Greatest defensive midfielder ever!! Just the simplicity in his game, his speed, strenght, knowing what his opponent next move is, etc..def one of the greatest!!!!
superplayer. defense, midfield: he could do it all. Fantastic technique as well, saw him playing in his 1st ajax period, could trick 3 players out in 1 move. Yet always used his technique in a functional way, which is what marks the great players. Thank you for this great vid.
fave player as a child was Gullit. I liked Rijkaard as well but I only truly appreciated Rijkaard when he moved back to Ajax. Best all around player ever. Total football in one body
He was not defensive, but an ofensive midfielder. Take a look at Milan in 1988-1990: Ancellotti was the defensive midfielder, and Rijkard the ofensive one.
@@kcapo89 Yes, Gullit was second striker, and the two cms were Ancelloti and Rijkaard, but the first one was pure deffensive, while Rijkaard was a creative midfielder, an offensiv one, with a great capacity to look forward and make the team play great football. It is absurd to compare him with Patrick Viera, Kante or Keane, for instance. The best comparison would be with midfielders like Xavi or Pogba. And for me, Rijkaard was clearly superior to both.
Rijkaard was the best of the best, Xavi, pirlo, gerrard, Viera, Desailly, Brazil’s Paulo Roberto Falcao was also superb in that position, Rijkaard could play anywhere on the pitch like Gullit, Cruyff aswell.
It's hard to capture what a cultured and assured presence on the field a player like Rijkaard was and how influential they were but this video does the best job I've seen. Thanks.
Que grande Rijkaard, capacidad de quitar un balón en su área y salir jugando, capacidad de comerse el medio campo y dar pases gol además de la capacidad de definir las jugadas usando ambos perfiles. Espectacular.
As an inter milan fan I just take my hat off The best midfielder to grace the game ... this kind of breed is long gone Today all pussies .. what a player he was ... immagine him and Roy Keane in the same room... world class
Luis Lizard its a shame that these so called "worldclass" players nowadays make hundreds of millions of dollars and wont come even close to the greatness of the players back then. The quality of every player back then was a 100000% higher than it is now. And it sucks bad. I remember being stucked to the telly when a match was playing when i was a kid. Now i watch it with pain in my eyes. #ughhhh# the good old days man..
One of my favorite Ajax/Dutch players of all time, I honestly feel blessed I seen him live and especially as 11 y old 1988 (Oranje European Champions) and as a 18 year old in 1995 him leading us (Ajax) winning the Champions League :). It wont happen but God do I wished he would manage Ajax even if it was just for one season.
Great video. Watching an entire video of goals can become monotonous. But this video highlighted all else in a footballer. Fast strong intelligent creative versatile. He can play deep wide also a playmaker. He was the most complete footballer. The black Bekenbauer.
Ac Milan was the best team of all time they had Richard van basten goulit Paolo Maldini franco baresi Ronaldinho ibrahemovic Donadoni and other great players
Se Kessie è il presidente Rijkaard è l' imperatore...molto ma di gran lunga più forte tecnicamente e più duttile tatticamente tanto da fare il difensore centrale. Potente, agile, veloce, tiro micidiale così come il colpo di testa. Serio e umile, arrivato al Milan da campione d' Europa titolare nella nazionale, decisivo nelle partite importanti, tanto da segnare in finale di coppa campioni, intercontinentale ecc...Più forte e difficile da sostituire di Kessie....se quest' ultimo se ne va non ne farei un dramma...
