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.
Career statistics
Club
International
Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van Basten goal.
Managerial statistics
International matches
Matches as manager
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 Pais 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
Planete Foot World All-Time Team: 1996
Planete Foot's 50 of the World's Best Players: 1996
Venerdi'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 Pele): 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
Notes
References
Other websites
Marco van Basten extensive profile at AC Milan Online
Marco van Basten dedicated fanpage
1964 births
Living people
Dutch footballers
Association football forwards
A.C. Milan players
1990 FIFA World Cup players
Dutch football managers
AZ Alkmaar managers
Eredivisie managers
People from Utrecht (city)
Ballon d'Or winners
Jong Ajax managers