Saturday, 2 April 2016

JOHAN CRUYFF (APRIL 25, 1947 – MARCH 24, 2016)

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2009 file photo Dutch coach Johan Cruyff looks on during a friendly soccer match of Catalunya against Argentina at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. A spokeswoman for Johan Cruyff said on Thursday Oct. 22, 2015 the Dutch football great has lung cancer. Cruyff was a smoker until undergoing an emergency heart bypass in 1991. A three-time European footballer of the year, Cruyff was synonymous with the "Clockwork Orange" Netherlands' teams of the early 1970s whose attacking brand of Total Football earned fans around the world.(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Johan Cruyff, widely regarded as one of the greatest football players ever, passed away after a battle with cancer. The 68-year-old Dutch legend was an attacking midfielder and a forward player in his hey days during the '70s. Cruyff also led his team to the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
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