Marco van Basten

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Marco van Basten
Personal information
Full name:	Marcel van Basten
Date of birth:	31 October 1964 (1964-10-31)
Place of birth:	Utrecht, Netherlands
Height:	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position:	Striker
Club information
Current club
Youth clubs
1970–1971 1971–1980 1980–1981	EDO UVV USV Elinkwijk
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1981–1987 1987–1995 Total	Ajax Milan	133 0(128) 147 0(90) 280 0(218)
National team
1981 1983–1992	Netherlands U21 Netherlands	15 00(13) 58 00(24)
Teams managed
2003–2004 2004–2008 2008–2009 2012–2014 2014 2014–2015 2015–2016	Jong Ajax Netherlands Ajax Heerenveen AZ AZ (assistant) Netherlands (assistant)

Marcel "Marco" van Basten (born 31 October 1964) is a Dutch football manager and retired professional player, who played for Ajax and AC Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team, as a striker. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he scored 300 goals in a high-profile career, but played his last match in 1993, at the age of 28, due to an injury which forced his retirement two years later. He was later the head coach of Ajax and the Netherlands national team.

Playing for the Netherlands, Van Basten won Euro 1988 where he was the player of the tournament, scoring five goals, including a memorable volley in the final against the Soviet Union. At club level he won three Eredivisie titles and the UEFA Cup Winners Cup with Ajax, and three Serie A titles and two European Cups with Milan.

Known for his strength on the ball, tactical awareness and spectacular strikes and volleys, Van Basten was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992, and European Footballer of the Year three times (1988, 1989 and 1992). In 1999, Van Basten was ranked sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll, tenth in the European player of the Century election held by the IFFHS, and he was voted twelfth in the IFFHS' World Player of the Century election. He was also voted eighth in a poll organised by the French magazine France Football consulting their former Ballon d'Or winners to elect the Football Player of the Century. In 2004, he was named by Pelé as one of the 125 greatest living footballers at a FIFA awards ceremony. In 2004, a nationwide poll in the Netherlands was held for the 100 greatest Dutch people (De Grootste Nederlander) and Van Basten was number 25, the second highest for a football player, behind Johan Cruyff. In 2007, Sky Sports ranked Van Basten first on its list of great athletes who had their careers cut short.

Honours

Player

AFC Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85
• KNVB Cup: 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1986–87

AC Milan

• Serie A: 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1988, 1992
• European Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90
• European Supercup: 1989, 1990
• Intercontinental Cup (2): 1989, 1990

Netherlands

• UEFA European Championship: 1988

External links

• Marco van Basten FIFA competition record
• Marco van Basten extensive profile at AC Milan Online

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Netherlands – UEFA Euro 1988

1. Van Breukelen 2. Van Tiggelen 3. Troost 4. R. Koeman 5. Winter 6. Van Aerle 7. Vanenburg 8. Mühren 9. Bosman 10. Gullit 11. Van 't Schip 12. Van Basten 13. E. Koeman 14. Kieft 15. Koevermans 16. Hiele 17. Rijkaard 18. Suvrijn 19. Krüzen 20. Wouters Manager:   Rinus Michels

Netherlands – 1990 FIFA World Cup

1. Van Breukelen 2. Van Aerle 3. Rijkaard 4. R. Koeman 5. Van Tiggelen 6. Wouters 7. E. Koeman 8. Vanenburg 9. Van Basten 10. Gullit 11. Witschge 12. Kieft 13. Rutjes 14. Van 't Schip 15. Roy 16. Hiele 17. Gillhaus 18. Fräser 19. Van Loen 20. Winter 21. Blind 22. Menzo Manager:   Leo Beenhakker

Netherlands – UEFA Euro 1992

1. Van Breukelen 2. Van Aerle 3. Van Tiggelen 4. Koeman 5. Blind 6. Wouters 7. Bergkamp 8. Rijkaard 9. Van Basten 10. Gullit 11. Van 't Schip 12. Kieft 13. Menzo 14. Rob Witschge 15. Winter 16. Bosz 17. F. De Boer 18. Jonk 19. Viscaal 20. Roy Manager:   Rinus Michels

Netherlands – 2006 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16

1. van der Sar 2. Jaliens 3. Boulahrouz 4. Mathijsen 5. van Bronckhorst 6. Landzaat 7. Kuyt 8. Cocu 9. van Nistelrooy 10. van der Vaart 11. Robben 12. Kromkamp 13. Ooijer 14. Heitinga 15. de Cler 16. Maduro 17. van Persie 18. van Bommel 19. Vennegoor of Hesselink 20. Sneijder 21. Babel 22. Timmer 23. Stekelenburg Manager:   Marco van Basten

Netherlands – UEFA Euro 2008

1. van der Sar 2. Ooijer 3. Heitinga 4. Mathijsen 5. van Bronckhorst 6. De Zeeuw 7. van Persie 8. Engelaar 9. van Nistelrooy 10. Sneijder 11. Robben 12. Melchiot 13. Timmer 14. Bouma 15. De Cler 16. Stekelenburg 17. De Jong 18. Kuyt 19. Huntelaar 20. Afellay 21. Boulahrouz 22. Vennegoor of Hesselink 23. van der Vaart Manager:   Marco van Basten

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