Johan Cruyff

Johan Cruyff (25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch football player and manager. He played for Netherlands national team.

Cruyff died of lung cancer. His son is football manager Jordi Cruyff. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.Johan Cruyff: All-time Top 20: No. 3The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time

Career statistics

Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAjax1964–65Eredivisie10400——1041965–66191649——23251966–6730335563—41411967–6833275621—40341968–692924331061143341969–7033235684—46331970–7125216561—37271971–7232254395—45331972–73321700634342231973–742300000023Total2451933237472354329257Barcelona1973–74La Liga261612800—38241974–7530712780—50141975–7629610392—48111976–7730149675—46251977–7828571105—4511Total1434850253412—22785Los Angeles Aztecs1979NASL2214——412615Washington Diplomats1980NASL2410——202610Levante1980–81Segunda División10200——102Washington Diplomats1981NASL52———52Ajax1981–82Eredivisie1571000—1671982–832177220—309Total36148220—4616Feyenoord1983–84Eredivisie33117141—4413Career total51829497658736115713400

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNetherlands1966211967311968101969311970221971461972551973661974128197520197642197741Total4833

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cruyff goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Johan CruyffJohan Cruijff – Goals in International Matches . rsssf.org; retrieved 18 January 2013.No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1  7 September 1966  Rotterdam, Netherlands   2–0 2–2  UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying2  13 September 1967  Amsterdam, Netherlands   1–0 1–0  UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying3  26 March 1969  Rotterdam, Netherlands   1–0 4–0  1970 FIFA World Cup qualification4 2 December 1970 Amsterdam, Netherlands  1–0 2–0 Friendly5 2–06 24 February 1971 Rotterdam, Netherlands  3–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying7 4–08 17 November 1971 Eindhoven, Netherlands  1–0 8–0 UEFA Euro 1972 qualifying9 7–010 8–011  1 December 1971  Amsterdam, Netherlands   1–0 2–1  Friendly12 16 February 1972 Athens, Greece  3–0 5–0 Friendly13 5–014  30 August 1972  Prague, Czechoslovakia   1–0 2–1  Friendly15 1 November 1972 Rotterdam, Netherlands  4–0 9–0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification16 8–017  2 May 1973  Amsterdam, Netherlands   3–2 3–2  Friendly18 22 August 1973 Amsterdam, Netherlands  2–0 5–0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification19 5–020 29 August 1973 Deventer, Netherlands  2–0 8–1 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification21 4–022  12 September 1973  Oslo, Norway   1–0 2–1  1974 FIFA World Cup qualification23 26 June 1974 Gelsenkirchen, West Germany  1–0 4–0 1974 FIFA World Cup24 4–025  3 July 1974  Dortmund, Germany   2–0 2–0  1974 FIFA World Cup26  4 September 1974  Stockholm, Sweden   1–0 5–1  Friendly27 25 September 1974 Helsinki, Finland  1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying28 2–129 20 November 1974 Rotterdam, Netherlands  2–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying30 3–131  22 May 1976  Brussels, Belgium   2–1 2–1  UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying32  13 October 1976  Rotterdam, Netherlands   2–1 2–2  1978 FIFA World Cup qualification33  26 March 1977  Antwerp, Belgium   2–0 2–0  1978 FIFA World Cup qualification

Managerial statistics
TeamFromToRecordGWDLWin %Ajax6 June 19854 January 1988Barcelona4 May 198818 May 1996Catalonia2 November 20092 January 2013Total

Honours
Player
Ajax"The Netherlands' Grand Master". FIFA.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
Eredivisie: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1981–82, 1982–83
KNVB Cup: 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1982–83
European Cup: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
European Super Cup: 1972
Intercontinental Cup: 1972

Barcelona
La Liga: 1973–74
Copa del Rey: 1977–78

Feyenoord
Eredivisie: 1983–84
KNVB Cup: 1983–84

Netherlands
FIFA World Cup Runner-up: 1974
UEFA European Championship Third place: 1976

Manager
Ajax
KNVB Cup: 1985–86, 1986–87
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87

Barcelona
La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
Copa del Rey: 1989–90
Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992, 1994
European Cup: 1991–92
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89
European Super Cup: 1992

Individual
Player
Ballon d'Or: 1971, 1973, 1974; Third place: 1975
Eredivisie top scorer: 1966–67, 1971–72
KNVB Cup top scorer: 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
European Cup top scorer: 1971–72
Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1968, 1972, 1984
Dutch Sportsman of the Year: 1973, 1974
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1974
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1974
Onze de Onze: 1977
Don Balón Award for Best LaLiga Foreign Player: 1977, 1978
North American Soccer League MVP: 1979
FIFA World Cup All-Time Team: 1994
FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002
World Team of the 20th Century
FIFA 100: 2004
AFS Top-100 Players of All-Time: #21 (2007)
World Soccer's Greatest XI of All Time: 2013
World Soccer's The Greatest Players of the 20th Century: #3
France Football's Player of the Century: #3
IFFHS European Player of the Century: #1
IFFHS World Player of the Century: #2
UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll (2004): #3
IFFHS The Best European Player (1956–1990): #3
Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver): 2020
 11 Leyendas Jornal AS: 2021
 IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team: 2021

Manager
World Soccer Awards Manager of the Year: 1987
Don Balón Award for Coach of the Year: 1991, 1992
Onze d'Or for Coach of the Year: 1991, 1992
European Coach of the Season: 1991–92
El País Manager of the Year: 1992, 1993, 1994
World Soccer Greatest Manager of All Time: #28 (2013)
France Football Greatest Manager of All Time: #4 (2019)
Sports Illustrated Greatest Manager of All Time: #6 (2019)

Orders and further honours
 In 1974, Cruyff was appointed Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
 In 2002, Cruyff was promoted to Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
 In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of the Netherlands by the KNVB as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.
 On 22 May 2006, Cruyff was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to football by Laureus in their annual World Sports Awards.
 In April 2016, Cruyff was posthumously awarded the Laureus Spirit of Sport Award, which was accepted by his son Jordi.
 Cruyff received a lifetime achievement award from the KNVB in August 2006.
 In 2006, Cruyff played in Dennis Bergkamp's Testimonial as a second-half substitute with Ajax.
 On 18 April 2007, Ajax decided to retire the number 14 shirt in honour of Cruyff and in celebration of his birthday.
 In 2010, Cruyff was presented the FIFA Order of Merit (highest honour awarded by FIFA) for his contribution to football.
 In 2010, Cruyff entered in the FICTS "Hall of Fame" and was awarded with "Excellence Guirlande D'Honneur".
 In 2013, Cruyff was recognised with the UEFA President's Award
 On 29 March 2016, the Prime Minister of Spain awarded Cruyff with the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit.
 On 25 October 2017, the Amsterdam Arena was renamed Johan Cruyff Arena."Amsterdam Arena to be renamed after Johan Cruyff"  – Goal.com, 25 April 2017

Bibliography
 Barend, Frits; Van Dorp, Henk: Ajax, Barcelona, Cruijff: Het ABC van een eigenzinnige maestro. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Vassallucci, 1997) [in Dutch]
 Barend, Frits; Van Dorp, Henk: Ajax, Barcelona, Cruyff: The ABC of an Obstinate Maestro. Translated from the Dutch by David Winner and Lex Van Dam. (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 1999)
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 Butter, Jan-Cees; van der Vlies, Ferenc: Cruijff & Johan: Herinneringen aan nummer 14. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Water, 2019) [in Dutch]
 Casanovas, Josep María: Cruyff, una vida por el Barça. (Barcelona: Ediciones B, 1973) [in Spanish]
 Colmena, Daniel: De Cruyff a Guardiola, les claus d'un canvi triomfant al Barça. (Barcelona: Deu i Onze Edicions, 2011) [in Catalan]

 Cruijff, Johan; de Groot, Jaap: Johan Cruijff – Mijn voetbal: Handboek voor winnaars. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Nieuw Amsterdam, 2017) [in Dutch]
 Cruijff, Johan; de Groot, Jaap: Johan Cruijff – Mijn verhaal: De autobiografie. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Nieuw Amsterdam, 2018) [in Dutch]
 Cruyff, Johan: Mis futbolistas y yo. (Barcelona: Ediciones B, 1993)  [in Spanish]
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 Cruyff, Johan: Fútbol: Mi filosofía. (Barcelona: Ediciones B, 2012) [in Spanish]
 Cruyff, Johan; de Groot, Jaap: My Turn: The Autobiography. (London: Macmillan, October 2016)

 De Boer, Sytze: Het Amsterdam van Johan Cruijff. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Nieuw Amsterdam, 2018) [in Dutch]
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 Hiddema, Bert: Cruijff! De gouden jaren 1982–1996. (Amsterdam: Xander Uitgevers B.V., 2019) [in Dutch]
 Hilvoorde, I. van; Stokvis, R. (2013) 'Pythagoras in boots': Johan Cruijff and the Construction of Dutch National Identity, Sport in History, 33(4), 427–444
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 Kuper, Simon: Football Against the Enemy. (London: Orion Publishing Group, 1994)
 Kuper, Simon: Ajax, the Dutch, the War: Football in Europe during the Second World War. (London: Orion Publishing Group, 2003)
 Prieto, Javier Aranda: Hijos de Cruyff. (Sevilla: Editorial Samarcanda, 2019) [in Spanish]
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 Tanzilli, Fabrizio: Lo spazio della libertà. Da Michels a Guardiola, il viaggio dell'idea che ha rivoluzionato il calcio. (Roma: Ultra Edizioni, 2015) [in Italian]
 Van den Boogaard, A.: Het laatste seizoen: Het andere gezicht van Johan Cruijff. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Thomas Rap, 2018) [in Dutch]
 Verkamman, Matty; Visser, Jaap; Winkels, Edwin; Derksen, Johan: Johan Cruijff: De legende 1947–2016. (Rotterdam: Kick Uitgevers, 2016) [in Dutch]
 Wilson, Jonathan: Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics. (London: Orion Books, 2010)
 Wilson, Jonathan: The Barcelona Inheritance: The Evolution of Winning Soccer Tactics from Cruyff to Guardiola. (New York: Nation Books, 2018)
 Winkels, Edwin: Johan Cruijff in Barcelona: De mythe van de verlosser. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Brandt, 2016) [in Dutch]
 Winner, David: Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football. (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000)
 Winsemius, Pieter: Je gaat het pas zien als je het doorhebt. Over Cruijff en leiderschap. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Balans, 2004) [in Dutch]

Filmography
 Nummer 14 Johan Cruijff, 1973 Dutch documentary film by Cor Coster on the professional career of Johan Cruyff (90 min)
 , 1976 Italian-language documentary film directed by Sandro Ciotti (110 min)
 Johan Cruijff – En un momento dado, 2004 documentary by Ramon Gieling on the life of Johan Cruyff (90 min)
 Recorda, Míster: Johan Cruyff (Remember, Boss: Johan Cruyff in English), 2009 documentary by Barça TV
 Conexión Vintage – Johan Cruyff, 2013 documentary by RTVE
 , 2014 Catalan-language documentary directed by Jordi Marcos (70 min)
 Gràcies, Johan, 2016 documentary by TV3

Related pages
 FIFA Player of the Century

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