Johan Cruyff was born in the Civil Hospital at the Amsterdam Linnaeusstraat on Friday, april 25th, 1947. He was the second son of Cornelis Hermanus Cruijff and Petronella Bernarda Draaijer, which they named him to the grandfather on their mother’s side; Hendrik Johannes Draaijer. Cruyff grew up with his older brother Henny half years in the Akkerstraat in the district Betondorp, a stone’s throw from the former Ajax stadium De Meer. Father Manus and mother Nel both came from Jordan and were after the war began a greengrocer named Cruyff Potatoes Trade.
On July 8, 1959 died Johan’s father Manus, and the store was closed and mother Nel as a housekeeper at Ajax coach Vic Buckingham went to work. Ajax offered family-Cruyff also result in future be paid by Nel for her work at the club, where she had previously worked on a voluntary basis. After the completion of primary school Johan Cruyff went to Frankendaal-Ulo, but that was not successful. Johan stayed twice down and left after a few years without a diploma school
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Johan Cruyff Photo: Dutch Height From the age of six trained Cruyff already at Ajax after which he became an official member in its tenth year. As a youth coach Jany van der Veen had seen him regularly Betondorp play and liked him well enough, he did not play a tasting competition. Between 1957 and 1963 he attended the academy of Ajax, where he signed his first professional contract in 1963 that his four years at the club league. After teammate Piet Keizer, he became the second full professor in the Netherlands. On November 15, 1964 Cruyff made his official debut in Ajax’s first team, which was led by coach Vic Buckingham. Cruyff made the 3-1 lost away game at GVAV the only goal of the Amsterdammers.
On May 15, 1966 Cruyff celebrated his first league title with Ajax, while with 33 goals a year later contributed to the record score of 122 hits. Some Ajax again providing the title and then never again surpassed in the league. Moreover, for the first time Ajax won the double that year, in the final of the KNVB Cup defeat NAC Breda 2-1. Its share in both the championship and the cup made sure also that Cruyff was voted in 1967 Dutch Footballer of the Year. On September 7, 1966 Cruyff made his debut with a goal for the Dutch national team in the European Championship qualifying match (2-2) against Hungary, while he was already in his second international match – out in Czechoslovakia – the field was sent. He was the first Orange International which that happened.
During this time, Cruijff took one of the first footballers an agent in the arm. Cor Coster, at that time his future father went his interests and thus brought a change in the world of football produced as sports administrators hitherto accustomed that they drew up the terms of the contract and that players have to sign only. In the early seventies, when the players’ salaries took a flight, Coster promised himself that he was going to make sure that Cruyff would be his football qualities millionaire. At the wedding of teammate Piet Keizer (on June 13, 1967) Cruyff Danny met his future wife, whom he married on December 2, 1968. Chantal, Susila and Jordi got yourself three children
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Johan Cruyff Photo: Dutch Height In 1968, Cruyff was with Ajax for the third consecutive title with the result that the club in season 1968/1969 should participate in the European Cup 1, where AC Milan in the final 4-1 with a size too large for the Amsterdammers. End of 1970 Cruyff played against PSV for the first time with his characteristic shirt number 14. Origin of this is the missing shirt with number 7 Gerrie Mühren, after Cruyff (just back from injury) found that Mühren his shirt with number 9, but had to. Ajax won 1-0 at PSV and from superstition Cruyff took the week after re number 14.
On June 2, 1971 Cruyff won the first European Cup with Ajax 1. At Wembley Ajax were 2-0 too strong for the Greek Panathinaikos. It was the beginning of three successful European campaigns of Ajax. In 1972 Ajax won 2-0 at De Kuip with Internazionale, where Cruyff to create a leading role for itself claimed both goals. A year later completed the Amsterdammers beat the trilogy by Juventus 1-0. Earlier that season, Ajax also won the World Cup, about two matches was 4-1 too strong for Argentina’s Independiente. After this double confrontation Cruyff was the new captain of Ajax, when he took over the band of Piet Keizer. In 1971, Cruyff was named both Dutch and European Footballer of the Year
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The legendary number 14, Johan Cruyff Photo: Holland height in preparation for the 1973/1974 season was in the Ajax training camp in De Lutte held a vote on whether Cruyff leader should stay or not. With three votes against and thirteen promised the players confidence in Cruyff and Keizer regained the captaincy. Cruyff saw the decision of his teammates as a vote of no confidence and took a month later to Barcelona district. The transfer did both Ajax and Cruyff three million guilders, which he most expensive footballer could call all time.
Barcelona Cruyff was reunited with Rinus Michels, which from 1965 to 1971 his trainer has been with Ajax . on October 28, 1973 the Dutchman against Granada made his official debut for the Catalans, with which he became the champion of Spain in his debut season. It was the first league title for Barcelona in fourteen years. The performance of Cruyff in Barcelona made him both in 1973 and in 1974 was named European footballer of the year.
Despite the national and international successes achieved Cruyff at Ajax, he missed with the Dutch national team to the World Cup in 1970 and the European Championship in 1972. Only present again on a final round Netherlands was in 1974, where Cruyff with Orange to the World Cup finals in West Germany reached. Cruyff scored in the group stage twice in the 4-0 match against Argentina, and was also its toughest match against Brazil (2-0 win) accurately, in which Orange qualified for the final. That earned Cruyff in the first minute penalty which was scored by Johan Neeskens, but grabbed Orange by a 2-1 defeat in the end next world gold. However, Cruyff was voted player of the tournament and was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau
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Franz Beckenbauer and Cruyff during the World Cup final 1974 Photo: EPA The 1976 European Championship was for Cruyff on a deception. The attacker gave up in the semifinals Czechoslovakia a yellow card because he had already been in the qualifying round for the European Championship, his tournament was over, and he missed after the lost semi-final battle for third place, which Orange yet yielding bronze. On October 26, 1977 Belgium Cruyff played his last international match. During an edition of the Dutch Open in the mid 70s Cruyff was first introduced to golf. Afterwards, he was regularly found on several golf courses. Traditionally, he took with Maarten Lafeber annually in major golf tournaments such as the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and the KLM Open. According to the official NGF Handicap registration Cruyff had a handicap 35.3 in 2006.
In 1978, Cruyff decided to end his active career. With a 3-1 victory over Ajax, he took on May 27 of that year leave of the Catalan public. On November 7, 1978 was also organized a farewell match with Ajax, which by no means ended in a festive day. Ajax wanted to make a nice evening, but was surprised by the concentrated combativeness of opponents Bayern Munich. After the 0-8 of Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Cruyff left the field for Ray Clarke. After his active years in Barcelona Cruyff stepped into a business venture in Spain, but it turned out to be a fiasco. Business partner Michel Basilevich appeared to have power diverted and left Cruyff left with a debt of six million guilders.
Cruyff saw by this failed adventure forced to pick up his football again and in 1979 he made his debut for the US Los Angeles Aztecs, where he signed a lucrative one-year contract. On the West Coast Cruyff was reunited with Michels and struck the other Dutch Thomas Rongen, Huub Smeets, Wim Suurbier and Leo van Veen. Despite his election as the most valuable player of the league continued his stay in Los Angeles to a season limited. He also played one season with the Washington Diplomats, where he was teammate Wim Jansen
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Johan Cruyff as coach of Barcelona with its distinctive lollipop photo: Dutch Height After his American adventure Cruyff went anyhow in the fall of 1980 with Ajax, where the end of November he was appointed technical adviser of coach Leo Beenhakker. Less than a week later, he caused a sensation by coming off during a match against FC Twente in a 1-3 backwardness of the stand and sit in the dugout beside the bewildered Beenhakker. Ajax then won still 5-3. Besides his work with Ajax, Cruyff also played in four friendly matches in January 1981 as a guest player for DS’79. A month later Cruyff signed with the Spanish Levante, currently playing in the Spanish second division. A disappointing period in which Cruyff also not go was because of loss of form and injuries than ten matches and scored two goals. From June 1981 Cruyff is again running for the US Washington Diplomats, where he played half a year.
In December 1981 made Cruyff in the Harlem Meer against his comeback in the shirt of Ajax. Cruyff got the audience on the banks via a subtle lob draw at 1-0. The return of Cruyff gave the league title in the spring of 1982. In December of that year Cruyff made waves again, by working with Jesper Olsen against Helmond Sport to exploit a penalty in half. Ajax decided the 1982/1983 season with the double, after Cruyff made a sensational transfer. The board of Ajax Cruyff wanted because of his age his entire salary non-payment, after El Salvador agent Coster ordered to initiate a move to Feyenoord
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Johan Cruyff in 2014 in the Amsterdam ArenA Photo: Dutch Height Initially, Feyenoord supporters had some difficulty with the arrival of Cruyff, but it quickly disappeared. Despite a 8-2 defeat at the Olympic Stadium against Ajax Cruyff took sportive revenge on the Amsterdammers by the league title and to win the KNVB Cup. At the age of 37 Cruyff was elected in his final season for the fifth time in Dutch Footballer of the Year. On May 13, 1984 Cruyff was sent off with a symbolic red card by referee Severein of the field. Because Cruyff played his last official match of his career against PEC Zwolle, the main stand of the stadium was Oosterenk (now demolished) Johan Cruyff-stand baptized. Together with then chairman Marten Eibrink Cruijff hit the near post.
After his active career, Cruyff was technical advisor during the season 1984/1985 short time at Roda JC, but returned in 1985 back to Ajax. On June 6, he joined as technical director, after which he midseason – was officially dispensation of the KNVB to train the first team – without the required qualifications. In his first season he won the KNVB Cup directly, while the federal administration of the KNVB him on July 1, 1987 the license ‘coach professional football “gave for his services to Dutch football. But left in the period key players like Marco van Basten and Frank Rijkaard sonny silooy (whom Cruyff was in conflict). The purchases Cruyff did to departing to catch grabbed not look good, which makes the disappointing results. Because the coach after extra got an offer for a year while he wanted to sign for two years, he resigned in early January 1988.
Shortly after Cruyff started working as a coach at Barcelona, where he club president Josep Lluis Nuñez got the freedom to build his own team. The duo wanted to contract the best players from home and abroad, together with talents from their own childhood. The team Cruyff formed needed a playing style that was derived from the total football, where Cruyff in the 70s with Orange had conquered to the world. After several seasons playing style began to pay off, culminating in the European Cup won first at Wembley, where Barcelona defeated by a goal by Ronald Koeman Sampdoria 1-0. In 1989, the Catalans won the European Cup II and from 1991 to 1994, the team has four consecutive times champion of Spain. With eleven awards in total Cruyff became the most successful coach in the history of the club, a record that only in 2011 was broken by Pep Guardiola.
On May 18, 1994 underwent Cruyff so-called Dream Team a humiliation in the final of the Champions League. AC Milan was 4-0 too strong. Barcelona held after the departure of stalwarts like Ronald Koeman, Michael Laudrup, Romario and Hristo Stoichkov significant loss of quality. Two years later – on May 18, 1996, the day before the last league match against Celta Vigo – exploded the bomb, then came out Bobby Robson was contracted as new coach. Cruyff became outraged when he saw that Barcelona had forced and eventually fired a snap
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Johan Cruyff in clash with Argentina Photo: Dutch Height on January 26, 1991 Cruyff was on a walk with his wife suffered from his heart. Initially it was feared to have a slight heart attack, but an examination in the hospital he was found suffering from arteriosclerosis. To remedy this, he underwent urgent bypass surgery. Also gave the former Barcelona coach the doctors advised to stop smoking. During his active career Cruyff had in the field of food and drink act as an exemplary professional, but the temptation of smoking, he could never resist. From the time of the doctor’s advice to quit smoking Cruyff exchanged his cigarette for a Chupa Chups-lolly, where he regularly sucking sat in the dugout.
After his active career Cruyff began to more committed to social initiatives and he decided to set up a number of social institutions. So did include the Johan Cruyff Institute, the Johan Cruyff College, the Johan Cruyff University and the Johan Cruyff Foundation was born. In 1996 covenant Cruyff its name from the traditional opening match of the season between the champions and the cup winners. The winner wins since the Johan Cruijff Shield. In April 2002, Cruijff was promoted to Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau and since 2003, during the annual Player of the Year gala the Johan Cruijff Award presented to the talent of the year. On April 19, 2007 on the occasion of Cruyff’s 60th anniversary announced that Ajax shirt number 14 from circulation rose in tribute to Dutch greatest footballer of all time.
In February 2008 suddenly honorary Cruyff moved after years of absence at the meeting Ajax, which discussed the findings of the report of the committee Coronel. Cruyff was subsequently involved in choosing the best organization, but after two weeks he explained his duties already down because his views did not correspond to those of the new head coach Marco van Basten
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Johan Cruyff Photo: Holland height In september 2009 Cruijff was polled by the Catalan Football Association to coach the landscape of Catalonia, where he obeyed and was appointed on 2 November. Besides his job as coach he was other work for the union. Cruyff made his debut as coach on December 22, 2009 against Argentina with a 4-2 win at Camp Nou. Also against Honduras (4-0 win), Tunisia (0-0) and Nigeria (1-1) Cruijff was the final responsibility in the bank, after which he announced his retirement. In March 2010 Cruyff was appointed honorary president of Barcelona, but three months later he gave that title again in as the new club president Sandro Rosell found that the decision to appoint him honorary president had been established on a non-statutory manner.
As of september 20, 2010 Cruyff began to express through his columns in the Guardian strong criticism of the game of Ajax, and he got more and more support from the fans. He called for action, Ajax and wild during the general meeting on 14 December to allow the eight vacant places in the council of members taking by former football players, because dissatisfaction were no persons with a football background. The Cruyff action – which many former Ajax players came forward – became known as the Velvet Revolution. After the general meeting, seven of the eight ex-footballers who are available in the new Member Council had made, were chosen.
On February 10, 2011 also Cruyff turned himself back at Ajax when he was added to the Sounding Board technical matters. In this role, he presented as chairman of the advisory body in March a report that he wanted to bring Ajax to the top. In Cruyff’s Ajax eyes had to be led again by former football players like Dennis Bergkamp and Wim Jonk. Cruyff himself was a candidate for the Supervisory Board, after which he took after the approval of the general meeting on June 6 hearing. In late 2011 Cruyff came into conflict with his fellow commissioners, after the appointment of Tschen La Ling as the new general manager of Ajax was blocked.
Once without Cruyff’s knowledge the other four commissioners Louis van Gaal aanstelden as new CEO he filed a lawsuit against the Ajax NV and his four fellow commissioners. In December 2011 the court decided initially to the detriment of Cruyff by approving the appointment of Van Gaal, but suspended the appointment anyway to gauge the confidence of the Ajax shareholders in the Supervisory Board. Against this judgment the Ajax NV went and the four commissioners appealed, but the procedure was lost in court. Cruyff took his equal, which led to decided to switch to the full Supervisory Board. On April 13 2012 Cruyff also resigned, but he continued as a consultant still concerned afterwards. The end of 2015 it was still a rift and Cruyff retired as a consultant at Ajax because his opinions were not followed properly.
In October 2015 Cruijff was diagnosed with lung cancer. A month before his death expressed Cruyff still positive about his prospects of overcoming the disease: ,, I have the feeling that I advocate 2-0 in the first half of a game that has not yet ended. I’m sure I will win. “Earlier this month he sought Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen still in his squad in Barcelona, where he looked vital. On March 24, 2016 Johan Cruyff died of his illness.
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