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A player-coach is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Player-coaches may be head coaches or assistant coaches, and they may make changes to the squad a
After the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985 and Joe Fagan's subsequent resignation as manager, Kenny Dalglish served as the player-manager of Liverpool from 1985 to 1990.
Bill Russell served as the player-coach of the Boston Celtics from 1966 to 1969, winning 2 NBA championships in that timespan.
Pete Rose is the most recent player-manager in Major League Baseball
Ruud Gullit
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Ruud Gullit is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager. Known for his ability to play multiple positions, he won the 1987 Ballon d'Or and was a long-time Netherlands national team captain,
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…Dalglish (Liverpool), Graeme Souness (Rangers), Glenn Hoddle (Swindon Town and Chelsea), Bryan Robson (Middlesbrough), Peter Reid (Manchester City), Ruud Gullit, Gianluca Vialli (both Chelsea). Dalglish won a double of the league title and FA Cup in his first season as player-manager and continued to win two…
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Gullit and teammate Johan Cruyff during a Feyenoord training session in 1983.
Ruud Gullit of Feyenoord leaps for the ball as Sparta Rotterdam’s Louis van Gaal watches from the right during an Eredivisie match in 1983.
Gullit (in the foreground) during a derby match against Ajax in 1987.