Johan Cruyff
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff
Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Born
- 25 April 1947
- Died
- 24 March 2016
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1964–1984
Clubs AFC Ajax · FC Barcelona · Los Angeles Aztecs · Washington Diplomats · Levante UD · Feyenoord Rotterdam
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
515
Club league goals
290
International caps
50
International goals
33
League goals / match
0.56
International goals / cap
0.66
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC AjaxClub | 1964–1983 | League | 276 | 204 |
| Netherlands national association football teamNational team | 1966–1977 | Full caps | 48 | 33 |
| Catalonia national football teamNational team | 1973–1976 | Full caps | 2 | 0 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 1973–1978 | League | 143 | 48 |
| Los Angeles AztecsClub | 1979 | League | 23 | 13 |
| Washington DiplomatsClub | 1980–1981 | League | 30 | 12 |
| Levante UDClub | 1981 | League | 10 | 2 |
| Feyenoord RotterdamClub | 1983–1984 | League | 33 | 11 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×9
Eredivisie
Domestic
- 1965–66 · AFC Ajax
- 1966–67 · AFC Ajax
- 1967–68 · AFC Ajax
- 1969–70 · AFC Ajax
- 1971–72 · AFC Ajax
- 1972–73 · AFC Ajax
- 1981–82 · AFC Ajax
- 1982–83 · AFC Ajax
- 1983–84 · Feyenoord Rotterdam
- ×3
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1970–71 · AFC Ajax
- 1971–72 · AFC Ajax
- 1972–73 · AFC Ajax
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 1972 · AFC Ajax
- ×1
La Liga
Domestic
- 1973–74 · FC Barcelona
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×3
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1971
- 1973
- 1974
Career timeline
1964
- Joins AFC Ajax — Until 1973
1966
- Senior international debut: Netherlands national association football team — Until 1977
- Eredivisie winner — 1965–66 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1967
- Eredivisie winner — 1966–67 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1968
- Eredivisie winner — 1967–68 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1970
- Eredivisie winner — 1969–70 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1971
- Ballon d'Or — 1971
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1970–71 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1972
- Eredivisie winner — 1971–72 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1971–72 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 1972 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1973
- Ballon d'Or — 1973
- Senior international debut: Catalonia national football team — Until 1976
- Eredivisie winner — 1972–73 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1972–73 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 1978
1974
- Ballon d'Or — 1974
- La Liga winner — 1973–74 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1979
- Joins Los Angeles Aztecs — Until 1979
1980
- Joins Washington Diplomats — Until 1981
1981
- Joins AFC Ajax — Until 1983
- Joins Levante UD — Until 1981
1982
- Eredivisie winner — 1981–82 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1983
- Eredivisie winner — 1982–83 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
- Joins Feyenoord Rotterdam — Until 1984
1984
- Eredivisie winner — 1983–84 · Feyenoord Rotterdam(provisional)
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
78.9
Rank #4
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 16% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence96.9+29.08 points
- Best window
- 1970–1974
- Individual award points in window
- 36
- Award availability in window
- 0.508
- Team honor points in window
- 35.5
- Peak index
- 88.63
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence65.1+16.28 points
- League goals per match
- 0.563 → 97.23
- International goals per cap
- 0.66 → 100
- International caps per year
- 4.17 → 47.22
Individual accoladesFull evidence71.0+14.20 points
- Contemporary award points
- 36
- Award availability coverage
- 0.554
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 65.04
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1971)
- 12
- Ballon d'Or (1973)
- 12
- Ballon d'Or (1974)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence69.7+10.45 points
- Team honor points
- 47.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.905
- Intercontinental Cup (1972)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1970–71)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1971–72)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1972–73)
- 8
- La Liga (1973–74)
- 3
- Eredivisie (1965–66)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1966–67)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1967–68)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1969–70)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1971–72)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1972–73)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1981–82)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1982–83)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1983–84)
- 2
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence88.4+8.84 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 21 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 11 → 84
- International career length (years)
- 12 → 78
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Johan Cruyff (Q17163)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Johan Cruijff (1974).jpgCC0 · retrieved 27 October 2026