Fernando Jacob Hubertina Henrika Ricksen was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a right back and central midfielder.
21 Facts About Fernando Ricksen
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Fernando Ricksen left in 2006 for Zenit Saint Petersburg, initially on loan, and won honours including the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2008.
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Fernando Ricksen was dismissed by Zenit in 2009, and spent the final years of his career back at Fortuna Sittard.
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Fernando Ricksen suffered from motor neurone disease and died from the disease on 18 September 2019, aged 43.
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Fernando Ricksen had been dropped for the two intervening derbies.
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In November 2000 Fernando Ricksen became the first player in Scottish football to be banned retrospectively on television evidence.
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Fernando Ricksen 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.
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In October 2003 Fernando Ricksen pushed then Rangers chairman John McClelland into a swimming pool before a match against Panathinaikos in Athens.
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In March 2004 Fernando Ricksen was again banned by the SFA video review panel.
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On 30 March 2014, Fernando Ricksen was inducted into the Rangers Hall of Fame along with Lee McCulloch and Nacho Novo.
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Weeks later, Fernando Ricksen engaged in an on-field fist-fight with Zenit captain Vladislav Radimov.
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Fernando Ricksen was an unused substitute in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final, in which Zenit triumphed over Rangers.
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In January 2009, after two and a half years in Russia, Fernando Ricksen was demoted to Zenit's reserve side, having previously refused to leave the club.
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In June 2003, after a UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier away to Belarus, Fernando Ricksen got drunk and kicked down two hotel room doors.
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On 25 December 2000, Fernando Ricksen was the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal after an incident when his car crashed into a lamppost in the early hours of the morning.
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Fernando Ricksen denied charges of drink-driving, careless driving, committing a breach of the peace by shouting and swearing, and conducting himself in a disorderly manner.
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In July 2006 Fernando Ricksen checked himself into the Sporting Chance Clinic for residential treatment relating to alcohol abuse and anger management.
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Fernando Ricksen was Catholic but later revealed his wish to convert to Orthodoxy.
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Fernando Ricksen wrote an autobiography, Fighting Spirit, which was published in 2014.
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On 30 October 2013, Fernando Ricksen revealed that he was terminally ill and had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Fernando Ricksen died on 18 September 2019 in St Andrew's Hospice in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, aged 43.