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.

## Career statistics
### Club
### International
:''Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cruyff goal.''

## Managerial statistics
## Honours
### Player
**Ajax**
*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**
*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
*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 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.

## 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)
* Burns, Jimmy: ''Barça: A People's Passion*. (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011)
* Burns, Jimmy: *La Roja: How Soccer Conquered Spain and How Spanish Soccer Conquered the World*. (New York: Nation Books, 2012)
* 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]
* Cruyff, Johan: *Me gusta el fútbol*. (Barcelona: RBA Libros, 2002) [in Spanish]
* 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]
* Hiddema, Bert: *Cruijff! Van Jopie tot Johan*. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Luitingh-Sijthoff, 1996) [in Dutch]
* Hiddema, Bert: *¡El Cruijff!*. (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Luitingh-Sijthoff, 1997) [in Dutch]
* Hiddema, Bert: *Cruijff! De jonge jaren*. (Amsterdam: Xander Uitgevers B.V., 2018) [in Dutch]
* Hiddema, Bert: *Cruijff! De magere jaren 1973–1982*. (Amsterdam: Xander Uitgevers B.V., 2018) [in Dutch]
* 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
* Hunter, Graham: *Barça: The Making of the Greatest Team in the World*. (Glasgow: Backpage Press, 2012)
* Jensen, Ric (2014). ''Looking at the Extraordinary Success of the 'Clockwork Orange': Examining the Brilliance of Total Football Played by the Netherlands*. [Special Issue: *Heroes, Icons, Legends: Legacies of Great Men in World Soccer*] (*Soccer & Society*, Volume 15, Issue 5, 2014)
* 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]
* Richards, Ted: *Soccer and Philosophy: Beautiful Thoughts on the Beautiful Game (Popular Culture and Philosophy)*. (Chicago & La Salle, IL: Open Court Publishing, 2010)
* Riera, Josep; Roca, Miquel: *Van Barça: El Futbol Club Barcelona i Holanda, més que una relació*. (Valls, Tarragona: Cossetània Edicions, 2007)  [in Catalan]
* 
* 
* 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&nbsp;min)
* **, 1976 Italian-language documentary film directed by Sandro Ciotti (110&nbsp;min)
* *Johan Cruijff – En un momento dado*, 2004 documentary by Ramon Gieling on the life of Johan Cruyff (90&nbsp;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&nbsp;min)
* *Gràcies, Johan*, 2016 documentary by *TV3''

## Related pages
* FIFA Player of the Century

## References