Johan Neeskens

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Johan Neeskens is a former Dutch footballer renowned as one of the world’s best midfielders of the 1970s, especially for his role in the Netherlands’ “Total Football” era and at clubs like Ajax and FC Barcelona.

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instanceOf association football player
human
midfielder
clubAchieved Copa del Rey winner with FC Barcelona
European Cup winner with Ajax
Intercontinental Cup winner with Ajax
La Liga winner with FC Barcelona
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
dateOfBirth 1951-09-15
familyName Neeskens NERFINISHED
fullName Johannes Jacobus Neeskens NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Johannes NERFINISHED
hasRole assistant coach
knownFor penalty taking
powerful shooting
stamina and work rate
tackling and ball-winning ability
memberOfSportsTeam AFC Ajax NERFINISHED
FC Baar NERFINISHED
FC Barcelona NERFINISHED
FC Groningen NERFINISHED
FC Utrecht NERFINISHED
Netherlands national football team NERFINISHED
New York Cosmos NERFINISHED
Rangers International (USA) NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the best midfielders of the 1970s
role in the Netherlands Total Football era
numberOfAppearancesForNationalTeam 49
numberOfGoalsForNationalTeam 17
occupation football coach
participatedIn 1974 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED
1976 UEFA European Championship NERFINISHED
1978 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Heemstede, Netherlands NERFINISHED
playsForNationalTeam Netherlands national football team NERFINISHED
positionPlayed defensive midfielder
midfielder
shirtNumber 13
sportsDiscipline association football
styleOfPlay Total Football NERFINISHED
teamAchieved 1974 FIFA World Cup runner-up with Netherlands
1976 UEFA European Championship third place with Netherlands
1978 FIFA World Cup runner-up with Netherlands
teammateOf Johan Cruyff NERFINISHED
Rob Rensenbrink NERFINISHED
Ruud Krol NERFINISHED
workedAsCoachFor FC Barcelona (assistant)
Galatasaray (assistant)
Netherlands national football team (assistant) NERFINISHED
PSV Eindhoven (assistant)
South African national football team (assistant)

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