Marco Van Basten

  Marco van Basten was born October 31, 1964 in Utrecht, is a former Dutch football player considered one of the best center forward in the history of  football.
BiographyMarco van Basten was formed Elinkwijk before Ajax not enrolled. He played his first game for Ajax in April 1982 and even then it was compared to Johan Cruyff. In 1988, van Basten is transferred to AC Milan where he joined his countrymen Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard. In his first season in Serie A, van Basten won his first Scudetto with Milan but it has a bitter taste as Van Basten played only eleven games due to repeated injuries.

Marco van BastenMalgré his physical problems, van Basten was the great architect of the first and unique international title of the Netherlands at Euro 1988, scoring a hat-trick against England, then a sumptuous volley in the final against the USSR
Van Basten continued its momentum the following season by registering 19 goals in Serie A, winning the Champions League and being crowned Ballon d'Or. In 1990, van Basten was crowned Capocannoniere (top scorer in Serie A) and AC Milan kept the title of European Champion. However, the end of the season was less glorious with elimination of the Netherlands in the second round of the 1990 World Cup against the FRG. The following year, Milan was the favorite to win the Champions League Olympique de Marseille but manages to leave the Rossoneri in the quarterfinals. After a season without a title, van Basten Capocannoniere ended again in 1992 with 25 goals. Euro 1992 saw the Dutch losing in the semi-final against Denmark on penalties, van Basten missing the decisive penalty. In the season 1992-93, Milan remained unbeaten in an impressive series of 58 games and van Basten was elected Golden Ball for the third time. The end of his career was still more chaotic with the appearance of complications from his old wounds. Marco van Basten was forced to end his football career in 1995.He recently tried the profession of coaching and has been named coach of the Netherlands July 29, 2004. Selection, to rejuvenate the team by offering a selection of Dutch players, of which only three are beyond the thirty (Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Edwin Van der Sar and Philip Cocu) is very controversial, especially in the fact that n ' some stars have not chosen formatted as Roy Makaay, Clarence Seedorf and Edgar Davids.