Frank Rijkaard

**Frank Rijkaard** (born 30 September 1962) is a former Dutch football player. He has played for Netherlands national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Ajax|1980–81|Eredivisie|24|4|||1|1|–|25|5||
|1981–82|Eredivisie|27|5|||0|0|–|27|5||||
|1982–83|Eredivisie|25|3|8|1|0|0|–|33|4||||
|1983–84|Eredivisie|23|9|3|1|1|0|–|27|10||||
|1984–85|Eredivisie|34|7|3|1|4|1|–|41|9||||
|1985–86|Eredivisie|30|9|6|4|2|0|–|38|13||||
|1986–87|Eredivisie|34|7|5|0|9|2|–|48|9||||
|1987–88|Eredivisie|8|3|0|0|1|1|0|0|9|4|||
|Sporting CP|1987–88|Primeira Divisão|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0||
|Zaragoza|1987–88|La Liga|11|0|0|0|–|–|11|0||||
|rowspan="6"|AC Milan|1988–89|Serie A|31|4|6|0|9|1|1|1|47|6|
|1989–90|Serie A|29|2|6|0|9|2|3|0|47|4|||
|1990–91|Serie A|30|3|2|0|4|0|3|3|39|6|||
|1991–92|Serie A|30|5|5|0|–|–|35|5|||||
|1992–93|Serie A|22|2|5|0|6|3|0|0|33|5|||
|rowspan="3"|Ajax|1993–94|Eredivisie|30|10|4|0|6|1|1|0|41|11|
|1994–95|Eredivisie|26|2|2|0|10|0|1|0|39|2|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Netherlands|1981|1|0|
|1982|5|0|||
|1983|3|2|||
|1984|2|0|||
|1985|5|0|||
|1986|4|0|||
|1987|4|0|||
|1988|10|0|||
|1989|5|0|||
|1990|7|1|||
|1991|3|0|||
|1992|11|3|||
|1993|4|0|||
|1994|9|4|||

- _Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rijkaard goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|17 December 1983|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||3–0|5–0|UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier||||||||
|2|5–0|||||||||||||
|3|3 June 1990|Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|4|27 May 1992|De Baandert, Sittard, Netherlands||1–0|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|5|18 June 1992|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden||1–0|3–1|UEFA Euro 1992||||||||
|6|22 June 1992|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden||2–2|2–2|UEFA Euro 1992||||||||
|7|19 January 1994|Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia||1–1|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|align="center"|8|1 June 1994|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||5–1|7–1|Friendly|||||||
|9|6–1|||||||||||||
|10|12 June 1994|Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada||3–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2!" style="width:120px;"|Team|rowspan="2!" style="width:120px;"|From|rowspan="2!" style="width:120px;"|To|colspan=8|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Netherlands|align="left"|June 1998|align="left"|July 2000|||
|align="left"|Sparta Rotterdam|align="left"|June 2001|align="left"|May 2002|||
|align="left"|Barcelona|align="left"|July 2003|align="left"|May 2008|||
|align="left"|Galatasaray|align="left"|5 June 2009|align="left"|20 October 2010|||
|align="left"|Saudi Arabia|align="left"|28 June 2011|align="left"|16 January 2013|||

### Player

- Source:

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1993–94, 1994–95
- KNVB Cup: 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87
- Dutch Supercup: 1993, 1994
- UEFA Champions League: 1994–95
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87

**AC Milan**
- Serie A: 1991–92, 1992–93
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1988
- European Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90
- European Super Cup: 1989, 1990
- Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990

**Netherlands**
- UEFA European Championship: 1988

**Individual**
- Dutch Golden Shoe: 1985, 1987
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988
- Ballon d'Or – Third place: 1988, 1989
- Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player of the Match Award: 1990
- Serie A Best foreign player: 1992
- Serie A Footballer of the Year: 1992
- ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95
- FIFA 100
- UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: #21
- UEFA President's Award: 2005
- AC Milan Hall of Fame
- World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver): 2020

### Manager

**Barcelona**
- La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06
- Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006
- UEFA Champions League: 2005–06

**Individual**
- Don Balón Coach of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06
- UEFA Manager of the Year: 2005–06
- UEFA Team of the Year for Best Coach of the Year: 2006
- IFFHS World's Best Club Coach: 2006
- Onze d'Or Coach of the Year: 2006

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Frank Rijkaard
- **full name**: Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard
- **birth place**: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- **height**: 1.90 m
- **position**: Central midfielder, central defender
- **youthyears1**: –1973
- **youthclubs1**: SC Buitenveldert
- **youthyears2**: 1973–1976
- **youthclubs2**: Blauw-Wit Amsterdam
- **youthyears3**: 1976–1979
- **youthclubs3**: AFC DWS, DWS
- **youthyears4**: 1979–1980
- **youthclubs4**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **years1**: 1980–1987
- **clubs1**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps1**: 205
- **goals1**: 47
- **years2**: 1987–1988
- **clubs2**: Sporting CP
- **caps2**: 0
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1987–1988
- **clubs3**: → Real Zaragoza (loan)
- **caps3**: 11
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1988–1993
- **clubs4**: A.C. Milan, AC Milan
- **caps4**: 142
- **goals4**: 16
- **years5**: 1993–1995
- **clubs5**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps5**: 56
- **goals5**: 12
- **totalcaps**: 414
- **totalgoals**: 75
- **nationalyears1**: 1981–1994
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **nationalcaps1**: 73
- **nationalgoals1**: 10
- **manageryears1**: 1998
- **managerclubs1**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 1998–2000
- **managerclubs2**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **manageryears3**: 2001–2002
- **managerclubs3**: Sparta Rotterdam
- **manageryears4**: 2003–2008
- **managerclubs4**: FC Barcelona, Barcelona
- **manageryears5**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs5**: Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray
- **manageryears6**: 2011–2013
- **managerclubs6**: Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia