Marcel Van Basten

Marco van Basten is a Dutch footballer and coach, three-time Ballon d'Or winner, Technical Director of the International Football Federation and one of the best players of the 20th century.

The biographies of children born in sports families are mostly related to the sport that the parents were involved in. Marco van Basten is no exception. Joop's father played football quite successfully, Leni's mother is a gymnast. The son got acquainted with rings and bars early, but was ready to give up everything in order to play the ball with friends once again.

Marco received his primary football education at the Elsnquijk amateur club, then moved to the youth team of the UVV club, which was based in his native Utrecht. The 13-year-old boy was noticed by the Feyenord junior coach, but Leo Benhakker did not agree with van Basten Sr. that Marco could play for this club. Yop saw his son exclusively in Ajax.

Mark moved to Amsterdam in 1981. In "Ajax" the young striker was taken under the wing of the "Flying Dutchman" Johan Cruyff, who returned from America to end his career at home. Van Basten made his debut in the main squad a year later, and at the age of 19, with 26 goals, he became the second top scorer in Europe after Ian Rush of Liverpool. In 1986, Mark got the Golden Boot for 37 goals scored.

Together with Godenzonen, van Basten won the Dutch Cup three times and became the country's champion the same number of times. In the final match of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1987, the striker's only goal brought victory to Ajax.

In the summer of 1983, Marco went to Mexico for the World Youth Championship with the Netherlands national team. At the tournament, Van Basten's team made it to the quarterfinals with some effort. In the autumn of the same year, the proven footballer got into the senior national team of the country.

The debut was based on the match with Iceland, following which the winner was selected for the continental championship grid. The Orange won with a score of 3: 0.

The Dutch footballer is believed to have scored one of the most beautiful goals in the history of the game. This happened in the final of the 1988 European Championship, when the Dutch national team fought against the USSR team. Van Basten brought the score to a victorious 2: 0 with an incredible shot from a sharp angle against Rinat Dasaev's goal. As a result of the tournament, Marco received the first Golden Ball in his career, which he presented to his father.

The next prize for the top scorer is at home, although van Basten believed that the award was worthy of Franco Baresi, a team-mate from Milan. Marco, a Dutch national, came to Italy in 1987. The Rossoneri President Silvio Berlusconi liked the athlete not so much for his external data (height 188 cm and weight 80 kg), important for the striker, but for his exceptional game.

And there was someone to choose from: the breeders also looked after Jurgen Klinsmann, Oleg Protasov and all the same Ian Rush. Van Basten cost Milan a modest $ 800,000 by today's standards.

Playing for the Italian club, Marco converted 33 penalties. According to statistics, the effectiveness of the forward was 92%. The player's jersey had number 9, but there were few of those who would not consider the legionnaire first. Van Basten has won two Champions Cups, two UEFA Super Cups and the same number of Intercontinental Cups, four Italian champions each and one Italian Super Cup and Trofeo Luigi Berlusconi.

In 1992, van Basten received another medal of the European Championship, this time a bronze, another Golden Ball, which was given by Berlusconi, and extended his contract with Milan. The salary of the fan favorite "devils" was $ 5.25 million per year. However, injuries forced Marco to hang his boots on a nail in his prime, and in May 1993 in the European Cup final, the legendary striker played his last game for the club.

The disease manifested itself in a football player in childhood. Van Basten has gone through more than one operation, doctors even came to the conclusion that the player has a specific structure of the legs. In August 1995, Marco officially announced that his playing career had come to an end. But shortly before the 1994 World Cup, the coach of the Dutch national team, Dick Advocaat, suggested van Basten to take the place of Ruud Gullit, with whom the coach had a conflict.

It was Milan who banned Marco from participating in such a significant event. The head of the club's medical service, Rodolfo Tavana, recalled that the striker was treated as a fragile value, protected, not allowed to train in cold weather.

Van Basten's last game for the national team was the semi-finals of Euro 1992. Holland intended to repeat the success of four years ago, but the future champions - the Danes - blocked the path to gold medals. Scarlet Guard won the penalty shootout. And Marco did not realize his 11-meter one.

Marco van Basten's farewell to football took place at Milan's home arena Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the presence of 85,000 spectators. However, a few years later the footballer, to the surprise of many, began to train with the amateur club Noordwijk, whose owners were overjoyed to have such a famous player join the squad. Marco even managed to score 2 goals in the first match, but soon his leg problems worsened. The forward had to admit that he would no longer have to run across the field and score.

The status of coach did not attract van Basten, nevertheless he received a license. In Italy, he was offered posts to choose from, but the former footballer preferred to share his experience with compatriots. Marco assisted in the youth team of Ajax, then took the helm of the Netherlands national team. At the 2006 World Cup, the team defeated the Romanians, the reigning champions of the Italians and the silver medalists of the French. Only the Russian national team stopped the Orange procession.

Then van Basten returned to Ajax for a short time, coaching Alkmaar Zanstrek and Heerenveen. Then the ex-football player's father died. Marco was very upset about the loss, new health problems emerged - with his heart, and van Basten gave up coaching.

The striker lived with his wife Lisbeth van de Kappeleven for a long time, and only a couple of years before finishing playing football, Mark decided to legalize the relationship. It happened in the old castle Heiserlen in June 1993. The couple are raising three children - son Alexander and daughters Rebecca and Angelica.

Van Basten's favorite pastime is golf. Mark not only plays for his own pleasure, but also does not refuse to participate in charity tournaments. Sometimes special competitions are held under the patronage of Milan. Of course, they cannot do without van Basten.

In 2017, Marco van Basten was appointed FIFA's technical director. After becoming an official, the former player made a number of proposals to change the football rules. In football, according to van Basten, qualitative, not quantitative, changes are needed. The players are overloaded, and therefore the time could be limited to 15 minutes.

Penalty kicks Marco suggested replacing them with shootouts, so that the player starts moving towards the goal from a distance of 25 meters, and this is given 8 seconds. Then the talent of a football player will fully manifest, and there will be no place for chance. Offside should be abolished altogether, and teams will have more opportunities to score a goal. Van Basten's other suggestion is an orange card, meaning a 10 minute removal.

The former Dutch footballer and coach was a guest of the 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia. Marco joined the technical analysis team led by Carlos Alberto Parreira, which presented the team and individual World Cup awards.

In addition to van Basten, former Nigerian national team player Emmanuel Amuneke, coaches Bora Milutinovic and Andy Roxburgh, 2006 world champion Alessandro Nesta were honored.

Shortly before the end of the football championship, Marco van Basten, as well as Gianni Infantino, Lothar Matteus, Peter Schmeichel, Rio Ferdinand received an invitation to meet with President Vladimir Putin. The sports functionary posted a photo from the event in the Kremlin on his Instagram page.

Three-time champion of the Netherlands Three-time winner of the Dutch Cup Four-time champion of Italy Four-time winner of the Italian Super Cup Two-time winner of the European Super Cup Two-time winner of the European Champions Cup Two-time winner of the Intercontinental Cup European champion Three-time winner of the Golden Ball

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