Herman Rijkaard
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herman Harry Rijkaard | ||
| Date of birth | 12 September 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Paramaribo, Surinam | ||
| Date of death | 30 September 2010 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ajax | |||
| Robinhood | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1957 | Robinhood | ? | (?) |
| 1957–1961 | Blauw-Wit | ? | (?) |
| 1961–1962 | Stormvogels | ? | (?) |
| Teams managed | |||
| Real Sranang | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of (09:38, 5 January 2016 (UTC)). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of (09:38, 5 January 2016 (UTC)) |
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Herman Harry Rijkaard (12 September 1935 – 30 September 2010) was a Surinamese footballer who played for S.V. Robinhood in the SVB Hoofdklasse, F.C. Blauw-Wit in the Dutch Eredivisie, and for IJ.V.V. Stormvogels in the Eerste Divisie.
He is the father of former Dutch international player and Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard.
Born in Surinam in the Guianas, Rijkaard began his football career on the Mr. Bronsplein sport terrein in Paramaribo, before he was picked up by one of the local clubs, joining the youth ranks of V.V. Ajax playing with the likes of Erwin Sparendam and Charlie Marbach, before being recruited to the ranks of S.V. Robinhood.
Having played in the youth ranks of S.V. Robinhood, Rijkaard progressed to the Surinamese Hoofdklasse. As an attacker with a strong right foot, he helped Robinhood to national titles in 1955 and 1956. While making a living as a bookkeeper for a company called Kersten & Co., word started spreading in Suriname about a fully professional league being established in the Netherlands. Rijkaard soon relocated, joining FC Blauw-Wit from Amsterdam, the crosstown rivals of AFC Ajax at the time.
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