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Marco van Basten

Van Basten in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Marcel van Basten
Date of birth	(1964-10-31) 31 October 1964 (age 60)
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 Representing  Netherlands Men's football UEFA European Championship Winner 1988 Netherlands
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

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]

Van 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.

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each van Basten goal.

List of international goals scored by Marco van Basten^[8]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
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

As of 16 September 2014.

• Matches as manager^[9]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Ajax

• 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

• UEFA European Championship: 1988^[12]

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]

1. ↑ Includes KNVB Cup and Coppa Italia
2. ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup (1989)
3. ↑ Includes 1988 Supercoppa Italiana, 1989 Intercontinental Cup, 1990 Intercontinental Cup, 1992 Supercoppa Italiana

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marco van Basten.

• 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