MOSCOW: Former World Player of the Year and Dutch international Ruud Gullit has been named coach of Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny, the Chechen club said on Tuesday.
“Chechen and Terek president Ramzan Kadyrov has appointed Ruud Gullit the team’s head coach,” Terek said on their website (www.fc-terek.ru).
Ranzan Kadyrov also declared the task for Gullit – to qualify the club for European competition at the end of the coming 2011-12 season.
Terek, who finished 12th in the 16-team Premier League last year, turned to Gullit after failing to agree a contract with former Spain and Barcelona midfielder Victor Munoz.
Gullit, 48, had been out of coaching since quitting Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy for personal reasons in 2008.
His last job was working as an international embassador, campaigning for the joint Belgium-Holland 2018 World Cup bid.
Gullit, named World Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989, captained the Dutch to the European Championship title in 1988 when they beat the Soviet Union in the final.
The 48-year-old has also coached English Premier League sides Chelsea and Newcastle United along with Dutch giants Feyenoord.
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