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Ex-Footballer Fernando Ricksen passes away aged 43
Fernando Ricksen, former Rangers and Dutch footballer, has passed away aged 43 years old. He had been living with motor neurone disease for about five years.
Rangers FC were deeply saddened by the death of Ricksen, tweeting to express their sympathies to Ricksen’s family. “Our thoughts are with his wife Veronica, his daughter Isabella, and all his family and friends,” the club stated.
The Limburgian ex-footballer played for Fortuna Sittard, AZ, the Glasgow Rangers, and FC Zenit Saint-Petersburg, among others, between 1993 and 2013. He played twelve international matches for the Netherlands between 2000 and 2003, but it was during his time in Glasgow that he was at his peak as a footballer. In 2008 he won the European League with the top club in Russia.
Throughout his career, Ricksen struggled with alcohol addiction, and had his time in Russia cut shot due to a doping ban because of his cocaine usage, according to NOS.
Ricksen rose to public attention in 2013, after he did a performance at De Wereld Draait Door on October 30. During the broadcast, he revealed that he was struggling with motor neurone disease.A few months earlier he had said goodbye to his first love as a football player, Fortuna Sittard.
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Hello,
Yesterday was the funeral of Fernando Ricksen in Glasgow..
Of course I already knew he was a legend in (especially) in Scotland, but nevertheless I was (am) blown away by the amount of people attending...
I'm so proud of Fernando because of his accomplishments as soccer player, but most of all that he has given a face to ALS/MND...
To me he's a true hero for showing is vulnerability..He gave us a look into how dehumanizing this horrible disease is...This grown man, who was such a great soccer player (and a cheeky bad boy 🤭) needing more care than an infant...
Showing this to the world takes guts, don't you think?
With this post I want to thank everyone who could and/or wanted to attend his funeral (SCOTLAND/GLASGOW YOU'RE THE BEST!)
I'm so incredibly impressed by you all...I take a bow!!
I know I sound as patriotic as (for instance) someone from the US (no offend!😉) but Dutch people have pride too (especially when it comes to soccer...😉😊)
❤️💋❤️💋
José
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