Fernando Ricksen
Ricksen at Zenit in 2007.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 27 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back, right midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1986 | EHC | ||
| 1986–1988 | RKONS | ||
| 1988–1992 | Roda JC | ||
| 1992–1994 | Fortuna Sittard | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Fortuna Sittard | 94 | (5) |
| 1997–2000 | AZ | 92 | (12) |
| 2000–2006 | Rangers | 182 | (13) |
| 2006 | → Zenit Saint Petersburg (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 22 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Fortuna Sittard | 48 | (1) |
| Total | 452 | (33) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2003 | Netherlands | 12 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 May 2013 (UTC). |
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Fernando Jacob Hubertina Hendrika Ricksen (born 27 July 1976) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right back and right midfielder. He is mostly known for his six-year spell at Rangers. He earned 12 caps for the Netherlands at international level.
Ricksen, formerly of Fortuna Sittard, joined Rangers in 2000 from Dutch team AZ Alkmaar for a transfer fee of £3.75 million
Ricksen endured a difficult start to his Rangers career, culminating in him being substituted after a torrid 21 minutes against countryman Bobby Petta in a 6–2 defeat to Celtic. On his second trip to Celtic Park six months later, he was sent-off before half-time in another defeat. He had been dropped for the two intervening derbies.
In November 2000 Ricksen became the first player in Scottish football to be banned retrospectively on television evidence. His Kung Fu-style kick on Darren Young had been missed by the referee but caught on camera, leading to a five-game ban. Ricksen subsequently used his personal website to suggest Young required "straightening out."
2003–04 proved to be a failed season for Rangers, with the departure of several players from the treble winning season most notably Barry Ferguson and Lorenzo Amoruso. Ricksen, however, proved to be an important member of the Rangers team which finished second, playing 42 games, despite several injury and disciplinary problems throughout the season. In October 2003 Ricksen pushed then Rangers chairman John McClelland into a swimming pool before a match against Panathinaikos in Athens. The same week he was banned from the Netherlands national team for smashing a hotel door down after a night out. After the events Rangers banned Ricksen from talking to the media and manager McLeish said "We would rather have Fernando on the back pages and we have told him that."
In March 2004 Ricksen was again banned by the SFA video review panel. He had elbowed Derek Riordan in a CIS Cup defeat to Hibernian, resulting in a four-game ban and a £10,000 fine from his club.
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