Marco van Basten

Marcel "Marco" van Basten (born October 31, 1964 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a former Dutch footballer. He was most recently the manager of the Netherlands national football team. He had to quit playing football early because of an injury that kept him from playing for more than a year.

Van Basten was known for his strength on the ball, his tactical awareness and spectacular strikes and volleys. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.

Awards 
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. He was named "UEFA best Player of the Year" three times (1989, 1990 and 1992) and "FIFA World Player of the Year" in 1992. In a French magazine named France Football, he was voted as one of the eight best Football Players of the Century. In 1999, he was ranked sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll.

Club career statistics 

|-
|1981/82||rowspan="6"|Ajax||rowspan="6"|Eredivisie||1||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||2||1
|-
|1982/83||20||9||5||4||colspan="2"|-||25||13
|-
|1983/84||26||28||4||1||2||0||32||29
|-
|1984/85||33||22||4||2||4||5||41||29
|-
|1985/86||26||37||1||0||2||0||29||37
|-
|1986/87||27||31||7||6||9||6||43||43

|-
|1987/88||rowspan="6"|Milan||rowspan="6"|Serie A||11||3||5||5||3||0||19||8
|-
|1988/89||33||19||4||3||9||10||46||32
|-
|1989/90||26||19||4||1||7||3||37||23
|-
|1990/91||31||11||1||0||2||0||34||11
|-
|1991/92||31||25||7||4||colspan="2"|-||38||29
|-
|1992/93||15||13||1||0||5||6||21||19
133||128||22||13||17||11||172||152
147||90||22||13||26||19||195||122
280||218||44||26||43||30||367||274
|}

International career statistics 

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|1983||3||2
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|1984||3||0
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|1985||4||1
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|1986||4||2
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|1987||4||1
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|1988||9||5
|-
|1989||5||2
|-
|1990||11||8
|-
|1991||5||2
|-
|1992||10||1
|-
!Total||58||24
|}

Honours

Club 
 Ajax:
 UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1987.
 Dutch Championship: 1982, 1983, 1985.
 Dutch Cup: 1983, 1986, 1987.
 Milan:
 European Cup: 1989, 1990 (now called: UEFA Champions League).
 Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990.
 European Supercup: 1989, 1990.
 Italian Championship: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994.
 Italian Super Cup: 1988, 1992, 1993.

International 
 UEFA European Championship: 1988
 Nasazzi's Baton: 1985

Individual 
 1984
 Dutch League Top Scorer: (28 goals)
 European Silver Boot: (28 goals)
 1985
 Dutch Footballer of the Year
 Dutch League Top Scorer: (22 goals)
 1986
 European Golden Boot: (37 goals)
 Dutch League Top Scorer: (37 goals)
 1987
 Onze d'Argent
 Dutch League Top Scorer: (31 goals)
 Bravo Award: 1987
 1988
 European Championship 1988 Top Scorer and Best Player: (5 goals).
 Onze d'Or
 World Soccer Player of the Year
 European Footballer of the Year France Football
 1989
 European Cup Top Scorer: (10 goals)
 European Footballer of the Year France Football
 Italian League Silver Top Scorer: (19 goals)
 Onze d'Or
 Best Player of the Year UEFA
 1990
 Italian League Top Scorer: (19 goals)
 Best Player of the Year UEFA
 Best Player World of the Year IFFHS: 1988, 1989
 1992
 World Soccer Player of the Year
 Onze d'Argent
 European Footballer of the Year France Football
 Italian League Top Scorer: (25 goals)
 Best Player of the Year UEFA
 FIFA World Player of the Year
 1993
 European Silver Boot: (6 goals)
 2004
 Named in FIFA 100 by Pelé

References 

1964 births
Living people
Dutch football managers
Dutch footballers
Sportspeople from Utrecht (city)
Eredivisie managers
AZ Alkmaar managers