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—Cruyff in a documentary on TV3 channel (2015). Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruyff was born on 25 April 1947 in the Burgerziekenhuis Hospital in Amsterdam. He grew up on a street five minutes away from Ajax's stadium, his first football club. Johan was the second son of Hermanus Cornelis Cruijff (1913–1959) and Petronella Bernarda Draaijer (1917–2007), from a humble, working-class ...
Nov 7, 2022 · BBC Sport. In the fourth of our World Cup icons series, BBC Sport tells the story of how Johan Cruyff and the Netherlands' Total Football captured the world's imagination in 1974. It was a summer ...
May 27, 2024 · Johan Cruyff (born April 25, 1947, Amsterdam, Netherlands—died March 24, 2016, Barcelona, Spain) was a Dutch football (soccer) forward renowned for his imaginative playmaking. He won numerous honours, including European Footballer of the Year (1971, 1973, and 1974). Cruyff joined the youth development squad of Amsterdam’s Ajax soccer club when he was 10 years old.
Mar 24, 2016 · By Andrew Das. March 24, 2016. Johan Cruyff, a brash Dutch soccer star who helped develop a style that revolutionized the way the game is played, becoming the Netherlands’ greatest player and ...
Mar 24, 2016 · Johan Cruyff, who has died aged 68, wasn’t merely the best footballer of the 1970s, he also reinvented football. It was as if he was the lightbulb and Thomas Edison in one. “Football is a game ...
Mar 24, 2016 · Johan Cruyff has died at the age of 68. Cruyff, an innovative and stylish player and coach with Ajax and Barcelona, had been diagnosed with cancer in October. A statement on his personal website ...
Mar 25, 2016 · Johan Cruyff, who has died at the age of 68, was one of football's greatest and most significant figures. The proof lies in two phrases with which he will always be synonymous. One is "Total ...
Mar 24, 2016 · Football legend Johan Cruyff has died at the age of 68, six months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. The Dutch star "died peacefully in Barcelona, surrounded by his family", a statement on ...
Mar 24, 2016 · A study even proved that more than two billion people know the name of Johan Cruyff – the other Dutch master, born on 25 April 1947 in Amsterdam. A phenomenon as a player and as a coach ...
Mar 24, 2016 · Tributes have been flooding in following the passing of Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff. Cruyff died, aged 68, in Barcelona, following a lengthy battle with lung cancer. One of the most iconic ...
