Famous People with Name Ruud

Ruud Dil            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Dil: a Dutch football coach and former player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1987 and the World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989. He was a versatile player, playing in numerous positions during his career. He last managed the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer after taking over from Frank Yallop in November 2007.

Ruud Heus            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Heus: a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a defender. Heus made his professional debut at AZ'67 but played the majority of his career at Feyenoord Rotterdam.

Ruud Kaiser            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Kaiser: a Dutch former footballer, now a coach, who is currently manager of Dynamo Dresden.Kaiser, who played as a striker, began his career with his hometown club, Ajax, before leaving in 1980 to join Antwerp. He would later play for Coventry City and OGC Nice before returning to the Netherlands with FC Den Bosch, where he ended his playing career. He then moved into coaching, where he has earned a reputation as a specialist at spotting and working with young players. He spent seven years at TOP Oss, working in a variety of sporting development roles, before taking on his first managerial responsibilities at RBC, whom he managed from 1997 to 1999. He then moved to the Dutch FA

Ruud Knol            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Knol: a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Sparta Rotterdam.Knol is a defender who was born in Zevenaar and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Vitesse squad in the 2000-01 season. He played six years for Vitesse and was called up once by then Dutch coach Louis van Gaal for the Netherlands national football team. A serious injury threatened his career between 2002 and 2005 but he came back to play for Vitesse. In summer 2007 he moved abroad but after only one season in Greece he returned to Holland and joined Sparta.[1]

Ruud Ter Heide            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ruud Ter Heide: a Dutch footballer. His team where he started his career was FC Twente. He had 5 caps from 2001 until 2003. In the 2003-04 season, he played with the German team Eintracht Nordhorn where he got 30 caps and 24 goals. In the next season (2004-05), he switched to another team named Werder Bremen where he got 31 caps and 7 goals, he scored no goals in the next season (2005-06. He played once again in the Netherlands and this time with the AGOVV Apeldoorn since 2006. He has 37 caps and 19 goals up to date with the club, with whom he is currently numbered 9.

Birger Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Birger Ruud: was a Norwegian ski jumper.Birger Ruud, with his brothers Sigmund and Asbjørn, dominated international jumping in the 1930s, winning three world championships in 1931, 1935 and 1937. Ruud also won the Olympic gold medal in 1932 and 1936. He also was an accomplished alpine skier, winning a bronze medal in the combined at the 1935 world championships. Ruud won the Holmenkollen ski jumping competition in 1934 and shared the Holmenkollen medal in 1937 with Olaf Hoffsbakken and Martin P. Vangsli.

Sif Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Sif Ruud: a Swedish film actor. She has appeared in 140 films

Christian Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Christian Ruud: is a former tennis player who turned professional in 1991. Ruud reached his highest singles ranking of 39 on 9 October 1995. Ruud represented Norway at three consecutive Olympic Games, reaching the third round in Atlanta in 1996. Ruud won twelve titles on

Sigmund Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Sigmund Ruud: was a Norwegian ski jumper. At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Sigmund earned a silver medal in the ski jumping competition. At the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won the ski jumping competition while earning a bronze at the 1930 even

Asbjørn Ruud            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Asbjørn Ruud: was a Norwegian ski jumper. At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Asbjørn finished 7th in the individual large hill competition. For his ski jumping effort, he earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1948, the second of the three Ruud brothers to do so.