4 months ago • 21.92K views
Estimated Revenue • $61

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2:31
Channel Image Ruud Krol 70 jaar
6 years ago • 18.54K views
Estimated Revenue • $52

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3:24
Channel Image Ruud Krol vs Bayern Monaco Coppa dei Campioni 1972 1973
8 years ago • 1.79K views
Estimated Revenue • $5

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📰 Google News (RSS)

Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter: How he outshone Stoichkov, Krol in South Africa - au.sports.yahoo.com

‘All the good coaches somehow end up leaving Pirates, look at Krol’ - MSN

  • ✐ MSN
  • Mon, 08 Sep 2025 07:23:02 GMT

Dutch football legend gives Scott McTominay Napoli advice after Real Madrid link - inkl

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  • Sat, 10 May 2025 07:00:00 GMT

Similarities between Ruud Krol's last season with Orlando Pirates & Jose Riveiro's farewell campaign! The Buccaneers could win a treble - Goal.com

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  • Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMT

Mitea (40) is grateful to Ajax: 'The club changed my life' - AFC Ajax Amsterdam

Krol: Fun to see Lukaku and Nunez together in Napoli's attack - TribalFootball

FAR MORE FOR THE FANS: ‘I wasn’t wanted anymore’ – Ruud Krol breaks his silence amid Jose Riveiro’s shock exit from Orlando Pirates - Hollywoodbets Sports Blog

World Cup 'Caps: Ruud Krol - Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Krol steps down as coach at Tunisia club - TNT Sports

Nuñez and Lang urged to join Napoli by former player - Yahoo Sports

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