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.
Club career statistics
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|1964/65||rowspan="10"|Ajax||rowspan="10"|Eredivisie||10||4||0||0||0||0||10||4
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|1965/66||19||16||4||9||0||0||23||25
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|1966/67||30||33||5||5||6||3||41||41
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|1967/68||33||25||5||6||3||2||41||33
|-
|1968/69||29||24||3||3||10||6||42||33
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|1969/70||33||23||5||6||8||4||46||33
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|1970/71||25||21||6||5||6||1||37||27
|-
|1971/72||32||25||4||3||9||5||45||33
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|1972/73||26||16||0||0||6||3||32||19
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|1973/74||2||3||0||0||0||0||2||3
|-
|1973/74||rowspan="5"|Barcelona||rowspan="5"|La Liga||26||16||0||0||0||0||26||16
|-
|1974/75||30||7||0||0||8||0||38||7
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|1975/76||29||6||0||0||9||2||38||8
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|1976/77||30||14||0||0||7||5||37||19
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|1977/78||28||5||7||1||10||5||45||11
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|1979||Los Angeles Aztecs||NASL||27||16||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||16
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|1980||Washington Diplomats||NASL||27||10||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||27||10
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|1980/81||Levante||Segunda Division||10||2||0||0||0||0||10||2
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|1981||Washington Diplomats||NASL||5||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||5||2
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|1981/82||rowspan="2"|Ajax||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie||15||7||1||0||0||0||16||7
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|1982/83||21||7||7||2||2||0||30||9
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|1983/84||Feyenoord Rotterdam||Eredivisie||33||11||7||1||4||1||44||13
308||215||48||40||54||25||410||280
153||50||7||1||34||12||184||63
59||28||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||59||28
520||293||55||41||88||37||663||371
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International career statistics
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|1966||2||1
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|1967||3||1
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|1968||1||0
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|1969||3||1
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|1970||2||2
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|1971||4||6
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|1972||5||5
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|1973||6||6
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|1974||12||8
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|1975||2||0
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|1976||4||2
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|1977||4||1
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!Total||48||33
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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
La Liga: 1973-74
Copa del Rey: 1977-78
Feyenoord
Eredivisie: 1983-84
KNVB Cup: 1983-84
International
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 Espana: 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
IOC European Footballer of the Season: 1970-71, 1972-73
Onze de Onze: 1977
Don Balon Award: 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
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
FourFourTwo 100 greatest footballers ever: #4 Four Four Two
IFFHS Legends
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 Balon 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
FourFourTwo 3rd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2020
France Football 4th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019
World Soccer 29th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013
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 significant 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.
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: Barca: 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 Maria: Cruyff, una vida por el Barca. (Barcelona: Ediciones B, 1973) [in Spanish]
Colmena, Daniel: De Cruyff a Guardiola, les claus d'un canvi triomfant al Barca. (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 futbol. (Barcelona: RBA Libros, 2002) [in Spanish]
Cruyff, Johan: Futbol: Mi filosofia. (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: Barca: 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 Barca: El Futbol Club Barcelona i Holanda, mes que una relacio. (Valls, Tarragona: Cossetania Edicions, 2007) [in Catalan]
Tanzilli, Fabrizio: Lo spazio della liberta. 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, Mister: Johan Cruyff (Remember, Boss: Johan Cruyff in English), 2009 documentary by Barca TV
Conexion Vintage - Johan Cruyff, 2013 documentary by RTVE
, 2014 Catalan-language documentary directed by Jordi Marcos (70 min)
Gracies, Johan, 2016 documentary by TV3
Related pages
FIFA Player of the Century
References
1947 births
2016 deaths
1974 FIFA World Cup players
Cancer deaths in Spain
Deaths from lung cancer
Disease-related deaths in Barcelona
Dutch football managers
Footballers from Amsterdam
Eredivisie managers
FC Barcelona managers
FC Barcelona players
Ballon d'Or winners
AFC Ajax managers
Association football forwards
Association football midfielders
Dutch atheists
Dutch businesspeople