Marcel "Marco" van Basten (October 31, 1964 in Oog in Al, Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager, currently in charge of the Dutch national team. Previously, he was a football player who played for Ajax Amsterdam and A.C. Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is regarded as one of the finest strikers of all time and scored 277 goals in a career cut short by injury. Known for his strength on the ball, his tactical awareness and spectacular strikes and volleys, Van Basten was named European Footballer of the Year three times (1988, '89 and '92) and FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992. Van Basten was voted eighth in a poll organised by the French weekly magazine France Football consulting their former Ballon D'Or winners to elect the Football Player of the Century.
Honours
Club Honours
- Ajax Amsterdam:
- UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 1987.
- Dutch Championship: 1982, 1983, 1985.
- Dutch Cup: 1983, 1986, 1987.
- AC Milan:
- European Cup: 1989, 1990 (now called: UEFA Champions League).
- Intercontinental Cup: 1989, 1990.
- European Supercup: 1989, 1990.
- Italian Championship: 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994.
- Italian Super Cup: 1988, 1992, 1993.
- International
- European Championship: 1988.
- Bâton de Nasazzi: 1985
Individual honours
- 1984
- Dutch League Top Scorer: (28 goals)
- European Silver Boot: (28 goals)
- 1985
- Dutch Footballer of the Year
- Dutch League Top Scorer: (22 goals)
- 1986
- European Golden Boot: (37 goals)
- Dutch League Top Scorer: (37 goals)
- 1987
- Onze d'Argent
- Dutch League Top Scorer: (31 goals)
- Bravo Award: 1987
- 1988
- European Championship 1988 Top Scorer and Best Player: (5 goals).
- Onze d'Or
- World Soccer Player of the Year
- European Footballer of the Year France Football
- 1989
- European Cup Top Scorer: (10 goals)
- European Footballer of the Year France Football
- Italian League Silver Top Scorer: (19 goals)
- Onze d'Or
- Best Player of the Year UEFA
- 1990
- Italian League Top Scorer: (19 goals)
- Best Player of the Year UEFA
- Best Player World of the Year IFFHS: 1988, 1989
- 1992
- World Soccer Player of the Year
- Onze d'Argent
- European Footballer of the Year France Football
- Italian League Top Scorer: (25 goals)
- Best Player of the Year UEFA
- FIFA World Player of the Year
- 1993
- European Cup Silver Top Scorer: (6 goals)
- 2004
- Named in FIFA 100
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