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22nd February 2021
08:13pm GMT

Clarence Seedorf remains the only player to have won the Champions League with three different teams. (Photo: Getty)[/caption]
Speaking to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, the 44-year-old criticised what he sees as a lack of opportunities given to black managers and coaches.
He said: "I played 12 years in Italy. After Milan, despite having done a great job, I received no calls.
"Holland is my country, yet again, zero calls."
Seedorf questioned why budding black managers, many of whom with illustrious playing careers, had not been given coaching opportunities in Europe.
"What are the selection criteria? Why do great champions have no chance in Europe where they wrote pages of football history? Why does Vieira have to go to New York and Henry to Canada?"
He then directly condemned the lack of opportunities for black coaches in the game.
"For coaches there are no equal opportunities: if we look at the figures, there are no Black people in the positions of greatest power in football.
"It's something that concerns the whole of society. Everyone, especially those who can change things, must feel the responsibility to create a meritocratic world and keep all the doors open if they aspire to excellence.
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