EL SAVADOR
El Savador whichs means The Saviour is a nickname for Johan
Cruyff called by Barcelona [Link] Dutch known for his skills and
agility as a player and revolutionize tactics as a coach.
EARLY LIFE
Hendrick Johannes “Johan” Cruijff was born on 25 April 1947 in
[Link] inspired to play football by his football-loving
father and older [Link] idolized the prolific Dutch
dribbler,Fass Wilkes.
CLUB CAREER
Cruyff discovered by Ajax youth coach Jany van der Veen,he
noticed Cruyff’s talent and decided to offer him a place at Ajax
outh [Link] joined the Ajax youth system on his tenth
[Link] made his first team debut on 15 November 1964
scoring the only goal for Ajax in 3-1 defeat against [Link]
established himself as a regular team in the 1965-66 [Link]
carees with Ajax was astonishing as The Dutch won eight Eredivisie
titles, five KNVB Cup,3 European Cup,one UEFA Super CUP,one
Intertoto cup,and 1 Intercontinental [Link] won 2 Ballon d’Or
with Ajax.
In mid-1973,Cruyff was sold to Barcelona for 6 million [Link]
that time Cruyff was the most expensive player in the [Link]
became the main star at Barcelona as he help the club won the La
Liga title for the first time since [Link] scored one of his most
famous goal with Barcelona, “The Phantom Goal”.In
1978,Barcelona defeated Las Palmas 3-1,to win the Copa Del Rey.
Cruyff nearly retired in [Link] after losing most of his money he
dicided to become a footballer again and he thought that it was to
young for his age to retire at 31 with the unique talent I
[Link] the age of 32,Cruyff signed a deal with the Los
Angeles Aztecs of the North American Soccer League(NASL).He
stayed at the Aztecs for only one season, and was voted NASL
Player of The [Link] Following season he move to play for
Washington Diplomats.
In January 1981 Cruyff signed for Spansh Segunda Division side
[Link] only made ten appearances,scoring two goals and
failed to carry Levante to the first division.
Cruyff rejoined with Ajax on 30 November [Link] helped Ajax
to become league champions twice in a row In the 1981-82 and
1982-83 [Link] 1982-83,Ajax won the KNVB Cup.
Ajax decided not to offer Cruyff a new [Link] made Cruyff
angry with that decision and he responded by signing Ajax’s rival
[Link] won Eredivise and two KNVB Cup with
[Link] his relatively advanced age,Cruyff played all
league matches at that season except for [Link] was voted as
Dutch Footballer of the Year because of his awesome performance
on the [Link] announced his final retirement at the end of the
[Link] played his last game against Al-Ahli carried out one
goal and assist.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER
As a Dutch internatonal,Cruyff played 48 matches and scoring 33
[Link] national team never lost a match in which Cruyff
[Link] made his debut for the Netherlands in the UEFA Euro
1968 qualifier againt [Link] led Netherlands to a runners-
up medal in the 1974 World Cup and was named player of the
[Link] retired from international Football in October
1977
AS A MANAGER
Cruyff was one of the best manager at his era as he carried Ajax to
win KNVB Cup twice and an UEFA CUP WINNERS’[Link] trusted
by Barcelona to manage the team and he manage to win four La
Liga,One Copa del Rey:1989-90,Three Supercopa de Espana,one
UEFA Champions League,one UEFA Cup Winners’Cup,and one
UEFA Super Cup.
DEATH
Cruyff died at the age of 68 ,on the morning 24 March 2016 after
fighting a long battle with lung cancer.
CRUYFF WITH THE NETHERLANDS NATIONAL TEAM AFTER BEATING ARGENTINA 4-0