UJohan Cruyff

**UHendrik Johannes Cruijff** (25 April 1947 - 24 March 2016), owaziwa emhlabeni wonke ngokuthi **UJohan Cruyff** (  -Dutch: [ˈjoːɦɑŋ ˈkrœyf] i), wayengumdlali ibhola likanobhutshuzwayo waseDashi futhi engumphathi.  Ubhekwa njengomunye wabadlali abakhulu emlandweni futhi njengomdlali webhola likanobhutshuzwayo waseDashi omkhulu kunabo bonke, wanqoba i-Ballon d'Or izikhathi ezintathu, ngo-1971, 1973, no-1974.  UCruyff wayengumsekeli wefilosofi yebhola likanobhutshuzwayo eyaziwa ngokuthi yi-Total Football eyasungulwa ngURinus Michels, uCruyff futhi ayiqasha njengomphathi.  yalokho akufezile njengomphathi, ubhekwa njengomunye wabaphathi abakhulu kunabo bonke.

Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1970, Ibhola likanobhutshuzwayo lamaDashi lakhula lisuka ezingeni eliyingqayizivele futhi elingaqondakali laba yisikhungo esinamandla emdlalweni. UCruyff wahola INetherlands emdlalweni wokugcina weNdebe Yomhlaba ye-FIFA ka-1974 ngamagoli amathathu nama-assist amathathu; wathola i-Golden Ball njengomdlali womncintiswano.

Ngemva ko okwesithathu ku-I-UEFA Euro 1976, uCruyff wenqaba ukudlala ku-FIFA World Cup ka-1978 ngemuva kokuzama ukuthunjwa kwakhe nomndeni wakhe ekhaya labo IBarcelona okwamvimbela ukuba angayi ebhola. Ezindaweni zamaqembu, uCruyff waqala umsebenzi wakhe e-I-Ajax, lapho anqoba khona iziqu eziyisishiyagalombili ze-Eredivisie, izingoma ezintathu ze-European Cup, kanye nengoma eyodwa ye-Intercontinental Cup, lapho anikeza khona ama-assist amabili emdlalweni wokugcina. Emidlalweni engu-329 ye-Ajax, wafaka imigomo engu-257 futhi wanikeza ama-assist angaphezu kuka-170. 

Ngo-1973, wathuthela IBarcelona ukuze athole Imali yokudlulisa irekhodi lomhlaba, wasiza iqembu ukuba linqobe i-La Liga ngenkathi yakhe yokuqala futhi liwine i-Ballon d'Or. Emidlalweni engu-180 esemthethweni yeBarcelona, wafaka imigomo engu-60 futhi wanikeza ama-assist angu-83. Ngemva kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ekudlaleni ngo-1984, uCruyff waphumelela kakhulu njengomphathi we-Ajax futhi kamuva weBarcelona; wahlala engumeluleki kuwo womabili amaqembu ngemuva kokuphishekela kwakhe. Indodana yakhe UJordi nayo yadlala ibhola likanobhutshuzwayo njenge-professional yeBarcelona.

Ngo-1999, uCruyff wakhethwa njengoMdlali Wamakhulu WaseYurophu okhethweni olwalwenziwa yI-International Federation of Football History &amp;amp; Statistics, futhi waba ngowesibili ngemuva kukaPelé ekuhloleni kwabo Komdlali Weminyaka Eyikhulu Womhlaba. Waf okwesithathu ekuvoteni okuhlelwe umagazini waseFrance i-France Football exhumana nabawinile be-Ballon d'Or ukuze akhethe umdlali wabo webhola likanobhutshuzwayo wekhulu leminyaka. Wafakwa eqenjini lomhlaba lekhulu lama- ngo-1998, eqenjini le-FIFA World Cup Dream Team ngo-2002, futhi ngo-2004 waqokwa ohlwini lwe-I-FIFA 100 lwabadlali abaphilayo abakhulu emhlabeni.

Umthelela omkhulu u-Cruyff aba nawo ebholeni lomhlaba kanye nefilosofi yezemidlalo njengomdlali nomphathi kwabeka isisekelo sempumelelo yamaqembu akhe i-Ajax ne-Barcelona, ​​​​ngezinjongo azibekela yona enkundleni nasemgqeni wokuthinta. Waba nezinkinga zomdlavuza wamaphaphu ngenxa yokubhema kwakhe kakhulu, wafa ngo-March 2016 eneminyaka engu-69. Ngaphandle kwebhola, wayaziwa ngamazwi akhe okudumisa, okuthiwa "Cruyffjans" kanye nokubuyekezwa kwakhe kwamaqembu kanye nemigomo yebhola.