🎥 Remembering the iconic Johan Cruyff on the anniversary of his death 🧡 | OneFootball

Has any one person had a greater impact on football than Johan Cruyff?

World class player. World class manager. Innovator. Genius.

Nine years on from his untimely death, the Netherlands, Barcelona and Ajax remember their favourite son.

Cruyff was the personification of "Total Football", helping Ajax to three European Cups in a row, and inspiring the Netherlands to the 1974 World Cup final.

Not even a striker, he is the top scorer for the Amsterdam giants with 257 goals, and was also the first player to ever win three Ballon d'Or awards in a row.

At Barcelona, he transformed the club, blending Total Football and Catalan spirit to create the style that has become synonymous with the club.

As a player, he helped them win their first LaLiga title in over a decade, while as manager, he won four titles in a row and secured the club's first-ever Champions League title in 1992.

Known for inventing the turn named after him and being the first player to start the tradition of squad numbers - famously 14 in his case - he was ahead of the game in every single way, including from the penalty spot.

For all his goals, it was his creativity that perhaps he is best remembered for.

His spirit lives on with both of his most famous clubs and throughout the Netherlands, with Ajax's stadium being renamed in his honour.

There was no one like him before, and there may never be another again.

📸 COR MULDER - 2007 AFP