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Marco van Basten

Marco van Basten
Personal information
Full nameMarcel van Basten
Date of birth31 October 1964(age 48)
Place of birthUtrecht, Netherlands
Height1.88 m
Playing positionStriker

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Marcel "Marco" van Basten (-nlˈmɑrkoˑ vɑmˈbɑstə(n); 31 October 1964) is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played for AFC Ajax and A.C. Milan, as well as the Dutch national team, in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is regarded as one of the greatest forwards of all time and has scored 277 goals in a high-profile career, which ended in 1995 as a result of an injury suffered two years earlier.

He was later the head coach of AFC Ajax and the Dutch national team.

Known for his strength on the ball, his tactical awareness and spectacular strikes and volleys, van Basten was named European Footballer of the Year three times (1988, '89 and '92) and FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992. Van Basten was voted eighth in a poll organised by the French weekly magazine France Football consulting their former Ballon d'Or winners to elect the Football Player of the Century. In 2004, a nationwide poll was held for the 100 greatest Dutch people (De Grootste Nederlander) and van Basten was number 25, the second highest for a football player .

In March 2007, Sky Sports ranked van Basten first on its list of great athletes who had their careers cut short.

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Tribalfootball.com--The brace allowed Inzaghi to overcome -Marco Van Basten's- record, reaching 145 goals in a Milan jersey. “Overtaking Van Basten's record and we all know what ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:04:14 GMT+00:00
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Goal.com--Japan are eager to appoint a new coach in the coming weeks and -Van Basten- is supposedly sitting in pole position for the job. -Van Basten- has been out of ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:06:28 GMT+00:00
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Reuters Africa--Local media have linked former Dutch coach -Marco van Basten- and Spaniards Victor Fernandez and Ernesto Valverde with the job. "We hope to have the new coach ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:47:43 GMT+00:00
Dutch 'underdogs' ready for Brazilian challenge - AFP Tweet this news
AFP--Van Marwijk, who took over at the helm when -Marco van Basten- stepped down after Euro 2008, said that Brazil just did not believe they could be beaten. ... - Date : Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:46:22 GMT+00:00
World Cup 2010: England can beat Germany without penalties says Peter Schmeichel - Telegraph.co.uk Tweet this news
Telegraph.co.uk--I saved one from -Marco van Basten- to help Denmark win a shoot-out against Holland in the Euro 92 semi-final, but I'd decided which way I would go on the ... - Date : Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:46:45 GMT+00:00
Nicolas Anelka is my Marco van Basten, lauds Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti - Daily Mail Tweet this news
Daily Mail--By Sportsmail Reporter Carlo Ancelotti has compared Nicolas Anelka's style to the great Holland striker -Marco van Basten-. There is a debate raging in France ... - Date : Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:12:40 GMT+00:00
Bert van Marwijk is getting a tad nervous… - World Cup Blog (blog) Tweet this news
World Cup Blog (blog)--Ex team manager -Marco van Basten- has finally spoken about the Dutch chances in the World Cup. “I do believe Oranje is among the favorites, ... - Date : Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:23:57 GMT+00:00
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The News International--The 29-year-old former Feyenoord star has played in all of van Marwijk's 24 games in charge since the coach took over from -Marco van Basten- in the hotseat ... - Date : Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:30:48 GMT+00:00
Marco Van Basten Rules Out Milan Job - Goal.com Tweet this news
Goal.com---Marco van Basten- has killed off all possibilities of him becoming the new Milan coach, claiming he is "not ready" for the role. ... - Date : Tue, 11 May 2010 03:24:06 GMT+00:00
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Peace FM Online--It was -Marco van Basten- who told us in the last World Cup to create a stronger bond. “He said, 'If you and Rafael work closely together, you will both rise ... - Date : Sun, 06 Jun 2010 17:20:15 GMT+00:00

Club :
Club Season League League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1981 � 82 Ajax Eredivisie 1 1 1 0   -   -   -   - 2 1
1982 � 83 20 9 5 4   -   -   -   - 25 13
1983 � 84 26 28 4 1 2 0   -   - 32 29
1984 � 85 33 22 4 2 4 5   -   - 41 29
1985 � 86 26 37 1 0 2 0   -   - 29 37
1986 � 87 27 31 7 6 9 6   -   - 43 43
Total 133 128 22 13 17 11 - - 172 152
1987 � 88 Milan Serie A 11 3 5 5 3 0   -   - 19 8
1988 � 89 33 19 4 3 9 9 1 1 48 32
1989 � 90 26 19 4 1 9 4 1 0 40 24
1990 � 91 31 11 1 0 2 0 1 0 34 11
1991 � 92 31 25 7 4   -   -   -   - 38 29
1992 � 93 15 13 1 0 5 6 1 1 22 20
1993 � 94 0 0 0 0 0 0   -   - 0 0
1994 � 95 0 0 0 0 0 0   -   - 0 0
Total 147 90 22 13 28 19 4 2 201 124
Career totals 280 218 44 26 45 30 4 2 373 276

International :
1983 3 2
1984 3 0
1985 4 1
1986 4 2
1987 4 1
1988 9 5
1989 5 2
1990 11 8
1991 5 2
1992 10 1
Total 58 24

Manager :
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Netherlands July 2004 July 2008
Ajax July 2008 May 2009
Total

Netherlands squad UEFA Euro 1988 Winners (1st Title)

Van Breukelen, Van Tiggelen, Troost, R. Koeman, Winter, Van Aerle, Vanenburg, Mühren, Bosman, Gullit, Van 't Schip, Van Basten, E. Koeman, Kieft, Koevermans, Hiele, Rijkaard, Suvrijn, Krüzen, Wouters
Coach : Michels

Netherlands squad 1990 FIFA World Cup

Van Breukelen, Van Aerle, Rijkaard, R. Koeman, Van Tiggelen, Wouters, E. Koeman, Vanenburg, Van Basten, Gullit, Richard Witschge, Kieft, Rutjes, Van 't Schip, Roy, Hiele, Gillhaus, Fräser, Van Loen, Winter, Blind, Menzo
Coach : Beenhakker

Netherlands squad UEFA Euro 1992 semi-finalists

Van Breukelen, Van Aerle, Van Tiggelen, Koeman, Blind, Wouters, Bergkamp, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Gullit, Van 't Schip, Kieft, Menzo, Rob Witschge, Winter, Bosz, F. De Boer, Jonk, Viscaal, Roy
Coach : Michels

Netherlands squad 2006 FIFA World Cup

van der Sar, Jaliens, Boulahrouz, Mathijsen, van Bronckhorst, Landzaat, Kuyt, Cocu, van Nistelrooy, van der Vaart, Robben, Kromkamp, Ooijer, Heitinga, de Cler, Maduro, van Persie, van Bommel, Vennegoor of Hesselink, Sneijder, Babel, Timmer, Stekelenburg
Coach : van Basten

Netherlands squad UEFA Euro 2008

van der Sar, Ooijer, Heitinga, Mathijsen, van Bronckhorst, De Zeeuw, van Persie, Engelaar, van Nistelrooy, Sneijder, Robben, Melchiot, Timmer, Bouma, De Cler, Stekelenburg, De Jong, Kuyt, Huntelaar, Afellay, Boulahrouz, Vennegoor of Hesselink, van der Vaart
Coach : van Basten

Ballon d'Or

1956: Matthews * 1957: di Stéfano * 1958: Kopa * 1959: di Stéfano * 1960: Suárez * 1961: Sívori * 1962: Masopust * 1963: Yashin * 1964: Law * 1965: Eusébio * 1966: Charlton * 1967: Albert * 1968: Best * 1969: Rivera * 1970: Müller * 1971: Cruyff * 1972: Beckenbauer * 1973: Cruyff * 1974: Cruyff * 1975: Blokhin * 1976: Beckenbauer * 1977: Simonsen * 1978: Keegan * 1979: Keegan * 1980: Rummenigge * 1981: Rummenigge * 1982: Rossi * 1983: Platini * 1984: Platini * 1985: Platini * 1986: Belanov * 1987: Gullit * 1988: van Basten * 1989: van Basten * 1990: Matthäus * 1991: Papin * 1992: van Basten * 1993: Baggio * 1994: Stoichkov * 1995: Weah * 1996: Sammer * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Zidane * 1999: Rivaldo * 2000: Figo * 2001: Owen * 2002: Ronaldo * 2003: Nedvěd * 2004: Shevchenko * 2005: Ronaldinho * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Kaká * 2008: C. Ronaldo * 2009: Messi

FIFA World Player of the Year

1991: Matthäus * 1992: van Basten * 1993: Baggio * 1994: Romário * 1995: Weah * 1996: Ronaldo * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Zidane * 1999: Rivaldo * 2000: Zidane * 2001: Figo * 2002: Ronaldo * 2003: Zidane * 2004: Ronaldinho * 2005: Ronaldinho * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Kaká * 2008: C. Ronaldo * 2009: Messi

FIFA 100

UEFABaggio * Ballack * Banks * Baresi * Beckenbauer * Beckham * Bergkamp * Bergomi * Best * Boniek * Boniperti * Breitner * Buffon * Butragueño * Cantona * Ceulemans * Charlton * Cruyff * Dalglish * Dasayev * Davids * Del Piero * Desailly * Deschamps * Emre * Eusébio * Facchetti * Figo * Fontaine * Gullit * Hagi * Henry * Kahn * Keane * Keegan * Klinsmann * Kluivert * Kopa * B. Laudrup * M. Laudrup * Lineker * Luis Enrique * Maier * Maldini * Masopust * Matthäus * Müller * Nedvěd * Neeskens * Nesta * Owen * Papin * Pfaff * Pirès * Platini * Puskás * Raúl * Rensenbrink * Rijkaard * Rivera * Rossi * Rui Costa * Rummenigge * Rüştü * Schmeichel * Seedorf * Seeler * Shearer * Shevchenko * Stoichkov * Šuker * Thuram * Totti * Trésor * Trezeguet * van Basten * R. van de Kerkhof * W. van de Kerkhof * Van der Elst * van Nistelrooy * Vieira * Vieri * Zidane * Zoff
CONMEBOLCarlos Alberto * Batistuta * Cafu * Crespo * Cubillas * di Stéfano * Falcão * Figueroa * Francescoli * Júnior * Kempes * Maradona * Passarella * Pelé * Rivaldo * Rivelino * Roberto Carlos * Romário * Romerito * Ronaldinho * Ronaldo * Djalma Santos * Nílton Santos * Saviola * Sívori * Sócrates * Valderrama * Verón * Zamorano * Zanetti * Zico
CAFDiouf * Milla * Okocha * Abédi Pelé * Weah
CONCACAFAkers * Hamm * Sánchez
AFCHong * Nakata

Eredivisie top scorers

1957: Dillen * 1958: Canjels * 1959: Canjels * 1960: Groot * 1961: Groot * 1962: Tol * 1963: Kerkhoffs * 1964: Geurtsen * 1965: Geurtsen * 1966: Van der Kuijlen/Kruiver * 1967: Cruijff * 1968: Kindvall * 1969: Van Dijk/Kindvall * 1970: Van der Kuijlen * 1971: Kindvall * 1972: Cruijff * 1973: Janssens/Brokamp * 1974: Van der Kuijlen * 1975: Geels * 1976: Geels * 1977: Geels * 1978: Geels * 1979: Kist * 1980: Kist * 1981: Geels * 1982: Kieft * 1983: Houtman * 1984: Van Basten * 1985: Van Basten * 1986: Van Basten * 1987: Van Basten * 1988: Kieft * 1989: Romário * 1990: Romário * 1991: Romário/Bergkamp * 1992: Bergkamp * 1993: Bergkamp * 1994: Litmanen * 1995: Ronaldo * 1996: Nilis * 1997: Nilis * 1998: Machlas * 1999: Van Nistelrooy * 2000: Van Nistelrooy * 2001: Kežman * 2002: Van Hooijdonk * 2003: Kežman * 2004: Kežman * 2005: Kuyt * 2006: Huntelaar * 2007: Alves * 2008: Huntelaar * 2009: El Hamdaoui * 2010: Suárez

Dutch Footballer of the Year

1984: Gullit * 1985: van Basten * 1986: Gullit * 1987: Koeman * 1988: Koeman * 1989: Romário * 1990: Wouters * 1991: Bergkamp * 1992: Bergkamp * 1993: Litmanen * 1994: Ronald de Boer * 1995: Nilis * 1996: Ronald de Boer * 1997: Stam * 1999: van Nistelrooy * 2000: van Nistelrooy * 2001: van Bommel * 2002: van Hooijdonk * 2003: Kežman * 2004: Maxwell * 2005: van Bommel * 2006: Kuyt * 2007: Alves * 2008: Heitinga * 2009: El Hamdaoui * 2010: Suárez

Serie A top scorers

1924: Schönfeld * 1925: Magnozzi * 1926: Hirzer * 1927: Powolny * 1928: Libonatti * 1929: Rossetti * 1930: Meazza * 1931: Volk * 1932: Petrone / Schiavio * 1933: Borel * 1934: Borel * 1935: Guaita * 1936 Meazza * 1937: Piola * 1938: Meazza * 1939: Boffi / Puricelli * 1940: Boffi * 1941: Puricelli * 1942: Boffi * 1943: Piola * 1946: Castigliano * 1947: V. Mazzola * 1948: Boniperti * 1949: Nyers * 1950: Nordahl * 1951: Nordahl * 1952: Hansen * 1953: Nordahl * 1954: Nordahl * 1955: Nordahl * 1956: Pivatelli * 1957: Da Costa * 1958: Charles * 1959: Angelillo * 1960: Sívori * 1961: Brighenti * 1962: Altafini / Milani * 1963: Nielsen / Manfredini * 1964: Nielsen * 1965: Orlando / S. Mazzola * 1966: Vinício * 1967: Riva * 1968: Prati * 1969: Riva * 1970: Riva * 1971: Boninsegna * 1972: Boninsegna * 1973: Pulici / Rivera / Savoldi * 1974: Chinaglia * 1975: Pulici * 1976: Pulici * 1977: Graziani * 1978: Rossi * 1979: Giordano * 1980: Bettega * 1981: Pruzzo * 1982: Pruzzo * 1983: Platini * 1984: Platini * 1985: Platini * 1986: Pruzzo * 1987: Virdis * 1988: Maradona * 1989: Serena * 1990: van Basten * 1991: Vialli * 1992: van Basten * 1993: Signori * 1994: Signori * 1995: Batistuta * 1996: Signori / Protti * 1997: Inzaghi * 1998: Bierhoff * 1999: Amoroso * 2000: Shevchenko * 2001: Crespo * 2002: Trezeguet / Hübner * 2003: Vieri * 2004: Shevchenko * 2005: Lucarelli * 2006: Toni * 2007: Totti * 2008: Del Piero * 2009: Ibrahimović * 2010: Di Natale

World Soccer Player of the Year

1982: Rossi * 1983: Zico * 1984: Platini * 1985: Platini * 1986: Maradona * 1987: Gullit * 1988: van Basten * 1989: Gullit
1990: Matthäus * 1991: Papin * 1992: van Basten * 1993: Baggio * 1994: Maldini * 1995: Vialli * 1996: Ronaldo * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Zidane * 1999: Rivaldo
2000: Figo * 2001: Owen * 2002: Ronaldo * 2003: Nedvěd * 2004: Ronaldinho * 2005: Ronaldinho * 2006: Cannavaro * 2007: Kaká * 2008: C. Ronaldo * 2009: Messi

UEFA Euro top scorers

1960: Galić / Heutte / Ivanov / Jerković / Metreveli / Ponedelnik * 1964: Bene / Novák / Pereda * 1968: Džajić * 1972: G.Müller * 1976: D.Müller * 1980: Allofs * 1984: Platini * 1988: van Basten * 1992: Bergkamp / Brolin / Larsen / Riedle * 1996: Shearer * 2000: Kluivert / Milošević * 2004: Baroš * 2008: Villa

Bravo Award|titlestyle=background:gold;|1978: Case * 1979: Birtles * 1980: Müller * 1981: Wark * 1982: Shaw * 1983: Bonini * 1984: Righetti * 1985: Butragueño * 1986: Butragueño * 1987: van Basten * 1988: Ohana * 1989: Maldini * 1990: Baggio * 1991: Prosinečki * 1992: Guardiola * 1993: Giggs * 1994: Panucci * 1995: Kluivert * 1996: Del Piero * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Ronaldo * 1999: Buffon * 2000: Casillas * 2001: Hargreaves * 2002: Metzelder * 2003: Rooney * 2004: C.Ronaldo * 2005: Robben * 2006: Fàbregas * 2007: Messi * 2008: Benzema * 2009: Agüero

1978: Case * 1979: Birtles * 1980: Müller * 1981: Wark * 1982: Shaw * 1983: Bonini * 1984: Righetti * 1985: Butragueño * 1986: Butragueño * 1987: van Basten * 1988: Ohana * 1989: Maldini * 1990: Baggio * 1991: Prosinečki * 1992: Guardiola * 1993: Giggs * 1994: Panucci * 1995: Kluivert * 1996: Del Piero * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Ronaldo * 1999: Buffon * 2000: Casillas * 2001: Hargreaves * 2002: Metzelder * 2003: Rooney * 2004: C.Ronaldo * 2005: Robben * 2006: Fàbregas * 2007: Messi * 2008: Benzema * 2009: Agüero



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