The Italian midfielder was renowned for his aggressive behavior on the pitch
The 42-year old Italian, now manager of Napoli, was widely known for his aggressive and brash approach to games involving very heavy tackles and scuffles with other players on the pitch.
This made him popularly referred to as Ringhio which meant snarl.
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Gattuso had a career that spanned 18 years playing for Perugia, Rangers, Salernitana, AC Milan, and Sion.
Since retiring, Gattuso has gone into management and has been in charge of Sion, Palermo, OFI Crete, Milan, and Napoli.
Gattuso took over at Napoli from Carlo Ancelotti who was his manager during his playing days at Milan where he forged a solid midfield partnership with Andrea Pirlo.
“We faced Salernitana, a team from the southern part of Italy and that was where Gattuso was playing at the time.
“He was so difficult to play against and he even broke my tooth by the time the match came to an end. He just would not allow you to go away with the ball.
“He was really the toughest among the likes of Emerson, Demetrio Albertini, and the many others I came up against.”
Outside Italy, Appiah played for Fenerbahce and Vojvodina in Serbia where he wrapped up his career in 2012. The 39-year old was capped 67 times by Ghana, scoring 14 goals.