Happy Birthday, Johan Cruyff
Today, April 25th, Barça’s legendary player and coach of the ‘Dream Team’, Johan Cruyff, turns 64.
An excerpt about the Dutchman from the ‘mythical players’ section on FC Barcelona’s website reads:
Cruyff (Amsterdam, Holland, 1947) is one of the best players in the world of all time and in his time, he was considered number 1.
His immense quality saw him win worldwide recognition and he won the Golden ball award three times (1971, 1973 and 1974).
‘The flack’ signed for FC Barcelona in August 1973 following lengthy negotiations with his former club Ajax. In his first season, Cruyff exploded onto the scene; using his technical brilliance and intelligence to help Barça win the league in 1973-74 – the first time in 14 years.
In the eyes of the fans, they will always remember many images of the goal he scored against Atletico Madrid in Camp Nou and the famous 0-5 victory over Madrid in the Bernabeu in 1974, which will go down in history. Unfortunately his level dropped in the following seasons and Barça only won the King’s cup in 1977-78. Cruyff left the club in 1978.
In 1988, he returned to the club as coach and put into motion the best era in the history of the club: winning 4 league titles among other and winning the European cup for the first time at Wembley in 1992 with the ‘Dream Team’. Cruyff then left the club in 1996.
In 1999 he was chosen as best player of the century in Europe and in September 2006 he was awarded the cross of Saint Jordi from the Government of Catalonia.
We here at totalBarça wish him a very happy birthday and hope we will be able to read his words of wisdom for many years to come!
may the legend have a great day!
Happy B-Day Johan! Barca would never be what it is today if it weren't for you!
offtopic: Why now everybody talking about Madrid as favourite,lol with one win they now think they are favourites,its us(barca) favourites.As Busquets said:The Copa final was won with small detail,a goal in extra time,thats it,we were better than them for sure.And I very happy for our defence consisting of 'Alv'Piq'Mash'Puy'.I think we are favourites,hope we beat them in Bernabue at their own game and make them silent,especiaallly their coach(The one who has BUS TO PARK).Visca Barca
Long Live Cryuff's legacy!
thumb me down, I don't care but I think it's not much of a dream team when it can't beat mourinho
maybe it is not bad that Madrid thinks that they are favorites? I mean, think about it, the players are NOT very humble, and therefore they think that they have kind of won the game already. I think Pep would love to make the favorites, and put them under further pressure. you know what i mean?
maybe it is not bad that Madrid thinks that they are favorites? I mean, think about it, the players are NOT very humble, and therefore they think that they have kind of won the game already. I think Pep would love to make them favorites, and put them under further pressure. you know what i mean?
Happy birthday legend!
yeah i got you,yes you are right.Their arrogance will earn them a defat.Pep knows how to defeat psychologically.
Happy birthday to the greatest football icon in FC Barcelona history. The importance of this man's arrival in in this team is absolutely indescribable. His wisdom and love for PURE football is immovable and his passion for this club unbelievable. Thank you Johan
The man, the player, the coach, the legend! How much Barca owes this man! How much joy has he brought to cules over the years! If there was no Cruyff, would there still be a Guardiola? A Xavi? An Iniesta? Long may his legacy remain at this club, and may he have a wonderful birthday with his family and friends.
Happy Birthday El Savador, thank you for La Masia, for Lionel Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Pique, Puyol, Valdes, Guardiol and many many others. You are legend and for me most importnat person in history of Barca (well I won´t live forever but I mean history to this day)
[youtube JVBiMx7z1To http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVBiMx7z1To youtube]
<3 Visca Cruijff
OT OFF TOPIC; CAN BARCA FANS TEL ME who who would you bring in the the summer and who goes out i want to hear opinions please i will give mine
happy birthday Big Boss, hope you get your gift from barca wednesday
Live long LEGEND! Happy birthday and i hope your s players will give you win against Madrid for gift!
Dude u slept when the MANITA happened?????
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happy birthday johan and i know the gift u are wishing for is another 5-0 victory for barcelona in bernabeau so that entire world and especially mourinho realises that what batcelona does on field is piece of art and what madrid does on pitch is nothing more than a piece of shit
thanks for the video!
Happy Birthday Sir
Lol…U still asleep? Open ur eyes and try finding the word "cruyff" in my sentence. I have never mentioned him. Which world u live in?
out: milito, maxwell and maybe jeffren (yeah he could be great but ffs he is made of glass)
in: botia, thiago, fontas and rossi I would say …
we will have 2 LBs (abidal, adriano), 7 CBs (pique, botia, fontas, abidal, biscuits, machette, puyol (if he doesnt retire)) and never injured Alves as RB
HB Cruyff.Don't forget the viagra tonight.
happy birthday SIR
Obviously the manita cant have any effect on the future classicos, cos past is past. And no one is convincing anyone here, except u, trying to convince urself that u r right. Someone wrote that it cant b the dream-team unless it beats mourinho. And i replied in answer to that u jackass. We have already beaten them once. And THE MANITA does make sense for sure…it has given us memories which will last forever…atleast in our brains (maybe not yours, considering ur poor attention span and poor observation). No one here is underestimating Real, but if we cant, no one can. Period.
omg we lost by 1-0 in extra time woooooowww! that dosen't make them better than us
Happy birthday Johan!
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=goal-joh…
Johan Cruyff: Real Madrid's Copa del Rey win could work in Barcelona's favor!!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=goal-joh…
Johan Cruyff: Real Madrid's Copa del Rey win could work in Barcelona's favor!!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=goal-joh…
Johan Cruyff: Real Madrid's Copa del Rey win could work in Barcelona's favor!!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=goal-joh…
Johan Cruyff: Real Madrid's Copa del Rey win could work in Barcelona's favor!!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=goal-joh…
Johan Cruyff: Real Madrid's Copa del Rey win could work in Barcelona's favor!!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=goal-joh…
Johan Cruyff: Real Madrid's Copa del Rey win could work in Barcelona's favor!!!
Gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag.
…as they say in nederlandish ::D
happy birthday cruyf and may you live long to see your great grand grand children,the man with the total football phylosophy.barca forever
happy birhay Cruyff your a true legend and big part of barca histoy !
Seems you didn't understand that Mou got his tactics wrong which caused the manita.That's why the manita doesn't have much value.Remember 8-0 vs almeria?Why wasn't it possible in the second leg?What have we done against a full strength Madrid? 1-1 and 0-1.FACT.I wonder where were your "observation" skills and your superior intelligence then, moron.
btw your attempts at humour are pathetic too.Get a life.I hope we gonna win of course but people with your biased mentality fail to make any sense.
Off tropic: Does anyone remember the match in which Messi and Dani Alves played three 1-2 passes before Messi scored..? I just can't recalled the match but Messi had scored a brace in that match.. I just want to look the goal over because it was such a beautiful play between him and Alves.. Thanks
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That was in the game against Real Sociedad, it was the first of two goals, at the start of the second half, after 26 passes, i'm going to upload it on youtube and give the link here, you can check later
ARGUEBLY BARCELONA'S GREATEST PLAYER & COACH
Thanks a ton.. I just watched it on Youtube.. It was such an amazing goal!
What a difference 1 goal makes eh? Honestly, let people say RM are the favourites. All that matters is that we get through to the final.
HB
not as important as copa final, just saying
Excellent
Happy Birthday, Johan Cruyff – Legend of Modern Football
Johan Cruyff your the best!
Best coach/manager ever!!
Best european football player ever
European player of 20th century
You are our Master ,you taught us the art of totaalvoetbal and you managed to fuse it with tiki-taka
You are a legend ,reformer of modern football.
Nobody will forget your arrival to the Capital of Catalonia and told the European press courageously you chose Barça over Real Madrid because you could not play for a club associated with the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.