About Ruud Krol
Rudolf Jozef "Ruud" Krol 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. When Ajax reached the UEFA European Cup in 1971, and won, Krol did not play because of a broken leg. He created Cruyff's goal against Brazil and scored a 25-yard screamer against Argentina. After the departure of left-back Theo van Duivenbode to Feyenoord in the summer of 1969, Krol became a regular player.
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