Marco van Basten

**Marcel** "**Marco**" **van Basten** (; born 31 October 1964) 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

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|Ajax|1981–82|Eredivisie|1|1|1|0|0|0|–|2|1||
|1982–83|Eredivisie|20|9|5|4|0|0|–|25|13||||
|1983–84|Eredivisie|26|28|4|1|2|0|–|32|29||||
|1984–85|Eredivisie|33|22|4|2|4|5|–|41|29||||
|1985–86|Eredivisie|26|37|3|2|2|0|–|31|37||||
|1986–87|Eredivisie|27|31|7|6|9|6|–|43|43||||
|rowspan="9"|AC Milan|1987–88|Serie A|11|3|5|5|3|0|–|19|8||
|1988–89|Serie A|33|19|4|3|9|10|1|1|47|33|||
|1989–90|Serie A|26|19|4|1|9|4|3|1|42|25|||
|1990–91|Serie A|31|11|1|0|2|0|1|0|35|11|||
|1991–92|Serie A|31|25|7|4|–|–|38|29|||||
|1992–93|Serie A|15|13|1|0|7|8|1|1|24|22|||
|1993–94|Serie A|–|–|–|–|–||||||||
|1994–95|Serie A|–|–|–|–|–||||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Netherlands|1983|3|2|
|1984|3|0|||
|1985|4|1|||
|1986|4|2|||
|1987|4|1|||
|1988|9|5|||
|1989|5|2|||
|1990|11|8|||
|1991|5|2|||
|1992|10|1|||

- _Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van Basten goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|21 September 1983|King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–1|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|2|12 October 1983|Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland||align="center"|2–2|align="center"|3–2|UEFA Euro 1984 qualification|||||
|align="center"|3|27 February 1985|De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands||align="center"|6–1|align="center"|7–1|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|4|12 March 1986|Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|5|15 October 1986|Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|UEFA Euro 1988 qualification|||||
|align="center"|6|25 March 1987|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|1–1|UEFA Euro 1988 qualification|||||
|align="center"|7|rowspan="3"|15 June 1988|rowspan="3"|Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany|rowspan="3"||align="center"|1–0|rowspan="3" align="center"|3–1|rowspan="3"|UEFA Euro 1988|
|align="center"|8|align="center"|2–1|||||||||||
|align="center"|9|align="center"|3–1|||||||||||
|align="center"|10|21 June 1988|Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany||align="center"|2–1|align="center"|2–1|UEFA Euro 1988|||||
|align="center"|11|25 June 1988|Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|2–0|UEFA Euro 1988|||||
|align="center"|12|22 March 1989|Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|13|26 April 1989|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|1–1|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||
|align="center"|14|30 May 1990|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria||align="center"|2–3|align="center"|2–3|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|15|3 June 1990|Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|2–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|16|21 November 1990|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|2–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualification|||||
|align="center"|17|rowspan="5"|19 December 1990|rowspan="5"|National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta|rowspan="5"||align="center"|1–0|rowspan="5" align="center"|8–0|rowspan="5"|UEFA Euro 1992 qualification|
|align="center"|18|align="center"|2–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|19|align="center"|3–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|20|align="center"|6–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|21|align="center"|8–0|||||||||||
|align="center"|22|13 March 1991|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|1–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualification|||||
|align="center"|23|17 April 1991|De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|2–0|UEFA Euro 1992 qualification|||||
|align="center"|24|30 May 1992|Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|4–0|Friendly|||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="6"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Netherlands|29 July 2004|30 June 2008||||||
|Ajax|1 July 2008|6 May 2009||||||
|Heerenveen|1 July 2012|30 June 2014||||||
|AZ|1 July 2014|16 September 2014||||||

## International matches

- Matches as manager

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

## Honours

**Ajax**
- Eredivisie: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85
- KNVB Cup: 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87

**A.C. Milan**
- Serie A: 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93,  1993–94
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994
- European Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94
- European Supercup: 1989, 1990 , 1994
- Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990

**Netherlands**
- UEFA European Championship: 1988

**Individual**
- Ballon d'Or: 1988, 1989, 1992
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1992
- UEFA Best Player of the Year: 1989, 1990, 1992
- European Cup Top Scorer: 1988–89
- Serie A Golden Boot: 1989–90, 1991–92
- Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
- European Silver Boot: 1983–84
- Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1985
- European Golden Boot: 1985–86
- World Golden Boot: 1985–86
- Bravo Award: 1987
- Onze d'Argent: 1987, 1992
- Onze d'Or: 1988, 1989
- Onze de Onze: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992
- IFFHS World's Best Player: 1988, 1989
- World Soccer Player of the Year: 1987 (3rd), 1988, 1989 (2nd), 1992
- RSSSF Player of the Year: 1992
- El País King of European Soccer: 1992
- UEFA Euro 1988: Top Scorer and Best Player with 5 goals
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988, 1992
- Planète Foot World All-Time Team: 1996
- Planète Foot's 50 of the World's Best Players: 1996
- Venerdì's 100 Magnificent: 1997
- IFFHS Football Player of the Century 12th: 1999
- Placar's 100 Best Players of the Century 26th: 1999
- France Football's Football Player of the Century 8th: 1999
- World Soccer Greatest Players of the 20th Century 9th: 1999
- Guerin' Sportivo's 50 Greatest Players of the Century by Adalberto Bortolotti 11th: 1999
- FIFA 100 (List of the greatest living footballers picked by Pelé): 2004
- AFS Top-100 Players of All-Time 12th: 2007
- UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: #4
- Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2012
- World Hall of Fame of Soccer: 2012
- UEFA Euro All-time XI (published 2016)
- AC Milan Hall of Fame
- IFFHS Legends
- Voetbal International's World Stars by Raf Willems
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Bronze): 2020

## Other websites

- Marco van Basten extensive profile at AC Milan Online
- Marco van Basten dedicated fanpage

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Marco van Basten
- **image**: Marco van Basten (ca 2006).jpg
- **caption**: Van Basten in 2006
- **fullname**: Marcel van Basten
- **height**: 1.88 m
- **birth place**: Utrecht, Netherlands
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Striker, Striker
- **youthyears1**: 1970–1971
- **youthclubs1**: EDO
- **youthyears2**: 1971–1980
- **youthclubs2**: UVV Utrecht, Utrecht
- **youthyears3**: 1980–1981
- **youthclubs3**: USV Elinkwijk, Elinkwijk
- **years1**: 1981–1987
- **clubs1**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **caps1**: 133
- **goals1**: 128
- **years2**: 1987–1995
- **clubs2**: A.C. Milan, AC Milan
- **caps2**: 148
- **goals2**: 91
- **totalcaps**: 281
- **totalgoals**: 219
- **nationalyears1**: 1981–1983
- **nationalteam1**: Netherlands national under-21 football team, Netherlands U21
- **nationalyears2**: 1983–1992
- **nationalteam2**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **nationalcaps1**: 15
- **nationalgoals1**: 13
- **nationalcaps2**: 58
- **nationalgoals2**: 24
- **manageryears1**: 2003–2004
- **managerclubs1**: Jong AFC Ajax, Jong Ajax (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2004–2008
- **managerclubs2**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands
- **manageryears3**: 2008–2009
- **managerclubs3**: AFC Ajax, Ajax
- **manageryears4**: 2012–2014
- **managerclubs4**: SC Heerenveen, Heerenveen
- **manageryears5**: 2014
- **managerclubs5**: AZ Alkmaar
- **manageryears6**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs6**: AZ Alkmaar (assistant)
- **manageryears7**: 2015–2016
- **managerclubs7**: Netherlands national football team, Netherlands (assistant)