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In this Dutch name, the surname is Van Basten, not Basten.

Marco van Basten

Van Basten in 2006

Personal information

Full name

\nMarcel van Basten

Date of birth

\n31 October 1964 (age 60)

Place of birth

\nUtrecht, Netherlands

Height

\n1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)^[1]

Position(s)

\nStriker

Youth career

1970\u20131971

\nEDO

1971\u20131980

\nUVV

1980\u20131981

\nElinkwijk

Senior career\"

Years

\nTeam

\nApps

\n(Gls)

1981\u20131987

\nAjax

\n133

\n(127)

1987\u20131995

\nMilan

\n147

\n(91)

Total

\n280

\n(218)

International career

1981\u20131983

\nNetherlands U21

\n15

\n(13)

1983\u20131992

\nNetherlands

\n58

\n(24)

Managerial career

2003\u20132004

\nJong Ajax (assistant)

2004\u20132008

\nNetherlands

2008\u20132009

\nAjax

2012\u20132014

\nHeerenveen

2014

\nAZ

2014\u20132015

\nAZ (assistant)

2015\u20132016

\nNetherlands (assistant)

Medal record

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Men's football\n
\n
Representing $\"\"$ Netherlands\n
UEFA European Championship\n
Winner	1988 West Germany	\n
$\"Third$	1992 Sweden	\n

\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marcel \"Marco\" van Basten^[2] (Dutch pronunciation: [\u02c8m\u0251rko\u02d0 v\u0251m \u02c8b\u0251st\u0259(n)] ^\u24d8; born 31 October 1964) is a Dutch former football manager and player who played as a striker for Ajax and AC Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, he scored 300 goals in a high-profile career, but played his last match in 1993, at the age of 28, due to recurring ankle injury which forced him to announce his retirement two years later.^[3]^[2] He was later the head coach of Ajax and the Netherlands national team.\n

Known for his close ball control, attacking intelligence, impeccable headers, and spectacular strikes and volleys, Van Basten was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992 and won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1988, 1989 and 1992.^[2] At club level, he won three Eredivisie titles and the Cup Winners' Cup with Ajax, and four Serie A titles and two European Cups with Milan. With the Netherlands, Van Basten won UEFA Euro 1988 where he earned the Golden Boot, scoring five goals, including a memorable volley in the final against the Soviet Union,^[2]^[4] considered one of the best ever.^[5]^[6]\n

In 1998, Van Basten was ranked sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll, tenth in the European player of the Century election held by the IFFHS and 12th in the IFFHS' World Player of the Century election.^[7]^[8] He was also voted eighth in a poll organised by the French magazine France Football, consulting their former Ballon d'Or winners to elect the Football Player of the Century.^[9] In 2004, he was named by Pel\u00e9 in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.^[10] In 2004, a poll for the 100 greatest Dutch people was held in the Netherlands: Van Basten ranked number 25, the second highest for a football player, behind Johan Cruyff. In 2007, Sky Sports ranked Van Basten first on its list of great athletes who had their careers cut short.^[11]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division\n	Apps\n	Goals\n	Apps\n	Goals\n	Apps\n	Goals\n	Apps\n	Goals\n	Apps\n	Goals\n
Ajax\n	1981\u201382\n	Eredivisie\n	1	1	1	0	0	0	\u2013	2	1\n
1982\u201383\n	Eredivisie\n	20	9	5	4	0	0	\u2013	25	13\n
1983\u201384\n	Eredivisie\n	26	28	4	1	2^[b]	0	\u2013	32	29\n
1984\u201385\n	Eredivisie\n	33	22	4	2	4^[c]	5	\u2013	41	29\n
1985\u201386\n	Eredivisie\n	26	37	3	2	2^[b]	0	\u2013	31	39\n
1986\u201387\n	Eredivisie\n	27	31	7	6	9^[d]	6	\u2013	43	43\n
Total\n	133	128	24	15	17	11	\u2014	174	154\n
AC Milan\n	1987\u201388\n	Serie A\n	11	3	5	5	3^[c]	0	\u2013	19	8\n
1988\u201389\n	Serie A\n	33	19	4	3	9^[b]	10	1^[e]	1	47	33\n
1989\u201390\n	Serie A\n	26	19	4	1	9^[b]	4	3^[f]	1	42	25\n
1990\u201391\n	Serie A\n	31	11	1	0	2^[b]	0	1^[g]	0	35	11\n
1991\u201392\n	Serie A\n	31	25	7	4	\u2013	\u2013	38	29\n
1992\u201393\n	Serie A\n	15	13	1	0	7^[h]	8	1^[e]	1	24	22\n
1993\u201394\n	Serie A\n	0	0	0	0	0	0	\u2013	0	0\n
1994\u201395\n	Serie A\n	0	0	0	0	0	0	\u2013	0	0\n
Total\n	147	90	22	13	30	22	4	3	205	129\n
Career total\n	280	218	46	28	47	33	4	3	379	283\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
Netherlands\n	1983	3	2\n
1984	3	0\n
1985	4	1\n
1986	4	2\n
1987	4	1\n
1988	9	5\n
1989	5	2\n
1990	11	8\n
1991	5	2\n
1992	10	1\n
Total	58	24\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1\n	21 September 1983\n	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium\n	$\"\"$ Belgium\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20131\n	Friendly\n
2\n	12 October 1983\n	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland\n	$\"\"$ Republic of Ireland\n	2\u20132\n	3\u20132\n	UEFA Euro 1984 qualification\n
3\n	27 February 1985\n	De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands\n	$\"\"$ Cyprus\n	6\u20131\n	7\u20131\n	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
4\n	12 March 1986\n	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany\n	$\"\"$ East Germany\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	Friendly\n
5\n	15 October 1986\n	N\u00e9pstadion, Budapest, Hungary\n	$\"\"$ Hungary\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification\n
6\n	25 March 1987\n	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands\n	$\"\"$ Greece\n	1\u20131\n	1\u20131\n	UEFA Euro 1988 qualification\n
7\n	15 June 1988\n	Rheinstadion, D\u00fcsseldorf, West Germany\n	$\"\"$ England\n	1\u20130\n	3\u20131\n	UEFA Euro 1988\n
8\n	2\u20131\n
9\n	3\u20131\n
10\n	21 June 1988\n	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany\n	$\"\"$ West Germany\n	2\u20131\n	2\u20131\n	UEFA Euro 1988\n
11\n	25 June 1988\n	Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany\n	$\"\"$ Soviet Union\n	2\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1988\n
12\n	22 March 1989\n	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands\n	$\"\"$ Soviet Union\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	Friendly\n
13\n	26 April 1989\n	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands\n	$\"\"$ West Germany\n	1\u20131\n	1\u20131\n	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
14\n	30 May 1990\n	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria\n	$\"\"$ Austria\n	2\u20133\n	2\u20133\n	Friendly\n
15\n	3 June 1990\n	Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia\n	$\"\"$ Yugoslavia\n	2\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	1990 Yugoslavia v Netherlands football match\n
16\n	21 November 1990\n	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands\n	$\"\"$ Greece\n	2\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1992 qualification\n
17\n	19 December 1990\n	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta\n	$\"\"$ Malta\n	1\u20130\n	8\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1992 qualification\n
18\n	2\u20130\n
19\n	3\u20130\n
20\n	6\u20130\n
21\n	8\u20130\n
22\n	13 March 1991\n	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands\n	$\"\"$ Malta\n	1\u20130\n	1\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1992 qualification\n
23\n	17 April 1991\n	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands\n	$\"\"$ Finland\n	1\u20130\n	2\u20130\n	UEFA Euro 1992 qualification\n
24\n	30 May 1992\n	Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands\n	$\"\"$ Wales\n	2\u20130\n	4\u20130\n	Friendly\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
M\n	W\n	D\n	L\n	Win %\n	Ref.\n
Netherlands\n	29 July 2004^[71]\n	30 June 2008^[81]\n	52\n	35\n	11\n	6\n	067.31\n	^[87]\n
Ajax\n	1 July 2008^[81]\n	6 May 2009^[88]\n	45\n	26\n	8\n	11\n	057.78\n	^[87]\n
Heerenveen\n	1 July 2012^[89]\n	30 June 2014^[90]\n	72\n	27\n	18\n	27\n	037.50\n	^[87]\n
AZ\n	1 July 2014^[90]\n	16 September 2014^[94]\n	5\n	2\n	0\n	3\n	040.00\n	^[87]\n
Total\n	174\n	90\n	37\n	47\n	051.72\n	\u2014\n

Date	Location	Competition	Home team	Away team	Score\n
2004\n
18 August 2004	Stockholm	International friendly	Sweden	The Netherlands	2\u20132\n
3 September 2004	Utrecht	International friendly	The Netherlands	Liechtenstein	3\u20130\n
8 September 2004	Amsterdam	2006 World Cup Qualification	The Netherlands	Czech Republic	2\u20130\n
9 October 2004	Skopje	2006 World Cup Qualification	FYR Macedonia	The Netherlands	2\u20132\n
13 October 2004	Amsterdam	2006 World Cup Qualification	The Netherlands	Finland	3\u20131\n
17 November 2004	Barcelona	2006 World Cup Qualification	Andorra	The Netherlands	0\u20133\n
2005\n
9 February 2005	Birmingham	International friendly	England	The Netherlands	0\u20130\n
26 March 2005	Bucharest	2006 World Cup Qualification	Romania	The Netherlands	0\u20132\n
30 March 2005	Eindhoven	2006 World Cup Qualification	The Netherlands	Armenia	2\u20130\n
4 June 2005	Rotterdam	2006 World Cup Qualification	The Netherlands	Romania	2\u20130\n
8 June 2005	Helsinki	2006 World Cup Qualification	Finland	The Netherlands	0\u20134\n
17 August 2005	Rotterdam	International friendly	The Netherlands	Germany	2\u20132\n
3 September 2005	Yerevan	2006 World Cup Qualification	Armenia	The Netherlands	0\u20131\n
7 September 2005	Eindhoven	2006 World Cup Qualification	The Netherlands	Andorra	4\u20130\n
8 October 2005	Prague	2006 World Cup Qualification	Czech Republic	The Netherlands	0\u20132\n
12 October 2005	Amsterdam	2006 World Cup Qualification	The Netherlands	FYR Macedonia	0\u20130\n
12 November 2005	Amsterdam	International friendly	The Netherlands	Italy	1\u20133\n
2006\n
1 March 2006	Amsterdam	International friendly	The Netherlands	Ecuador	1\u20130\n
27 May 2006	Rotterdam	International friendly	The Netherlands	Cameroon	1\u20130\n
1 June 2006	Eindhoven	International friendly	The Netherlands	Mexico	2\u20131\n
4 June 2006	Rotterdam	International friendly	The Netherlands	Australia	1\u20131\n
11 June 2006	Leipzig	2006 World Cup Group stage	Serbia and Montenegro	The Netherlands	0\u20131\n
16 June 2006	Stuttgart	2006 World Cup Group stage	The Netherlands	Ivory Coast	2\u20131\n
21 June 2006	Frankfurt	2006 World Cup Group stage	The Netherlands	Argentina	0\u20130\n
25 June 2006	Nuremberg	2006 World Cup Round of 16	Portugal	The Netherlands	1\u20130\n
16 August 2006	Dublin	International friendly	Ireland	The Netherlands	0\u20134\n
2 September 2006	Luxembourg	Euro 2008 Qualification	Luxembourg	The Netherlands	0\u20131\n
6 September 2006	Eindhoven	Euro 2008 Qualification	The Netherlands	Belarus	3\u20130\n
7 October 2006	Sofia	Euro 2008 Qualification	Bulgaria	The Netherlands	1\u20131\n
11 October 2006	Amsterdam	Euro 2008 Qualification	The Netherlands	Albania	2\u20131\n
15 November 2006	Amsterdam	International friendly	The Netherlands	England	1\u20131\n
2007\n
7 February 2007	Amsterdam	International friendly	The Netherlands	Russia	4\u20131\n
24 March 2007	Rotterdam	Euro 2008 Qualification	The Netherlands	Romania	4\u20131\n

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Playing career

Early years

Ajax

AC Milan

International career

Player profile

Style of play

Reception and legacy

Managerial career

Jong Ajax

Netherlands

Return to Ajax

Heerenveen

AZ

FIFA technical director

After retirement

Media and sponsorship

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial statistics

International matches

Honours

References

External links

Marco van Basten

Talks

31 October, 1964