Reportedly offensive winger, Italian footballer (4,6)

I believe the answer is:

ruud gullit

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'footballer' is the definition.
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'reportedly offensive winger italian' is the wordplay.
'reportedly offensive' becomes 'ruud' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'winger' becomes 'gull' (gull is a kind of bird).
'italian' becomes 'it' (abbreviation for Italian).
'ruud'+'gull'+'it'='RUUD GULLIT'

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