Divorce for Ruud and Estelle Gullit

Ruud and Estelle Gullit © Edwin Smulder

After 12 years of marriage Ruud Gullit has filed for divorce from Estelle Gullit-Cruijff. The former football/soccer international and now football/soccer trainer, 49, told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that the marriage was on the rocks for quite a while already, but that 'recent revelations' made him file for divorce from his wife of 12 years, the niece of famed Dutch football/soccer international Johan Cruijff.

Badr Hari © Ruud van der Linden

Rumour has it that Estelle, 33, is having an extra-marital affair with boxer Badr Hari, 27. Estelle keeps quiet, but several news outlets report similar stories: Estelle and Badr met at the JFK Gala last October and have since been seen at the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam, a charity event for Emma Kinderziekenhuis (a children's hospital), at café De Joffers and new Amsterdam hotspot The Harbour Club. Badr seems to be quite the bad boy. In 2006 he was convicted of assault of his ex-girlfriend, in 2010 he was questioned for the assault of a bouncer. Reportedly Ruud isn't entirely clean either, having had girlfriends when he worked as a trainer in Chechnya.

Ruud and Estelle have two children together: daughter Joëlle (born in 1997) and son Maxim (born in 2001). Unfortunately for Ruud this will be his third divorce. 'The black tulip' (his football nickname) was previously married to Yvonne de Vries and the Italian Christina Pensa. He has daughters Felicity and Charmayne with Yvonne and son Quincy and daughter Cheyenne with Christina. 

Ruud and Estelle Gullit with son Maxim © Edwin Smulder