page_title: Frank Rijkaard
section_title: Spitting incident
hierarchical_section_title: Frank Rijkaard / International career / Spitting incident
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Collectie / Archief&#160;: Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie&#160;: [ onbekend ] Beschrijving&#160;: Zeist, training Nederlands elftal in verband met interland tegen Malta; v.l.n.r. Rijkaard, Ronald Koeman en Erwin Koeman Datum&#160;: 13 december 1983 Locatie&#160;: Utrecht, Zeist Trefwoorden&#160;: elftallen, sport, voetbal Persoonsnaam&#160;: Erwin Koeman, Koeman, Ronald, Rijkaard, Frank Fotograaf&#160;: Antonisse, Marcel / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende&#160;: Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort&#160;: Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris&#160;: bekijk toegang 2.24.01.05 Bestanddeelnummer&#160;: 932-8072
context_page_description: Franklin "Frank" Edmundo Rijkaard is a Dutch former footballer and former manager who played as a midfielder or defender. Rijkaard played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and Milan and represented the Netherlands national team side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his managerial career, he was at the helm of the Netherlands national team, Sparta Rotterdam, Barcelona, Galatasaray and the Saudi Arabia national team.
  Regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in footballing history and as one of the best players of his generation, in 2010 Rijkaard was described by English broadsheet The Daily Telegraph as having been "a stylish player of faultless pedigree".
context_section_description: Rijkaard was the cause of an incident with Rudi Völler when West Germany played the Netherlands in the 1990 World Cup. Rijkaard was booked for a tackle on Völler and, as Rijkaard took up position for the free kick, he spat in Völler's hair. Völler complained to the referee and was booked as well. From the resulting free kick, Völler then handled the ball and then went to the ground (according to his own account) to avoid a collision with Dutch keeper Hans van Breukelen, while others, notably Rijkaard and van Breukelen, saw Voller's handball and his resulting action as a dive in hopes for a penalty. Van Breukelen was angry at this but Rijkaard, already annoyed by Völler's previous antics, again confronted the West German by twisting his ear and stamping on his foot. Argentine referee Juan Carlos Loustau was tired of both Völler and Rijkaard's consistently hostile antics towards each other in such a short period of time, and fearing a fight between the two, sent off both Rijkaard and Völler. As he jogged back to the entrance tunnel, Rijkaard again spat in Völler's hair as they left the pitch. The German press nicknamed him "Llama" for his spitting. Rijkaard would later apologise for his behaviour to Völler, who accepted.
caption: Rijkaard (left), with Ronald Koeman (third from right), Erwin Koeman (second from right) and Ruud Gullit (right) in the Dutch national team in 1983
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