The idea to establish La Masia, Barca's fabled youth academy, was proposed by Cruyff, who wanted to establish a model in Spain of the Ajax academy he came through. The Dutch legend Johan Cruyff has lung cancer, his spokeswoman has said. Spanish media reported the news on Thursday, and Ajax director Edwin van der Sar said on the club website: 'We have had contact with his manager, Carole Thate, and she confirmed to us that Johan indeed has lung cancer. Johan Cruyff diagnosed with lung cancer Former club Ajax confirm Cruyff is undergoing treatment Reports say Johan Cruyff is battling lung cancer . He was 68. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. At Ajax, he won six Dutch league titles and three European Cups between 1966 and 1973 as the Amsterdam giants dominated European football under visionary manager Rinus Michels, who coined the philosophy of 'Total Football' - where players are highly-skilled and intelligent enough to interchange positions all over the pitch.
With Cruyff on the field, Ajax won the European Championship for three consecutive years from 1971-1973 before he moved to FC Barcelona midseason in 1973 and led the middle-of-the-table team to its first national title in a decade. That was it': Dana White claims Conor McGregor 'blew' chance of a rematch with... 'What's up, baldie?
Though a World Cup title eluded him, he was the pivotal figure on the Netherlands' 1974 national team that electrified the sport with its "Total Football" tactics, with players constantly interchanging roles. ', Johan Cruyff, pictured here by Sportsmail's Graham Chadwick last year, is suffering from lung cancer, Cruyff was the star of the Holland team of the 1970s which invented the style of 'Total Football', Cruyff was a habitual smoker until 1991, when he underwent heart bypass surgery. On behalf of the club, I wish Johan and his family a lot of strength and a speedy recovery. “On behalf of the club I wish Johan and his family a lot of strength and a speedy recovery.
Still, I know that in the end, I will win." Associated Press – Dutch soccer great Johan Cruyff, who revolutionized the game with the concept of "Total Football," has died. He was 68. He was also one of the first soccer players to take on corporate sponsorships. All rights reserved.
“He has been in hospital this week for tests and lung cancer has been confirmed,” said Carole Thate.
All market data delayed 20 minutes. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 'It has just been discovered, so they could not yet provide much more information. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Cruyff smoked cigarettes most of his life and finally quit after undergoing an emergency bypass operation in 1991. As a coach he had 242 victories in 387 matches, with 75 draws and 70 losses. Cruyff passed away on Thursday morning aged 68 after lung cancer battle Ajax's stadium, Amsterdam Arena, will be renamed Cruyff Arena in honour By Alex Matthews For Mailonline The Dutch legend Johan Cruyff has lung cancer, his spokeswoman has said. But his influence reached far beyond creating goals, thanks to his qualities as a leader, thinker and speaker. Cruyff joined Barcelona for a world-record fee of $2million in 1973, helping the Catalans win their first league title in 14 years and picking up his third European Player of the Year award in the process. Cruyff returned to Ajax to win two more Dutch league titles in the 1980s before embarking on his successful managerial career with Barcelona, and ensuring the Total Football philosophy he grew up with evolved into the tiki-taka style that enabled Barca and Spain to rule the world. That season was crowned with a 5-0 away win at Barcelona's arch-rival Real Madrid so sweet the Catalans still sometimes refer to Cruyff as "El Salvador," the savior. He quit smoking following the double bypass operation, and returned to his post for a further five years. Dowden: Banning fans from sports events 'hateful' but unavoidable, Southgate downplays row with Tottenham over Harry Kane fitness, England v Denmark: A look at the stats ahead of the game. Last modified on Mon 27 Nov 2017 07.58 EST.
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Criticizing overly defensive play, he once said: "Italians can't beat you, though you can lose to them. Published: 08:32 BST, 22 October 2015 | Updated: 13:29 BST, 24 March 2016. Playing spectacular, free-flowing football alongside many of his old Ajax team-mates such as Arie Haan and Johan Neeskens, and again under the guidance of Michels, Cruyff inspired the Dutch to the brink of their first World Cup win. During these examinations, lung cancer has been uncovered. Cruyff, who made his name as a forward with Ajax and Barcelona, was European footballer of the year three times.
Johan Cruyff, one of the finest footballers of all time and arguably Europe's greatest, was diagnosed with lung cancer in October 2015. But it was with Holland at the 1974 World Cup that Cruyff truly captured the world's imagination. Thu 22 Oct 2015 03.31 EDT
The 68-year-old, who won three successive European Cups with Ajax before going on to play for and manage Barcelona, was diagnosed on Tuesday. In his prime, Cruyff was considered one of the world’s greatest players in the world at a time when Pelé, George Best and Franz Beckenbauer could all lay claim to the title.
All market data delayed 20 minutes. Barça’s vice-president Susana Monje, who was giving a financial presentation on Thursday, sent a message of support from the club. Cruyff launched a tradition of great strikers coming out of the Netherlands: Marco Van Basten in the 1980s, Patrick Kluivert in the 1990s, and Ruud van Nistelrooy in the 2000s. (AP Photo/Srdjan Petrovic), This is a July 7, 1974 file photo of Dutch forward Johan Cruyff, left, runs past German defender Paul Breitner, sitting on the pitch during the final of the Soccer World Cup at the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany.
The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. Obsessed by football to the end and ever the positive thinker, Cruyff only last month said his recovery was going well. Premier League: What is Project Big Picture?
He had a wife Danny, daughters Chantal and Susila, and a son Jordi, who also played soccer professionally.
A statement on his official website said the cancer had been discovered following recent tests in Barcelona.
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“We have had contact with his manager Carole Thate and she confirmed to us that Johan indeed has lung cancer,” read a statement from Ajax director and former goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. Joaquin Munoz of the Cruyff Foundation in Barcelona said he died as a result of lung cancer. 9:04AM BST 22 Oct 2015.
He was European Footballer of the Year in 1971, 1973 and 1974 and part of the mould-breaking team that won three European Cups in 1971, 1972 and 1973 – a side that provided the foundation for Holland’s Total Football revolution when their coach Rinus Michels took over the national side in 1974. The game is not over yet.
Cruyff, 68, is now undergoing further tests to understand the extent of the disease, according to El Mundo. Cruyff was dubbed 'Europe's Pele' as the pair dominated the game in the 1970s, Cruyff (left) lifts the European Cup with star players Michael Laudrup (centre) and Hristo Stoichkov in 1992, Cruyff is credited with developing Barcelona into the dominant force of modern football after helping to found its La Masia academy.
Latin American admirers referred to the orange-clad Dutch national team as "The Clockwork Orange.". He was European player of the year three times and, in 1999, was named Europe's best player of the 20th century. British sports writer Dave Miller, who once called Cruyff "Pythagoras in boots" for his ability to calculate the geometry of players in motion, wrote that "few have been able to exact, both physically and mentally, such mesmeric control on a match from one penalty area to another.".
All rights reserved. Cruyff's oracular pronouncements on the game skirted the line between Zen profundity and nonsense. The comments below have been moderated in advance. The transfer fee (922,300 British pounds) paid by Barcelona was a world record and is seen as a milestone in the commercialization of sport.
"When I start running before everybody else, I appear faster.". (AP Photo). Cruyff in action for Holland in the 1974 World Cup, Dutch league - 1966, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 82, 83, Kevin Keegan (right) poses with Cruyff at a book launch in Los Angeles in 1979, The Dutchman riding a bicycle in Zurich in 2010, Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1968, 72, 84. Johan Cruyff has been diagnosed with lung cancer, his former club Ajax have confirmed. He was among the first to see defenders as part of the attack.
He scored 392 times in 520 games over a 19-year playing career. Joaquin Munoz of the Cruyff Foundation in Barcelona said he died as a result of lung cancer. Here he poses in 2010 with a famous graduate, Pep Guardiola (right), Cruyff in action on the golf course at St Andrews prior to the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship last year. Available for everyone, funded by readers. or redistributed.
FILE - this is a Friday, Oct. 8, 1999 file photo of Dutch soccer legend Johan Cruyff, left, poses with Brazilian soccer legend Pele during the a press conference in Amsterdam. Four years later Cruyff moved to the United States where he played for the Los Angeles Aztecs and the Washington Diplomats the following year. “Over the past weeks, Johan Cruyff has been undergoing medical examinations at a hospital in Barcelona. from appointing Louis van Gaal to the board. NATIONS LEAGUE LIVE: England vs Denmark - Reece James, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Conor Coady all start at... Project Big Picture is DEAD: Premier League clubs REJECT the Man United and Liverpool-led plan but agree to... Arsene Wenger lifts the lid on Arsenal's 'ludicrous' £40m plus £1 offer for Luis Suarez in 2013... and... BT Sport REJECT culture secretary Oliver Dowden's call to screen Saturday's Everton vs Liverpool derby... England lining up clash against Australia after New Zealand pulled out of November friendly at Wembley due... Four Wasps players and three staff members test positive for Covid-19 just 10 days before Premiership final... Arsene Wenger reveals he SNUBBED Robin van Persie's plea to rejoin Arsenal from Premier League rivals... MARTIN SAMUEL: A complete lack of trust caused the death of Project Big Carve-up, as angry rivals turned on... Premier League WILL bail out struggling League One and League Two clubs with £50m in grants and... Juventus put ENTIRE first-team squad into isolation as midfielder Weston McKennie tests positive for... Barcelona's £136m misfiring forward Ousmane Dembele is ordered to do extra training by Ronald Koeman who's... 'I wasn't prepared to pack it all in simply because I'd been left out a few times': Antonio Rudiger... 'I wanted to smash him in games, HURT him': Jason McAteer opens up on his rivalry with Roy Keane - but... 'I couldn't give a f*** what they think': Israel Adesanya claims homophobia caused criticism of his... 'Khabib said, 'F**k him'. He said, "I have the feeling that I am 2-0 up in the first half. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten,
Along with Rinus Michels, his coach at Ajax and Barcelona, he helped develop Total Football. His commentary became oft-quoted classics: "Every disadvantage has its advantage," ''You can't win without the ball.". "Speed and insight are often confused," he said.
“. “To respect the privacy of Johan and his family, and the fact that the examinations have not been finalised, further announcements cannot be made at the moment.”.
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