Marcel "Marco" van Basten (31 October 1964) is a Dutch football manager and former head coach of Eredivisie side AFC Ajax and the Dutch national team. Previously, he was a football player who played for Ajax and A.C. Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is regarded as one of the finest forwards of all time and scored 277 goals in a career cut short by injury. Known for his strength on the ball, his tactical awareness and spectacular strikes and volleys, van Basten was named European Footballer of the Year three times (1988, '89 and '92) and FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992. Van Basten was voted eighth in a poll organised by the French weekly magazine France Football consulting their former Ballon d'Or winners to elect the Football Player of the Century.
Honours
Club honours
Ajax
- UEFA Cup Winners Cup
- Dutch Championship
- Winner (3): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85
- Dutch Cup
- Winner (3): 1983, 1986, 1987
Milan
- European Cup (now called: UEFA Champions League)
- Intercontinental Cup
- European Supercup
- Serie A
- Winner (3): 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93
- Italian Super Cup
- Winner (3): 1988, 1992, 1993
International honours
- UEFA European Championship
Individual honours
- FIFA World Player of the Year: 1992
- World Soccer Player of the Year: 1988, 1992
- UEFA Best Player of the Year: 1989, 1990, 1992
- IFFHS Best Player of the Year: 1988, 1989, 1990
- Onze d'Or: 1988, 1989
- Onze d'Argent: 1987, 1992
- Bravo Award: 1987
- UEFA European Championship 1988 Top Scorer and Best Player with 5 goals
- European Footballer of the Year: 1988, 1989, 1992
- Dutch Footballer of the Year: 1984–85
- FIFA 100 (List of the greatest living footballers picked by Pelé): 2004
- European Golden Boot: 1985–86
- European Silver Boot: 1983–84
- European Cup Top Scorer: 1989
- European Cup Silver Top Scorer: 1993
- Dutch League Top Scorer: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87
- Serie A Top Scorer: 1989–90, 1991–92
- Serie A Silver Top Scorer: 1988–89
- World Golden Boot: 1985–86
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