Rudy Gestede

Rudy Gestede is my kind of footballer: a towering 193 cm striker out of the Metz youth system, all aerial menace and old-fashioned center-forward grit. There is a romance to a big number nine who wins headers and bullies defenders, and I never tire of it. What I respect even more is the second act. Now running football operations at Blackburn Rovers, he brings the hard-earned knowledge of a goalscorer into the front office, and players tend to trust someone who has done the dirty work himself. Unflashy on the pitch and loyal off it, he embodies a craftsman's career I genuinely admire.

Name (English)

Rudy Gestede

Name (Japanese)

ルディ・ジェストゥード

Reading

るでぃ・じぇすとぅーど

Born

October 10, 1988 (age 37)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

Origin

Essey-lès-Nancy, Meurthe, France

Height

193 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

Tags

• Meurthe
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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