Marco van Basten

Dutch association football player and manager (born 1964)

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  • Netherlands rank#117
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Born 1964 · age 62Netherlands
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  • Rank in Netherlands
    #117
    Footballers
  • Age
    62
    Born 1964
  • Known for
    Becoming Zlatan
    2015
Summary
Updated 2026-08-31

A striker who won three Ballons d'Or and scored one of football's most perfect goals — a swerving volley in a European Championship final — then vanished at 28, his ankle too damaged to continue.

Biography

About

Born 31 October 1964, Marco van Basten broke through at Ajax with close control and a gift for headers and volleys that seemed to defy physics. He won three Eredivisie titles and a Cup Winners' Cup before moving to AC Milan, where he collected four Serie A titles and two European Cups. In 1988 he carried the Netherlands to Euro victory, finishing with five goals and the Golden Boot; the final against the Soviet Union produced his arcing volley from an impossible angle, a strike still taught in highlight reels. He was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992, the same year he claimed his thi…

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Teams

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  • AC Milan
    1987–1995
  • Netherlands national association football team
    1983–1992
  • AFC Ajax
    1981–1987
  • Netherlands national under-21 football team
    1981–1981
19811995
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Season stats

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1987–199514790
1983–19925824
1981–1987133128
1981–19811513
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Awards

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  • FIFA World Player of the Year
  • Ballon d'Or
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Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
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#117
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