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\"Cruyff\" redirects here. For Johan Cruyff's son, see Jordi Cruyff.

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Johan Cruyff

Cruyff with the Netherlands in 1974

Personal information

Full name

\nHendrik Johannes Cruijff

Date of birth

\n25 April 1947^[1]

Place of birth

\nAmsterdam, Netherlands

Date of death

\n24 March 2016 (aged 68)

Place of death

\nBarcelona, Spain

Height

\n1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)^[2]

Position(s)

\nForward, attacking midfielder

Youth career

1957\u20131964

\nAjax

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1964\u20131973

\nAjax

\n245

\n(193)

1973\u20131978

\nBarcelona

\n143

\n(48)

1979

\nLos Angeles Aztecs

\n22

\n(14)

1980\u20131981

\nWashington Diplomats

\n29

\n(12)

1981

\n\u2192 Levante (loan)

\n10

\n(2)

1981\u20131983

\nAjax

\n36

\n(14)

1983\u20131984

\nFeyenoord

\n33

\n(11)

Total

\n518

\n(294)

International career

1966\u20131977

\nNetherlands

\n48

\n(33)

Managerial career

1985\u20131988

\nAjax

1988\u20131996

\nBarcelona

2009\u20132013

\nCatalonia

Medal record

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Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ Netherlands\n
FIFA World Cup\n
Runner-up	1974 West Germany	\n
European Championship\n
$\"Third$	1976 Yugoslavia	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

\n\n

Netherlands professional footballer\n

Eponyms and public art\n

Family\n

Related\n

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (25 April 1947 \u2013 24 March 2016), commonly known as Johan Cruyff (Dutch: [\u02c8jo\u02d0\u0266\u0251\u014b \u02c8kr\u0153yf] ^\u24d8), was a Dutch professional football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest players in history and as the greatest Dutch footballer ever, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1974.^[3] Cruyff was a proponent of the football philosophy known as Total Football developed by Rinus Michels, which Cruyff also employed as a manager. Because of the far-reaching impact of his playing style and his coaching ideas, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in modern football, and he is also regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]\n

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dutch football rose from a semi-professional and obscure level to become a powerhouse in the sport.^[9]^[10] Cruyff led the Netherlands to the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup with three goals and three assists; he received the Golden Ball as player of the tournament.^[11]^[12] After finishing third in UEFA Euro 1976, Cruyff refused to play in the 1978 FIFA World Cup after a kidnapping attempt targeting him and his family in their Barcelona home dissuaded him from football.^[13]\n

At club level, Cruyff started his career at Ajax, where he won eight Eredivisie titles, three European Cups, and one Intercontinental Cup, where he had a goal and two assists.^[14]^[15] In 329 matches for Ajax, he scored 257 goals and provided more than 170 assists. In 1973, Cruyff moved to Barcelona for a world record transfer fee, helping the team win La Liga in his first season and winning the Ballon d'Or. In 180 official matches for Barcelona, he scored 60 goals and provided 83 assists.^[16] After retiring from playing in 1984, Cruyff became highly successful as manager of Ajax and later Barcelona; he remained an advisor to both clubs after his coaching tenures. His son Jordi also played football professionally for Barcelona.\n

In 1999, Cruyff was voted European Player of the Century in an election held by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, and came second behind Pel\u00e9 in their World Player of the Century poll.^[17] He came third in a vote organised by the French magazine France Football consulting their former Ballon d'Or winners to elect their Football Player of the Century.^[18] He was included in the World Team of the 20th Century in 1998, the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002, and in 2004 was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.^[19]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	Cup^[a]\n	Continental^[b]\n	Other^[c]\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Ajax\n	1964\u201365\n	Eredivisie\n	10	4	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	10	4\n
1965\u201366\n	Eredivisie\n	19	16	4	9	\u2014	\u2014	23	25\n
1966\u201367\n	Eredivisie\n	30	33	5	5	6	3	\u2014	41	41\n
1967\u201368\n	Eredivisie\n	33	27	5	6	2	1	\u2014	40	34\n
1968\u201369\n	Eredivisie\n	29	24	3	3	10	6	1	1	43	34\n
1969\u201370\n	Eredivisie\n	33	23	5	6	8	4	\u2014	46	33\n
1970\u201371\n	Eredivisie\n	25	21	6	5	6	1	\u2014	37	27\n
1971\u201372\n	Eredivisie\n	32	25	4	3	9	5	\u2014	45	33\n
1972\u201373\n	Eredivisie\n	32	17	0	0	6	3	4	3	42	23\n
1973\u201374\n	Eredivisie\n	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3\n
Total\n	245	193	32	37	47	23	5	4	329	257\n
Barcelona\n	1973\u201374\n	La Liga\n	26	16	12\n	8	0	0	\u2014	38	24\n
1974\u201375\n	La Liga\n	30	7	12\n	7	8	0	\u2014	50	14\n
1975\u201376\n	La Liga\n	29	6	10\n	3	9	2	\u2014	48	11\n
1976\u201377\n	La Liga\n	30	14	9\n	6	7	5	\u2014	46	25\n
1977\u201378\n	La Liga\n	28	5	7	1	10	5	\u2014	45	11\n
Total\n	143	48	50	25	34	12	\u2014	227	85\n
Los Angeles Aztecs\n	1979\n	NASL\n	22	14	\u2014	\u2014	4	1	26	15\n
Washington Diplomats\n	1980\n	NASL\n	24	10	\u2014	\u2014	2	0	26	10\n
Levante\n	1980\u201381\n	Segunda Divisi\u00f3n\n	10	2	0	0	\u2014	\u2014	10	2\n
Washington Diplomats\n	1981\n	NASL\n	5	2	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	5	2\n
Ajax\n	1981\u201382\n	Eredivisie\n	15	7	1	0	0	0	\u2014	16	7\n
1982\u201383\n	Eredivisie\n	21	7	7	2	2	0	\u2014	30	9\n
Total\n	36	14	8	2	2	0	\u2014	46	16\n
Feyenoord\n	1983\u201384\n	Eredivisie\n	33	11	7	1	4	1	\u2014	44	13\n
Career total\n	518	294	97	65	87	36	11	5	713	400\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Netherlands\n	1966	2	1\n
1967	3	1\n
1968	1	0\n
1969	3	1\n
1970	2	2\n
1971	4	6\n
1972	5	5\n
1973	6	6\n
1974	12	8\n
1975	2	0\n
1976	4	2\n
1977	4	1\n
Total	48	33\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	7 September 1966	Rotterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Hungary	2\u20130	2\u20132	UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying\n
2	13 September 1967	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ East Germany	1\u20130	1\u20130\n
3	26 March 1969	Rotterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Luxembourg	1\u20130	4\u20130	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
4	2 December 1970	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Romania	1\u20130	2\u20130	Friendly\n
5	2\u20130\n
6	24 February 1971	Rotterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Luxembourg	3\u20130	6\u20130	UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying\n
7	4\u20130\n
8	17 November 1971	Eindhoven, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Luxembourg	1\u20130	8\u20130\n
9	7\u20130\n
10	8\u20130\n
11	1 December 1971	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Scotland	1\u20130	2\u20131	Friendly\n
12	16 February 1972	Athens, Greece	$\"\"$ Greece	3\u20130	5\u20130\n
13	5\u20130\n
14	30 August 1972	Prague, Czechoslovakia	$\"\"$ Czechoslovakia	1\u20130	2\u20131\n
15	1 November 1972	Rotterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Norway	4\u20130	9\u20130	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
16	8\u20130\n
17	2 May 1973	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Spain	3\u20132	3\u20132	Friendly\n
18	22 August 1973	Amsterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Iceland	2\u20130	5\u20130	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
19	5\u20130\n
20	29 August 1973	Deventer, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Iceland	2\u20130	8\u20131\n
21	4\u20130\n
22	12 September 1973	Oslo, Norway	$\"\"$ Norway	1\u20130	2\u20131\n
23	26 June 1974	Gelsenkirchen, West Germany	$\"\"$ Argentina	1\u20130	4\u20130	1974 FIFA World Cup\n
24	4\u20130\n
25	3 July 1974	Dortmund, Germany	$\"\"$ Brazil	2\u20130	2\u20130\n
26	4 September 1974	Stockholm, Sweden	$\"\"$ Sweden	1\u20130	5\u20131	Friendly\n
27	25 September 1974	Helsinki, Finland	$\"\"$ Finland	1\u20131	3\u20131	UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying\n
28	2\u20131\n
29	20 November 1974	Rotterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Italy	2\u20131	3\u20131\n
30	3\u20131\n
31	22 May 1976	Brussels, Belgium	$\"\"$ Belgium	2\u20131	2\u20131\n
32	13 October 1976	Rotterdam, Netherlands	$\"\"$ Northern Ireland	2\u20131	2\u20132	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
33	26 March 1977	Antwerp, Belgium	$\"\"$ Belgium	2\u20130	2\u20130\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
G\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	Win %\n
Ajax\n	6 June 1985\n	4 January 1988\n	117\n	86\n	10\n	21\n	073.50\n
Barcelona\n	4 May 1988\n	18 May 1996\n	430\n	250\n	97\n	83\n	058.14\n
Catalonia\n	2 November 2009\n	2 January 2013\n	4\n	2\n	2\n	0\n	050.00\n
Total\n	551\n	338\n	109\n	104\n	061.34\n

Awards and achievements\n
Preceded by Ljupko Petrovi\u0107 \n	European Cup Winning Coach 1991\u201392\n	Succeeded by Raymond Goethals \n
Preceded by Ard Schenk \n	Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1973\u20131974\n	Succeeded by Jos Hermens \n

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Early life

Club career

Gloria Ajax and the golden era of Total Football

Barcelona and the first La Liga title in 14 years

Brief retirement and spells in the United States

Return to Spain with Levante and second spell at Washington Diplomats

Second spell at Ajax

Final season at Feyenoord and retirement

International career

After 1976

Coaching career

Entry into management with Ajax

Return to Barcelona as manager and building the Dream Team

Catalonia national team

Other football-related activities

As a technical advisor

Unofficial advisor to Barcelona president Joan Laporta

Return to Ajax as technical director

Technical advisor for Chivas Guadalajara

Ambassador for Belgium and the Netherlands joint bid to host the World Cup

Profile and legacy

Style of play: The total footballer

Style of management and tactics

Win-with-style philosophy

Cruyff's favourite World XI

Cruyff's 14 rules

Named after Cruyff

In popular culture

Nicknames

Outside football

Hobbies

Business ventures

Writing

Philanthropy

Personality

Jersey number 14

Relations with others

Criticism

Personal life

Religious views

Quotes

Illness, death and tributes

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Manager

Individual

Orders and further honours

See also

References

External links

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