In the 1974 final, Cruyff kicked off and the ball was passed around Oranje thirteen times before returning to Cruyff, who then went on a rush that eluded Berti Vogts and ended when he was fouled by Uli Hoeneß.

Cruyff came back to manage the club from 1985 – 88.

In the early 1980s, Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff played half a season for the club, retiring three years later.

After joining Maccabi Tel Aviv, Earnshaw believes joining the club will make him a better player once he returned to Cardiff City and says he has a chance to work with the club's Sports Director Jordi Cruyff.

Johan Cruyff, who had wanted Blanc and persuaded him to sign for Barça, was sacked on the very day Blanc agreed to join the club.

Eventually, the Board, including Florentino Pérez relented, declaring that a " man like that would always have a place in my club ", while Johan Cruyff described McManaman at the time as the most useful player in the " Galaticos " because he was " everyone's best partner on the pitch.

Although he remained at the club for another three seasons and United won four trophies during that time, the 1996-97 Premier League was the only winner's medal that Cruyff collected at United.

Cruyff continued to play for Alavés until the club was relegated at the end of 2002 – 03.

In April 2012, Cruyff signed an agreement with the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv on becoming their new Sports Director at the end of the 2011 – 12 season.

In 1989, he joined FC Barcelona of Spain on the premise that Netherlands legend Johan Cruyff, Laudrup's childhood role model, had been assembling a team that was striving for success.

Despite widespread belief that Laudrup joined arch rivals Real Madrid in an attempt to " get back " at Cruyff, the decision was based on the fact that Madrid had been struggling for a long period and were eager to return to supremacy, like Barcelona were when he decided to join them.

He also had the club's stadium renovated and decided to name the stadium's main stand the Johan Cruyff Stand, because Johan Cruyff had played his last official match against PEC Zwolle ' 82 on May 13, 1984.

This was especially true when Johan Cruyff was playing in DC and NYC had Pele, Beckenbauer and Girgio Canaglia.

Musgrove had made expensive forays into the transfer market bringing in four new players in the shape of Karl-Heinz Granitza ( from Hertha Berlin ), Arno Steffenhagen ( from FC St. Pauli ), Horst Blankenburg ( who had played in the great Ajax side of the early 70 ’ s alongside Johan Cruyff, and company ) and Jorgen Kristensen ( another former Hertha Berlin man ).

Later Cruyff commented that the Dutch national team might have been more successful had Kalou obtained Dutch citizenship.

In 1988, when Cruyff was fourteen, he followed his father back to Barcelona, as the latter had been appointed Barcelona's head coach.

A youth product of Catalonia giants FC Barcelona, Sergi had not yet appeared in La Liga when he was summoned by first-team manager Johan Cruyff to a UEFA Champions League group stage game away against Galatasaray S. K.

Witkamp was looking for something new to definitely decide which was the best team in Europe and also to further test Ajax's legendary team, led by their star player Johan Cruyff.

During the 1980s and 1990s FC Barcelona cherry picked the best Basque players, among them José Mari Bakero, Txiki Begiristain, Andoni Zubizarreta, Julio Salinas and Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, allowing Johan Cruyff to build the legendary Dream Team around them.

He was again voted the European player of the year, becoming the third player after Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini to win the award three times.

The 1970s marked a turning point for Barcelona with the signing of a new player, Johan Cruyff, in 1973.

When Barça hired a fourth foreign star player, Brazilian striker Romário in 1993 it meant the four foreigners would rotate as the three foreign players allowed in each match, and when Laudrup wasn't selected for the 1994 European Cup final 0 – 4 loss to Milan ( amid conflicts with Cruyff ), his time at Barcelona was over.

The Netherlands, who were runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 World Cups, and their star player, Johan Cruyff, were at their peak at the time.

* Johan Cruijff Shield, a football trophy in the Netherlands named after legendary Dutch football player Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup

* Jordi Cruyff-Dutch soccer player and son of Johan Cruyff

Cruyff is the son of Dutch former player and manager Johan Cruijff.

In 1981, the Cruyff family returned to the Netherlands, where the player was introduced by his father in Ajax's youth ranks at the age of seven, after having watched several matches.

In mid-2009, Cruyff signed a three-year deal as assistant-manager of Maltese side Valletta, aiding first coach Ton Caanen, while also being a player in his first season.

The Johan Cruijff Schaal () is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after legendary Dutch football player Johan Cruyff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup.

Barcelona manager Johan Cruyff decided to play Lineker on the right of the midfield and he eventually lost his place in the first team.

This tactic required players who were extremely versatile, such as Johan Cruyff, who could play every position on the pitch apart from goalkeeper.

Valletta won the MFA Trophy in Cruyff's first season beating Qormi 2-1, although Cruyff did not play in the final as he was not fully fit.

Laudrup then moved to arch-rivals Real Madrid after a fall-out with Cruyff, and helped them end Barcelona's run in 1995.

After the success of Cruyff, another Dutchman-Ajax manager Louis van Gaal-arrived at the Camp Nou, and with the talents of Luís Figo, Luis Enrique, and Rivaldo, Barcelona again won the title in 1998 and 1999.

Johan Cruyff with Feyenoord in 1984

* 1989: Barcelona 2 – 0 Sampdoria-Johan Cruyff became the first manager to win the CWC with two different teams, having managed Ajax in their 1987 final victory.

In 1994, he completed a controversial move from Barça to Real Madrid after he fell out with Johan Cruyff.

In October 1983, he dazzled the White Hart Lane crowd with a phenomenal second-round display as Spurs won 6 – 2 on aggregate against a Feyenoord Rotterdam side containing the legendary Johan Cruyff.

Together with Lex van Dam he translated a book about Johan Cruyff, The Netherlands best-ever footballer titled Ajax, Barcelona, Cruyff, The ABC of a destinate Maestro by Frits Barend and Henk van Dorp.

as Rinus Michels signed the Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff who went on to win the NASL Most Valuable Player Award in his one year with the Aztecs.

In August 1996, Cruyff signed with Manchester United for a fee of £ 1. 4 million on a four-year contract.

On leaving United, Cruyff moved once again to Spain, and signed with Deportivo Alavés.

Cruyff spent the 2007 – 08 season playing with Metalurh Donetsk, where he played mainly as a centre back.

While playing for Ajax, Olsen became well known for his part in the infamous " passed penalty " routine he performed with Johan Cruyff.

When Cruyff was awarded a penalty kick in a Dutch Eredivisie league match against Helmond Sport on 5 December 1982, with Ajax leading 1-0, Cruyff passed the ball sideways to Olsen, who returned it to Cruyff, with the Dutchman then slotting the ball past the bemused goalkeeper to make the score 2-0.

* Border, top: " Johan Cruijff Schaal XV " ( or: " Johan Cruyff Trophy X ", so Cruijff with ' ij ' as opposed to the international spelling using a ' y ' and a number in Roman numerals )