Marco Van Basten

Professional Career

Ajax signed a then sixteen-year-old van Basten in 1981. While with the club, he helped them win a number of championships, including winning the KNVB Cup three times. He played with Ajax from 1981 to 1987.

From 1981 to 1983, he also represented the Netherlands in Under-21 international events. After that, he would represent his country as a senior player through to 1992.

In 1987, he was signed by AC Milan alongside Ruud Gullit. As a Milan player, he helped the club with three Serie A championships. He also led them to win the European Cup, European SuperCup, and the International Cup in the 1988-1989 and 1989-1990 seasons.

Van Basten also helped the team win Supercoppa Italiana in 1988 and again in 1992. In 1988, he won his first Ballon d’Or award. He would later win it again in 1989 and 1992.

Some of the individual honors he received as a player include being named the 1992 FIFA World Player of the Year. He was also thrice named the UEFA Best Player of the Year, the first time in 1989 and again in 1990 and 1992.

Since his retirement in 1995, he has been consistently named to lists of the best football players in the world and the history of football.

Career Highlights:

Ajax

• 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85 -Eredivisie
• 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85 - KNVB Cup
• 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85 - EuropeanCup Winners’ Cup

A.C. Milan

• 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93 - Serie A
• 1988, 1992 - Supercoppa Italiana
• 1988–89, 1989–90 - European Cup
• 1988–89, 1989–90 - European Supercup
• 1988–89, 1989–90 - IntercontinentalCup

Netherlands

• 1988 - UEFA European Championship

Individual Honors

• 1988, 1989, 1992 - Ballon d’Or
• 1992 - FIFA World Player of the Year
• 1989, 1990, 1992 - UEFA Best Playerof the Year
• 1988–89 - European Cup Top Scorer
• 1989–90, 1991–92 - Serie A GoldenBoot
• 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87 -Eredivisie Top Scorer
• 1983–84 - European Silver Boot
• 1985 - Dutch Footballer of the Year
• 1985–86 - European Golden Boot
• 1985–86 - World Golden Boot
• 1987 - Bravo Award
• 1987, 1992 - Onze d’Argent
• 1988, 1989 - Onze d’Or
• 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992 - Onzede Onze
• 1988, 1989 - IFFHS World’s BestPlayer
• 1987 (3rd), 1988, 1989 (2nd), 1992 -World Soccer Player of the Year
• 1992 - RSSSF Player of the Year
• 1992 - El País King of EuropeanSoccer
• UEFA Euro 1988: Top Scorer and BestPlayer with 5 goals
• 1988, 1992 - UEFA EuropeanChampionship Team of the Tournament
• 1996 - Planète Foot World All-TimeTeam
• 1996 - Planète Foot’s 50 of theWorld’s Best Players
• 1997 - Venerdì’s 100 Magnificent
• 1999 - IFFHS Football Player of theCentury 12th
• 1999 - Placar’s 100 Best Players ofthe Century 26th
• 1999 - France Football’s FootballPlayer of the Century 8th
• 1999 - World Soccer Greatest Playersof the 20th Century 9th
• 1999 - Guerin’ Sportivo’s 50Greatest Players of the Century byAdalberto Bortolotti 11th
• 2004 - FIFA 100 (List of thegreatest living footballers pickedby Pelé)

• 2007 - AFS Top-100 Players ofAll-Time 12th

• UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll #4
• 2012 - Italian Football Hall of Fame
• 2012 - World Hall of Fame of Soccer
• 2016 - UEFA Euro All-time XI
• AC Milan Hall of Fame
• IFFHS Legends
• Voetbal International’s World Starsby Raf Willems
• 2020 - Ballon d’Or Dream Team(Bronze)

Team History

National Team

• 1981–1983 - Netherlands U21
• 1983–1992 - Netherlands

Teams Managed

• 2003–2004 - Jong Ajax
• 2004–2008 - Netherlands
• 2008–2009 - Ajax
• 2012–2014 - Heerenveen
• 2014 - AZ Alkmaar
• 2014–2015 - AZ Alkmaar
• 2015–2016 - Netherlands (Assistant)