Name |
Johan Hendrikus Cruijff |
Born |
25 april 1947 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
Position |
Forward, Attacking Midfielder |
Caps |
48 (33 goals) |
Clubs |
Ajax, FC Barcelona, Los Angeles Aztecs, Washington Diplomats, Levante, Feyenoord
As a manager Johan Cruyff was active for Ajax and Barcelona |
Trophies |
Ajax
1x Intercontinental Cup (1972)
3x European Cup (1971, 1972, 1973)
2x European Super Cup (1972, 1973)
8x Dutch Championship (1966, '67, '68, '70, '72, '73, '82, '83)
4x Dutch Cup (1967, 1971, 1972, 1983)
Barcelona
1x Spanish Championship (1974)
1x Spanish Cup (1978)
Feyenoord
1x Dutch Championship (1984)
1x Dutch Cup (1984)
As a manager Johan Cruyff won the European Cup
(1992), the European Cup Winners Cup (1989), four Spanish Championships
(1991, '92, '93, '94), and the Spanish Cup (1992) with Barcelona, and
the European Cup Winners Cup (1987) and two Dutch Cups (1986, 1987) with
Ajax |
Honours |
3x European Footballer of the Year (1971, 1973, 1974)
1x IFFHS European Player of the Century
- Biography -
Johan Cruyff, or Cruijff as the name is actualy spelt, was the
star of the exciting 1974 Dutch "Total Football" World Cup team and the
Ajax Amsterdam team that won a hat-trick of European Cups in the early
Seventies. Three times European footballer of the year, Cruyff was the
most gifted European player of his generation, and probably of all time.
His supreme technical skills, speed and acceleration, and his tactical
insights made Cruyff virtually impossible to defend against. Wearing
his trademark Nr.14 jersey, he usually played the centre forward
position, but would often drop deep or move to the wing to confuse and
draw out his markers. The tremendous tactical insight he had displayed
as a player, enabled Cruyff to go on to become a world class coach after
hanging up his boots in 1984.
Johan Cruyff in action against Argentina during the 1974 World Cup
Building on the legacy of his mentor Rinus Michels, Cruyff proved
himself the most unrelenting apostle of attacking football in the
history of the game. Possession of the ball played a crucial part in his
football philosophy. Cruyff abhorred the overly physical game that was
dominant in the 1980's. He instructed his players not to go running
mindlessly up and down the pitch, but to concentrate on combination play
and let the ball do the work instead.
El Salvador: Johan Cruyff arguing with Spanish authorities
He began his coaching career at Ajax, but it was at Barcelona that his
revolutionary vision of a free flowing attacking style of football came
to real fruition when he assembled a team that included Michael
Laudrup, Hristo Stoichkov, Ronald Koeman and Josep Guardiola. Fondly
remembered by Catalonians as the 'Dream Team', they succeeded in winning
a host of domestic trophies as well as the 1992 European Cup.
- League Matches -
Season
|
Club
|
Country
|
Matches
|
Goals
|
1983 - 1984
|
Feyenoord
|
Holland
|
33
|
11
|
1982 - 1983
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
21
|
7
|
1981 - 1982
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
15
|
7
|
1981
|
Washington Diplomats
|
United States
|
5
|
2
|
1980 - 1981
|
Levante
|
Spain
|
10
|
2
|
1980
|
Washington Diplomats
|
United States
|
27
|
10
|
1979
|
Los Angeles Aztecs
|
United States
|
27
|
14
|
1977 - 1978
|
FC Barcelona
|
Spain
|
28
|
5
|
1976 - 1977
|
FC Barcelona
|
Spain
|
30
|
14
|
1975 - 1976
|
FC Barcelona
|
Spain
|
29
|
6
|
1974 - 1975
|
FC Barcelona
|
Spain
|
30
|
7
|
1973 - 1974
|
FC Barcelona
Ajax
|
Spain
Holland
|
26
2
|
16
3
|
1972 - 1973
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
26
|
16
|
1971 - 1972
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
32
|
25
|
1970 - 1971
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
25
|
21
|
1969 - 1970
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
33
|
23
|
1968 - 1969
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
29
|
24
|
1967 - 1968
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
33
|
27
|
1966 - 1967
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
30
|
33
|
1965 - 1966
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
19
|
16
|
1964 - 1965
|
Ajax
|
Holland
|
10
|
4
|
|
|
Total: |
520
|
293
|
|
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