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Marcel "Marco" van Basten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrkoː vɑm ˈbɑstə(n)] ⓘ; born 31 October 1964) is a Dutch former football manager and player who played for Ajax and AC Milan, as well as the Netherlands national team.
Aug 17, 1995 · Marco van Basten former footballer (Centre-Forward) last club: AC Milan.
Nov 5, 2020 · Van Basten won back-to-back European Cups with the great AC Milan side of the late 1980s and scored his most famous goal in the Euro 88 final win over the Soviet...
1 day ago · Van Basten’s hat-trick in 3-1 defeat. The Daily Telegraph voiced fears that England, and English football, was “on the brink of being cut off from the global game”. The English were, it ...
Jun 23, 2024 · Marco van Basten (born October 31, 1964, Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch football (soccer) player and coach who was a three-time European Player of the Year (1988, 1989, and 1992) and the 1992 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Player of the Year.
Jun 25, 2021 · Marco van Basten led the Netherlands to a Euro 88 win courtesy of a brilliant strike in the final against the Soviet Union. Not bad for their third-choice forward...
A forward of unique elegance, Van Basten joined AC Milan in summer 1987, along with Ruud Gullit, having scored impressive 152 goals in 172 games for Ajax. With the Rossoneri he won the Serie A title in his debut season.
Van Basten was only third-choice striker in the squad, but he scored five goals in the tournament and returned home as his country's greatest hero. First he hit a hat-trick to see off England, then he grabbed a last-gasp winner two minutes from time to overcome hosts West Germany in the semi-finals.
Jun 26, 2015 · After a health scare in August, Dutch legend Marco van Basten took the unusual decision to step down as AZ head coach to become the club’s assistant manager.
Jul 2, 2024 · The subject of Van Basten’s ire was Virgil van Dijk, his attack prompted by an admittedly sloppy performance in the Netherlands’ 3-2 defeat to Austria that meant they finished third in Group D ...
