Marco van Basten

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 (retired)
Youth clubs
1981-1982	Ajax
Senior clubs
Years	Club
1982-1987 1987-1993	Ajax Milan
National team
1983-1992	Netherlands
Teams managed
2004-2008 2008-2009	Netherlands Ajax

Marcel "Marco" van Basten (born October 31, 1964 in Oog in Al, Utrecht) is a former Dutch football player. He is now manager of the Ajax. Before that, he was a player of Ajax and Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s. He scored 277 goals in a short career. He had to quit playing football because of an injury. He was the manager of Ajax in 2008 and 2009.

Awards

Van Basten was known for his strength on the ball, his tactical awareness and spectacular strikes and volleys. He was named "European Footballer of the Year" three times (1988, '89 and '92) and "FIFA World Player of the Year" in 1992. In a French magazine named France Football he was voted as one of the eight best Football Players of the Century

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		Europe		Total
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
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
1987/88	Milan	Serie A	11	3	5	5	3	0	19	8
1988/89			33	19	4	3	9	10	46	32
1989/90			26	19	4	1	7	3	37	23
1990/91			31	11	1	0	2	0	34	11
1991/92			31	25	7	4	-		38	29
1992/93			15	13	1	0	5	6	21	19
Country	Netherlands		133	128	22	13	17	11	172	152
	Italy		147	90	22	13	26	19	195	122
Total			280	218	44	26	43	30	367	274

International career statistics

Netherlands national team
Year	Apps	Goals
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

Honours

• Ajax:
  • UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1987.
  • Dutch Championship: 1982, 1983, 1985.
  • Dutch Cup: 1983, 1986, 1987.
• Milan:
  • European Cup: 1989, 1990 (now called: UEFA Champions League).
  • Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990.
  • European Supercup: 1989, 1990.
  • Italian Championship: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994.
  • Italian Super Cup: 1988, 1992, 1993.
• International
  • European Championship: 1988.
  • Bâton de Nasazzi: 1985

Individual honours

• 1984
  • Dutch League Top Scorer: (28 goals)
  • European Silver Boot: (28 goals)
• 1985
  • Dutch Footballer of the Year
  • Dutch League Top Scorer: (22 goals)
• 1986
  • European Golden Boot: (37 goals)
  • Dutch League Top Scorer: (37 goals)
• 1987
  • Onze d'Argent
  • Dutch League Top Scorer: (31 goals)
  • Bravo Award: 1987
• 1988
  • European Championship 1988 Top Scorer and Best Player: (5 goals).
  • Onze d'Or
  • World Soccer Player of the Year
  • European Footballer of the Year France Football
• 1989
  • European Cup Top Scorer: (10 goals)
  • European Footballer of the Year France Football
  • Italian League Silver Top Scorer: (19 goals)
  • Onze d'Or
  • Best Player of the Year UEFA
• 1990
  • Italian League Top Scorer: (19 goals)
  • Best Player of the Year UEFA
  • Best Player World of the Year IFFHS: 1988, 1989
• 1992
  • World Soccer Player of the Year
  • Onze d'Argent
  • European Footballer of the Year France Football
  • Italian League Top Scorer: (25 goals)
  • Best Player of the Year UEFA
  • FIFA World Player of the Year
• 1993
  • European Cup Silver Top Scorer: (6 goals)
• 2004
  • Named in FIFA 100