Marco van 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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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Marcel van Basten | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 31 October 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
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 |
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]
Awards
changeVan Basten was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992 and won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1988, 1989 and 1992. He was named "UEFA best Player of the Year" three times (1989, 1990 and 1992) 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. In 1999, he was ranked sixth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll.
Career statistics
changeClub
changeClub | Season | League | Cup[nb 1] | Europe[nb 2] | Other[nb 3] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Ajax | 1981–82 | Eredivisie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 1 | |
1982–83 | Eredivisie | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | 25 | 13 | ||
1983–84 | Eredivisie | 26 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 32 | 29 | ||
1984–85 | Eredivisie | 33 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | – | 41 | 29 | ||
1985–86 | Eredivisie | 26 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 37 | ||
1986–87 | Eredivisie | 27 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | – | 43 | 43 | ||
Total | 133 | 128 | 24 | 15 | 17 | 11 | — | 172 | 152 | |||
AC Milan | 1987–88 | Serie A | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | 19 | 8 | |
1988–89 | Serie A | 33 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 33 | |
1989–90 | Serie A | 26 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 25 | |
1990–91 | Serie A | 31 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11 | |
1991–92 | Serie A | 31 | 25 | 7 | 4 | – | – | 38 | 29 | |||
1992–93 | Serie A | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 22 | |
1993–94 | Serie A | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
1994–95 | Serie A | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
Total | 147 | 90 | 22 | 13 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 205 | 128 | ||
Career total | 280 | 218 | 46 | 28 | 47 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 379 | 282 |
International
changeNational team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Netherlands | 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 |
- Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van Basten goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 21 September 1983 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | Belgium | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
2 | 12 October 1983 | Dalymount Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 2–2 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 1984 qualification |
3 | 27 February 1985 | De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Cyprus | 6–1 | 7–1 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification |
4 | 12 March 1986 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany | East Germany | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
5 | 15 October 1986 | Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualification |
6 | 25 March 1987 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Greece | 1–1 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 1988 qualification |
7 | 15 June 1988 | Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, West Germany | England | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 1988 |
8 | 2–1 | |||||
9 | 3–1 | |||||
10 | 21 June 1988 | Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, West Germany | West Germany | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1988 |
11 | 25 June 1988 | Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany | Soviet Union | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1988 |
12 | 22 March 1989 | Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, Netherlands | Soviet Union | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
13 | 26 April 1989 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | West Germany | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification |
14 | 30 May 1990 | Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria | Austria | 2–3 | 2–3 | Friendly |
15 | 3 June 1990 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
16 | 21 November 1990 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Greece | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualification |
17 | 19 December 1990 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | Malta | 1–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualification |
18 | 2–0 | |||||
19 | 3–0 | |||||
20 | 6–0 | |||||
21 | 8–0 | |||||
22 | 13 March 1991 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Malta | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualification |
23 | 17 April 1991 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Finland | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualification |
24 | 30 May 1992 | Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands | Wales | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Managerial statistics
change- As of 16 September 2014.
Team | From | To | Record | |||||
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M | W | D | L | Win % | Ref. | |||
Netherlands | 29 July 2004 | 30 June 2008 | 52 | 35 | 11 | 6 | 67.31 | |
Ajax | 1 July 2008 | 6 May 2009 | 45 | 26 | 8 | 11 | 57.78 | |
Heerenveen | 1 July 2012 | 30 June 2014 | 72 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 37.50 | |
AZ | 1 July 2014 | 16 September 2014 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40.00 | |
Total | 174 | 90 | 37 | 47 | 51.72 | — |
International matches
change- Matches as manager[9]
Win Draw Loss
Date | Location | Competition | Home team | Away team | Score |
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2004 | |||||
18 August 2004 | Stockholm | International friendly | Sweden | The Netherlands | 2–2 |
3 September 2004 | Utrecht | International friendly | The Netherlands | Liechtenstein | 3–0 |
8 September 2004 | Amsterdam | 2006 World Cup Qualification | The Netherlands | Czech Republic | 2–0 |
9 October 2004 | Skopje | 2006 World Cup Qualification | FYR Macedonia | The Netherlands | 2–2 |
13 October 2004 | Amsterdam | 2006 World Cup Qualification | The Netherlands | Finland | 3–1 |
17 November 2004 | Barcelona | 2006 World Cup Qualification | Andorra | The Netherlands | 0–3 |
2005 | |||||
9 February 2005 | Birmingham | International friendly | England | The Netherlands | 0–0 |
26 March 2005 | Bucharest | 2006 World Cup Qualification | Romania | The Netherlands | 0–2 |
30 March 2005 | Eindhoven | 2006 World Cup Qualification | The Netherlands | Armenia | 2–0 |
4 June 2005 | Rotterdam | 2006 World Cup Qualification | The Netherlands | Romania | 2–0 |
8 June 2005 | Helsinki | 2006 World Cup Qualification | Finland | The Netherlands | 0–4 |
17 August 2005 | Rotterdam | International friendly | The Netherlands | Germany | 2–2 |
3 September 2005 | Yerevan | 2006 World Cup Qualification | Armenia | The Netherlands | 0–1 |
7 September 2005 | Eindhoven | 2006 World Cup Qualification | The Netherlands | Andorra | 4–0 |
8 October 2005 | Prague | 2006 World Cup Qualification | Czech Republic | The Netherlands | 0–2 |
12 October 2005 | Amsterdam | 2006 World Cup Qualification | The Netherlands | FYR Macedonia | 0–0 |
12 November 2005 | Amsterdam | International friendly | The Netherlands | Italy | 1–3 |
2006 | |||||
1 March 2006 | Amsterdam | International friendly | The Netherlands | Ecuador | 1–0 |
27 May 2006 | Rotterdam | International friendly | The Netherlands | Cameroon | 1–0 |
1 June 2006 | Eindhoven | International friendly | The Netherlands | Mexico | 2–1 |
4 June 2006 | Rotterdam | International friendly | The Netherlands | Australia | 1–1 |
11 June 2006 | Leipzig | 2006 World Cup Group stage | Serbia and Montenegro | The Netherlands | 0–1 |
16 June 2006 | Stuttgart | 2006 World Cup Group stage | The Netherlands | Ivory Coast | 2–1 |
21 June 2006 | Frankfurt | 2006 World Cup Group stage | The Netherlands | Argentina | 0–0 |
25 June 2006 | Nuremberg | 2006 World Cup Round of 16 | Portugal | The Netherlands | 1–0 |
16 August 2006 | Dublin | International friendly | Ireland | The Netherlands | 0–4 |
2 September 2006 | Luxembourg | Euro 2008 Qualification | Luxembourg | The Netherlands | 0–1 |
6 September 2006 | Eindhoven | Euro 2008 Qualification | The Netherlands | Belarus | 3–0 |
7 October 2006 | Sofia | Euro 2008 Qualification | Bulgaria | The Netherlands | 1–1 |
11 October 2006 | Amsterdam | Euro 2008 Qualification | The Netherlands | Albania | 2–1 |
15 November 2006 | Amsterdam | International friendly | The Netherlands | England | 1–1 |
2007 | |||||
7 February 2007 | Amsterdam | International friendly | The Netherlands | Russia | 4–1 |
24 March 2007 | Rotterdam | Euro 2008 Qualification | The Netherlands | Romania | 4–1 |
Honours
changeAjax
- Eredivisie: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85[10]
- KNVB Cup: 1982–83, 1985–86, 1986–87[10]
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87[10]
A.C. Milan
- Serie A: 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94[11]
- Supercoppa Italiana: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994[11]
- European Cup: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94[11]
- European Supercup: 1989, 1990 , 1994[11]
- Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990[11]
Netherlands
Individual
- Ballon d'Or: 1988, 1989, 1992[11]
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1992[11]
- UEFA Best Player of the Year: 1989, 1990, 1992[11]
- European Cup Top Scorer: 1988–89[11]
- Serie A Golden Boot: 1989–90, 1991–92[11]
- Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87[10]
- European Silver Boot: 1983–84[10]
- Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1985[10]
- European Golden Boot: 1985–86[10][13]
- World Golden Boot: 1985–86[14]
- Bravo Award: 1987[15]
- Onze d'Argent: 1987, 1992[16]
- Onze d'Or: 1988, 1989[16]
- Onze de Onze: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992[17]
- IFFHS World's Best Player: 1988, 1989[18]
- World Soccer Player of the Year: 1987 (3rd),[19] 1988, 1989 (2nd),[20] 1992[21]
- RSSSF Player of the Year: 1992[22]
- El País King of European Soccer: 1992[23]
- UEFA Euro 1988: Top Scorer and Best Player with 5 goals[12]
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1988,[24] 1992[25]
- Planète Foot World All-Time Team: 1996[26]
- Planète Foot's 50 of the World's Best Players: 1996[27]
- Venerdì's 100 Magnificent: 1997[28]
- IFFHS Football Player of the Century 12th: 1999[29]
- Placar's 100 Best Players of the Century 26th: 1999[30]
- France Football's Football Player of the Century 8th: 1999[31]
- World Soccer Greatest Players of the 20th Century 9th: 1999[32]
- Guerin' Sportivo's 50 Greatest Players of the Century by Adalberto Bortolotti 11th: 1999[33]
- FIFA 100 (List of the greatest living footballers picked by Pelé): 2004
- AFS Top-100 Players of All-Time 12th: 2007[34]
- UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll: #4[35]
- Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2012[36]
- World Hall of Fame of Soccer: 2012[37]
- UEFA Euro All-time XI (published 2016)[38]
- AC Milan Hall of Fame[39]
- IFFHS Legends[40][41]
- Voetbal International's World Stars by Raf Willems[42]
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Bronze): 2020[43]
Notes
change- ↑ Includes KNVB Cup and Coppa Italia
- ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup (1989)
- ↑ Includes 1988 Supercoppa Italiana, 1989 Intercontinental Cup, 1990 Intercontinental Cup, 1992 Supercoppa Italiana
References
change- ↑ "Marco van Basten - Player Profile". eurosport.com. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ↑ "FourFourTwo's 100 Greatest Footballers EVER: No.13, Marco van Basten". 26 July 2017.
- ↑ "Marco van Basten, one of the best strikers in football history". 20 August 2021.
- ↑ "Marco van Basten career stats". Football Database.eu. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ "Marco van Basten Ajax stats". MarcovanBasten.net. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ↑ "van Basten, Marco". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ↑ Marco van Basten – Matches in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Marco van Basten – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ↑ Matches as manager Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Wereld van Oranje. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 "Ajax Honours". Marco van Basten. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 "AC Milan Honours". Marco van Basten. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "National Team Honours". Marco van Basten. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ↑ "Golden Boot ("Soulier d'Or") Awards". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "World League Topscorers". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ José Luis Pierrend (8 January 2015). "The "Bravo" Award". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 ""Onze Mondial" Awards". RSSSF. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ ""Onze Mondial" Awards". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "FORMER RESULTS". IFFHS.de. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ↑ ""World Soccer" Football of the Year 1987". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ ""World Soccer" Football of the Year 1989". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "World Soccer Awards – previous winners". World Soccer. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ↑ "Rec.sport.soccer Player of the Year 1992". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ "European Player and Team of the Year". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ "1988 UEFA European Championship". UEFA. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ "1992 team of the tournament". UEFA. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ "World All-Time Teams". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "Venerdi's All-Time Top-100 (100 Magnifici)". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "IFFHS' Century Elections". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "AFS Top-100 Players of All-Time". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "Zinedine Zidane voted top player by fans" (PDF). www.uefa.com. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "BARESI, CAPELLO AND RIVERA ACCEPTED IN HALL OF FAME". AC Milan. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Hall of Fame of Soccer Mexico and World". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "Your All-time EURO 11 revealed". UEFA. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ↑ "A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: Marco van Basten". A.C. Milan. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ↑ "Marco van Basten". IFFHS. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ↑ "The Best x Players of the Century/All-Time". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ "The other two Ballon d'Or Dream Team XIs: Zidane, Cruyff, Iniesta, Di Stefano... but no Casillas". MARCA. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
Other websites
change- Marco van Basten at National-Football-Teams.com
- Marco van Basten – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Marco van Basten extensive profile at AC Milan Online
- Marco van Basten at Wereld van Oranje (in Dutch)
- Marco van Basten dedicated fanpage