Johan Cruyff (or Cruijffie) is voted the best European soccer player ofthe twentieth century (and the second best worldplayer). He started hiscareer with AJAX Amsterdam and led them to 4 European finals of which 3were won (1971/1972/1973). In 1973 Cruyff joined Barcelona (for a thethen record-fee of 6 million guilders), He became a very popular player

• also known as el salvador - and gave Barcelona (and Catalonia) their

pride back. One fan of the club was so pleased with Johan he gave him abungalow in the mountains outside Barcelona. With the dutch nationalteam he became the inventor of Total Football in 1974. The world finalswere lost against the Germans, leaving the Netherlands with a lifelongtrauma. After leaving Barcelona Johan played soccer in the States(Washington Diplomats) and then retired. Due to bad investments het wasforced back to the pitch. He joined his first team on a highlyprofitable contract. In his first game against Harlem he scored afantastic goal and thus silenced his critics. After two years with Ajaxhe then joined their great rivals, Feyenoord. Although he lost a gameagainst Ajax 8-2, he made Feyenoord champion of Holland. He thenretired as an active player.

After a few years he became involved again with his first love, Ajax.He coached them for a few years, winning the European cup winners cup,before he got fired after arguing with the president of the club. Buthe has not only a first love, but maybe he has an even greater secondlove, Barcelona. He coached them for a few years, winning the EuropeanChampions league for the first time and four times the Spanish league.