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Regarded as one of the best midfielders in footballing history, Rijkaard was described by
British broadsheet The Daily Telegraph as having been "a stylish player of faultless pedigree".
He has played for Netherlands national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest midfielder
of all time. Now, let’s stay with us to find out some interesting facts about him.
Frank was born to Herman Rijkaard, a former footballer, born in 1935 and died in 2010,
and his mother Neel van Der Meulen. He has a brother named Herman Rijkaard Jr.
In 1985, Rijkaard married Carmen Sanders but the
marriage did not last long. They had a daughter, Lindsay.
He got married to Monique Olgers in 1989 but this marriage also failed.
The year of their divorce is unknown. The couple had a son, Mitchel.
He had an affair with household nanny Stefanie Rucker. The couple
has two sons named Santi and Ceejay, born in 2014.
At the age of 17, Frank made his football debut in Ajax club. He stayed at Ajax for seven-and-a-half
seasons. In the 1986–87 season, he won the Cup Winners' Cup with Ajax over Lokomotiv Leipzig.
He was subsequently signed by AC Milan. He played in AC Milan for 5 seasons,
winning the European Cup twice and the domestic Serie A championship twice.
In the 1990 European Cup Final, he scored the only goal to win the cup for Milan.
After five seasons in Italy, Rijkaard returned to Ajax in 1993. In his final game,
Rijkaard won the Champions League,
He was named in the FIFA 100, Pelé's list of the 125 World's Greatest Footballers.
As for his managerial career, he coached the Dutch national team in his first full-fledged job as a
manager and then went on to manage Barcelona, which also achieved great success under him.
As of 2022, his net worth is estimated at $20 million
which mainly comes from his football career.
Frank Rijkaard and his wife Stephanie live in a detached villa on the Apollolaan in Amsterdam
South. They paid an amount of $4 million for the villa. For this money they get a spacious villa
with a living area of no less than 571 square meters. The total number of rooms is fourteen,
including 9 bedrooms and three bathrooms. All this spread over three floors.
The first car is Audi A4 which he bought for $50,000. He
often drives this car in daily basis. This sedan delivers a comfortable ride,
offers three powerful turbocharged engine options, and gets great gas mileage estimates.
And the other one is Audi Q7 which was worth $60,000. Not only does the
refreshed Q7 offer excellent comfort, but it also comes loaded with premium features.
Despite getting enormous achievement as a football coach, he shows no desire of coming
back to do this job again. He said: "As things stand now I won’t become a head coach again.
I have no desire to make a comeback. I’m grateful for everything I have achieved in football,
but now I’d rather do other things, go and watch games, and enjoy discussing them afterwards.
I have no desire to be 60-year’s-old and standing on the side of the pitch."
The former coach quite likes his curly hair which is also one of his trademark
when people remind him as a talented manager with a nice curly hair.
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