Johan Cruyff - The Total Voetballer

Biography & Memoir, Sports
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Author: Ciaran Kelly ISBN: 9781781561331
Publisher: JMD Media Publication: May 9, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Ciaran Kelly
ISBN: 9781781561331
Publisher: JMD Media
Publication: May 9, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English
This is an exhaustive, colourful and meticulously-researched biography of one of the 20th Century sports most iconic figures. Few words can sum up the figure of Johan Cruyff, one of footballs most complex, paradoxical, controversial and three-dimensional figures. From his early beginnings in Akkerstraat, as one of the embodiments of the post-war baby boom generation with his maakbaarheid (expansion in mental and philosophical capabilities), Cruyff was destined to have a huge impact on the soon to be trademark hallmarks of the post-war Netherlands: an embracement of freedom, culture, art and individualism.

Cruyff went on to become the greatest and most iconic (from the twin Adidas stripes to his pioneering of a celebrity lifestyle and beyond) footballer of his generation winning three Ballon dOrs, ten domestic titles and three European Cups (but, ultimately, ruing the failure to win the 1974 World Cup) and re-defining Rinus Michels revolutionary total football philosophy. Cruyff then went on to follow in his mentors footsteps, managing at both Ajax and Barcelona, and arguably, remarkably left an even bigger impact on football as a manager: recovering both of his former clubs lost identities as the trailblazers of totaalvoetbal and youth development, and setting the tone for their future and respective successes in the 90s and 00s. Even to this day, Cruyff is never far from the headlines desperately preserving his message and methods as el hombre de los dedos largos (the man with the long fingers) and he is sure to continue to make his voice heard, even if he has just become an official pensioner at the age of sixty-five.

About the author

Ciaran Kelly is a twenty-year old football writer from Galway Ireland. Ciaran just completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History at National University Ireland Galway. He has written weekly for backpagefootball, monthly for Chelsea football clubs fanzine, cfcuk, and is set to move to Twickenham in August, 2012 to take one of the ten places on St Marys Universitys Sports Journalism Masters course.
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This is an exhaustive, colourful and meticulously-researched biography of one of the 20th Century sports most iconic figures. Few words can sum up the figure of Johan Cruyff, one of footballs most complex, paradoxical, controversial and three-dimensional figures. From his early beginnings in Akkerstraat, as one of the embodiments of the post-war baby boom generation with his maakbaarheid (expansion in mental and philosophical capabilities), Cruyff was destined to have a huge impact on the soon to be trademark hallmarks of the post-war Netherlands: an embracement of freedom, culture, art and individualism.

Cruyff went on to become the greatest and most iconic (from the twin Adidas stripes to his pioneering of a celebrity lifestyle and beyond) footballer of his generation winning three Ballon dOrs, ten domestic titles and three European Cups (but, ultimately, ruing the failure to win the 1974 World Cup) and re-defining Rinus Michels revolutionary total football philosophy. Cruyff then went on to follow in his mentors footsteps, managing at both Ajax and Barcelona, and arguably, remarkably left an even bigger impact on football as a manager: recovering both of his former clubs lost identities as the trailblazers of totaalvoetbal and youth development, and setting the tone for their future and respective successes in the 90s and 00s. Even to this day, Cruyff is never far from the headlines desperately preserving his message and methods as el hombre de los dedos largos (the man with the long fingers) and he is sure to continue to make his voice heard, even if he has just become an official pensioner at the age of sixty-five.

About the author

Ciaran Kelly is a twenty-year old football writer from Galway Ireland. Ciaran just completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History at National University Ireland Galway. He has written weekly for backpagefootball, monthly for Chelsea football clubs fanzine, cfcuk, and is set to move to Twickenham in August, 2012 to take one of the ten places on St Marys Universitys Sports Journalism Masters course.

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