Marco van Basten
Dutch association football player and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this article, the family name is van Basten, not Basten.
Marcel "Marco" van Basten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrkoː vɑm ˈbɑstə(n)] ( listen); born 31 October 1964) is a former Dutch footballer. He was most recently the manager of the Netherlands national football team. He had to quit playing football early because of an injury that kept him from playing for more than a year.
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Full name | Marcel van Basten | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1964-10-31) 31 October 1964 (age 59) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1970–1971 | EDO | ||||||||||||||||
1971–1980 | Utrecht | ||||||||||||||||
1980–1981 | Elinkwijk | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1981–1987 | Ajax | 133 | (128) | ||||||||||||||
1987–1995 | AC Milan | 148 | (91) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 281 | (219) | |||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||
1981–1983 | Netherlands U21 | 15 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1992 | Netherlands | 58 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Jong Ajax (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
2008–2009 | Ajax | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Heerenveen | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | AZ Alkmaar | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | AZ Alkmaar (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Netherlands (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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Van Basten was known for his strength on the ball, his tactical awareness and spectacular strikes and volleys. He is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time.[2][3]