Johan Cruyff: from Clockwork Orange to the Dream Team
We look back over the career of Johan Cruyff whose passing has rocked the world football community.
Stunning outfits catch the eye on SI red carpet
Cruyff being put through a strict training regime by Rinus Michels
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Cruyff in the 1969 European Cup final at the Bernabéu. It was a subdued game by his standards, as he was kept in check by Giovanni Trapattoni.
Cruyff opens the scoring against Real Madrid in Amsterdam, September 1967
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The fabled 1970s Ajax team won six leagues, three European Cups, the European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
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Cruyff was the first player to win three Ballon d'Or awards.
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Posing with the European Cup in Amsterdam June 1972.
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Cruyff was the first player to win three Ballon d'Or awards.
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13 August 1973. Johan Cruyff signs for Barça. The deal costing 60 million pesetas.
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August 1974 Johan Cruyff, Hugo Sotil and Johan Neeskens at Camp Nou.
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17 February 1974. Cruyff and José Antonio Camacho pictured in Barça's 0-5 thumping of Real Madrid at the Bernabéu.
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Johan left Barça in 1978 after falling out with members of the board. He scored 11 goals in his final season.
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Cruyff was a great motivator. Football is mental, he would tell his players.
Cruyff's first season on the bench at Barça wasn't easy but the team did win the Copa del Rey.
