Cruyff was so much more than "just" a football player. He reinvented Football!

One of the giants in the history of sports in general. An exponent of art in football. Indeed, it's amazing how Cruyff combined art with efficiency. Absolute genius.

He didn't run, he just glided through them all.

I'm 25 years old, and watching someone like that... makes me emotional. He was too good. A true genius of the game. You will live forever, Cruijff.

"Playing football is simple,but playing simple football is the difficult thing there is" -Johan Cruijff

Footballer of the year 3 times, innovating the game, runner-up in the world cup, creative penalties, the Phantom goal, legendary dribblings, blazing speed, loyalty to his family during an armed robbery, deciding to stay with them instead of going to another world cup, provocative gestures of Francos savage dictatorship in Spain, incredible Intelligence, being fluent in many languages, his prideful attachment for Judaism due to his home villages upbringing and Ajax Amsterdam, a dutch-jewish club, tutoring young talents who later became legends in their own rights exampl. Van Basten, Guardiola. Johan Cruyff was footballs enigma. An icon for dutch and catalonian nationalists alike. Although he smoked like a chimney and, tragically, lost his most important battle, Johan will be remembered for everything he has left us with.

He can dribble , shoot , pass , jump higher than others he can defend , intiligence , balance , elegance ... , what more can i say , a boss in the field , and above that he runs so fast despite his tall , an all round- artist , a talent comes in a life time 💖💖

SCARY ....... it seems that he is literally a high level player in today's times who went back in time on a machine to have fun

Probably the most complete player technically. Pioneer of the false 9. Great vision, balance and technique.

He wasn't just a footballer, he boosted the confidence of an entire nation & for that he will always be remember as Onze Johan (our Johan)..RIP

Always the best player on the field. In almost every match he played. A midfielder who made goals, as if he was a striker. Absolute general.

Unbelievably talented player. One of the worlds best.

The greatest Football-Man. Probably the best footballer (could use both feet exactly the same). A great manager and a great philosopher of the game. The football we watch today we owe it to him.

Dribbling, pace, acceleration, intelligence, ambidextrousity !

The goal against Argentina is so stylish. The way he brings the ball down effortlessly, sidesteps the keeper and casually kicks it into the goal.

This man is a master of all on the football pitch. A true genius.

The fidelity of Dutch television transmissions in the 70s were quite good

I was a kid growing up in Cruyff's peak 1970s era & he's without doubt the best European player I've ever seen. His 1974 world cup performances have never been topped by any European player in a World Cup I've seen. I've seen Zidane at world cups. He only turned it on for a couple of matches at best & was carried by a strong French team in the other games were he was just ok. Cruyff was top gear in literally ever match at that 74 world cup. At club level he was outstanding, winning three European Cups with Ajax & three ballon d'Or 's. He played everywhere during a game, from defensive areas, on the wings, center midfield dictating play & in the final third getting onto the end of chances in the opposing box. He was fast, with a terrific turn of pace, with fast close control dribbling skills. He could tackle really well. Head really well. Was brilliantly two footed, which enabled him to pass, cross, shoot accurately with either feet & he had fantastic vision, to pick up players runs, playing them in, with beautifully crafted, weighted passes or pick up runs into dangerous areas. He could play anywhere on a pitch. Just a awesome total footballer like Pelé & Di Stéfano. From the players I've seen in the last 20 years. It's only Messi I'd put in those players bracket. He's definitely skill wise & technically wise, up there with Pelé, Di Stéfano, Cruyff, Maradona.

A player that was 40 years ahead in time, his contribution changed the game forever. So sad he didn't win the world cup, but he was world champion with Ajax, making the team one of the top 10 teams of the world even today. 20 years of pure magic, in and out the field, because he was an amazing coach as well, winning Barcelona's first European Cup. Legend like only a few.

First off, this is an outstanding compilation of Cruijff's greatest moments that truly do justice to the greatness of a football phenomenon that Johan Cruijff was! Maybe, the most thorough tribute ever shared on social media for any footballer ever!

I witnessed the goals Cruyff scored against Rangers in the first-ever Supercup final. Unbelievable display of skill, control and pace. A possible candidate for the best footballer ever.

RIP Johan, great player and person. I always will remember you when I was 11 years old in 1975 when I saw you in Nou Camp in Barcelona by first time. Colour and ilusion.

No wonder he was called Flying Dutchman. He was so skillful, fast and flexible, seems flying in the soccer field!

Best dutch player of all time and a barca legend, thank you Johan for what you did for barca ♥️

I am a young player who would probably take a new modern play as my inspiration but no one can stop me from loving the best play ever rest in peace Johan we all love ☝🏽☝🏽

Cruyff was known as the master when he was playing. He was the perfect example of a player who was always in control, always deliberate, always conducting the games, and knew it.

I'm 20 years old and it's sad realize how fast life goes by. In these images we see a boy. Not long ago he was a boy, a boy who became a legend, and already died. But Cruyff's legacy is perpetual. ❤️

One of the truly greatest players. Brilliant, faultless, in complete control. Pace, intelligence, skill. Just magnificent.

One of the best ever! RIP Johan Cruyff! What a player he was!!!

He did not just dribble past defenders he left them for dead. He had everything. An absolute genius.

I was a kid in 74 when they lose against West Germany and I spent all the summer representing the game in our holiday house and scoring goals for Nederland between two doors of the corridor [I'm not Dutch], I loved so much that team specially Johan

best European footballer of all time

He is my favourite player of all time. Such grace and poise on the ball. Possessd rapid change of pace and foot. Lightning reactions and like all great players the ability to see what no one else can see. The balance of a ballerina. A gazelle in human form is how I saw him. Thanks for posting.

He was his time ahead...

The finest player Europe has ever produced. Lots of these clips are from his time in Feyenoord when he was 35/36/37. He was still firmly among the worlds best players.

man i never realised he was so good...dribbles and shoot with both feet, good in the air, playmaking..

the most complete player ever i think.I didnt see him playing but only from vids can understand how great he was.

Such a modern player: you could see what football was to be like in the following 20 years just by looking at his play.

Immense Player! One of the few players who can be 'genuinly' be named 'one of the best in world football' past and present!

Up there with the greatest for me - I watched him as manager of Barca once doing an interview and he effortlessly moved across five languages - not just a footballer, a super intelligent thinker too.

The best player that ever was. The moments that stand out are countless but how he humiliated England at an England-Holland friendly at Wembley in '77 and a standing ovation he got from Aston Villafans at a Villa vs Barcelona game are to me the best moments

His acceleration, and balance with it, was unbelievable.

Incredible speed! He was very fast! Thank you for this video

The Mastermind of one of the greatest teams that ever existed ... R.I.P. Johan

In this video you 'just' see his skills, which were awesome. Even more important was his vision on football and how he changed the game by inventing total football with Ajax and the national Dutch team and tiki taka in Barcelona: attacking, forechecking, putting pressure on your opponent's half, and demanding footballers to be able to play in different positions on the pitch. No one ever had these revolutionairy ideas.

True footballing brilliance R.I.P Johan Cruyff

Amazing how he is two-footed. Look at him pass, dribble, score, with both left and right just as easy. That's so unique and that wholesomeness is what makes him so great.

the perfect combination of Speed and Technique, a great Footballing brain with strong physical qualities, the one of a kind Johan Cryuff 😢🙏❤️⚽👑

Best legend in football history 🇳🇱🔥😍🔥

My favorite player of all time , a genius in a team of superstars . Given how little football was filmed back then just imagine some of the things he did when there were no cameras present

We miss him every day the absolute GOAT

I really like this legend. Johan Cruyff represetnted art on the surface of green grass . He was so flamboyan and charismatic made everybody on the field and in the stand respected him most. On an interview he told the reporter that he used to play fottball together with his teammates in Ajax and 1974 Dutch legendary team with the word "love", and let the people come to the stadiium to enjoy watching beautiful game. To win the game is important but to win people heart is the most important things. Cruyff has performed modernity since he came to the pitch for the first time and brought the world a new style of playing football as a combination of sport, entertainment dan glory. Most of football fans believe that Hendrik Johannes Cruyff is the greatest European Football player of all time dispite being unlucky not to win 1974 FIFA World Cup. His brilliant mind and charisma have made Barcelona as one of the very best football club in the history of World Soccer without any doubt since first time he managed the Catalan team and leave us a legendary Barca's style of playing with tiki taka that also made very big impact for Spanish National Team who won three prestigous footbal tournament in a row; European Cup 2008, World Cup 2010 and again European Cup 2012. Thanks Johan for what you have done in footbal. We will always miss you.

I was fortunate to watch Cruyff in Washington DC playing for Diplomats NASL team while I was a young aspiring soccer player. Even at the end of his career, aging and injured at times, Johan could still silence the crowds with his brilliance on the pitch. So cool so see some of those old clips here!

Bro I thought I've seen all footage of Johan, but you've got even more! Thank you so much for keeping the legend alive with this rare footage!!!!

He seems faster, more skilful, stronger and more tactically aware than anyone else on the pitch. Boss.

I love this legend❤❤🇳🇱🇳🇱❤❤💪

He was a complete player , a striker, a midfield as well as a defender.

THE FATHER OF TIKI TAKA, FC BARCELONA HAVE CONGRATS HIM FOR EVERYTHING!

The original modern footballer. You can see alot of what he does in Messi (Obviously Messi made it completely his own) but you can see the influence Cruyff has had on tge way Barca (Used) to raise it's youth squads.

Beast.. really dominant player.. fast, physical & technical 👏🏼👏🏼

Greatest european player of all time, as simple as that

One of football's most esteemed icons.

Genius. A footballing artist. Beautiful to watch. Grazie Mati, fantastic vid.

His ability to go through 3-4 players with just one push is just mind blowing 🤯

An absolute Legend & my Idol of the beautiful game of Football, you'll live in our hears always Johan Cruyff ❤️🌹🙏 xx

Best of the history 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Good video Johan cruyff is the most complete footballer in all history❤❤⚽️⚽️👏👏

So elegant so balanced but also unpredictable ...Poetry on the field

Thank you for this brilliant video. Being Dutch i grew up with stories of how much better than everyone else he was. However all i ever got to see was slow motion close ups with some classical music. Which only works if you already have some memory of him during his playing days. This shows what he was actually capable of and it makes me understand what all those old Dutchies were always talking about. Truly one of the all time greats

The Gospel of Johan "If you play for ball possession you don't have to defend. Cause there is only one ball." "Experience. You’ve either got it or you don't." "The average of a team is determined by its weakest player." "If you give Italians one opportunity, they score two goals" "I am seldom in error, because I find it difficult to make mistakes." "The difference between right and wrong is often no more than five meters." "The simpler the better, because the fewer options you give to a player, the higher the chance that he will be doing the right thing." "I absolutely hate a player that moves, but doesn't know where to." "People say life is a flow. That's correct. When I tried to spit against the wind recently, it landed in my own face." "We did fantastic, simply because we couldn't do any better!" "Well, the ball has to go between those two posts. As a minimum." "Play the game as it should be played. Football is made for the spectators. They most enjoy seeing an attack, so you have to attack." "Am I dictatorial? No, I'm not, but the players have to do what I say." "I don't believe, because I'm not a believer, but I do think that there is something else and therefore I believe in the thing that I think is there" "Well, if you understood football, YOU would be sitting here" "I have got to be able to trust the people in my team, and they have to challenge me. I have no use for brownnosers" “I'm still convinced that the way that I do it is how it has to be done, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.” "If you see a player sprint, then he has started too late" (at Barcelona) “Before the match 22 players are praying, I never understood that. If there was a God and he would treat everyone equal, every match would end up a draw" "We started searching for the victory and then you always automatically find it.” "I wasn't there just like that when I was 17, falling out of the sky! I was there already when I was 14, stealing the bikes of Ajax' first team. I didn't look up to them, I knew I was going to be one of them, sooner or later." "Ajax is a fantastic club! If you make sure that you're in charge, otherwise it is impossible to work there" "I always take decisions myself. If at Ajax they tell me "You're too old" then I say "You don't decide that, that's my decision" "I've got an office in Barcelona. But you'll never find me there, cause I don't like paper." "Italians? They can not win from you. But you CAN loose from them." "Often something has to happen, before something happens" “Playing football is very simple. But playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.” "I love working! As long as it is work that I love ..." (on TV football analysis) "When I come home from a TV talk show, Danny (wife) always asks "what did you say?". Then I reply "For the life of me, I can't remember" "I'm always against everything. Until I take a decision, then I'm in favor of it. Seems logical to me ..." "A rich club? I've never seen a bag of money score a goal" "It's better to go down with your own vision, then with the vision of somebody else" "First point, there is only one ball so you've got to have that one, but the essence is: what are you then going to do with that ball?" (at Barcelona) "Now there is unity, everybody does what I'm asking for. That's because they're not Dutchmen, that always say as soon as I take a breath 'Yes, but ...' ” "The time that I carried money is long behind me. I always bring my name and my face." "Misfortune is what you get with a negative attitude and luck is what you get with a positive attitude” "What do you prefer? One good elevensome or eleven good onesomes?" "You're not getting it? Well, if I'd wanted you to understand it, I would have explained it better" "The dot has to be put there on the i where it belongs!" "If you're not there somewhere, then you are either too early or you are too late." "People have to drive faster. Then they are quicker off the roads and there are fewer traffic jams.” "If I ask you to show what you can do, you will show me. But then I also know what you can not do, because you're not showing me that." "Money that you earn after your 30th birthday is what you save. What you earn before is what you spend." "Coincidence is logical" - Johan Cruijff - 1947 - 2016

I keep hearing nowadays that football is changed and yet the ball is still round...Johan Cruyff was huge

RIP monsieur Johan Criujff. Plus grand joueur de tous les temps

Cruyff is the player of seventeens as Maradona is the one of eighteens .No one can compare them .

The goal at 1:33 - seriously! The video brilliantly shows his phenomenal control and acceleration. One of the greatest ever.

His pace balance and left foot unbelievable. I'm old enough to have seen him play he was magnificent

Few players have defined there clubs such as Alfredo di Stefano for REAL MADRID,Maradona for NAPOLI,and Johan Crujff for both AJAX and BARCELONA.

Cruyff was a danger to the football world because everything he had was deadly Dribbling, speed, goal scoring etc....

Just came across this compilation. This man was a genius. I never realised he was that good. The electric pace, ball control, great at heading the ball, thunderous shot. What a fantastic player 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

The most complete and charismatic player I have ever seen, he could do anything on a football pitch. Elegance, technique, athletic skills, personality, everything at the highest level. Smart mind and great coach too.

The Rembrandt of the 20th Century. What a gift for football!

Para mí, será porque coincide con mi juventud futbolística, el mejor jugador de la historia del fútbol.

One of if not the best Johan Cruijff compilations, watched it twice and when I start I can't stop watching, poetry in motion…

for me he is in that elite group, of Maradona Pele Beckenbaur Cryuff, better than all the other world stars, like Messi, Best, Eusebio, Van Basten, Zidane, Platini, Ronaldo, Fat Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Hagi, Moore, Charlton, Muller, and so many more.

Genius

He looks like a pro playing against amateurs or simply divers that cant catch him. Sure they were other days l, but cant contest the skill and pure talent. If you look closely at Ronaldo or Messi videos in their prime they look exacly the same. Like really pro against amateurs. The difference is the same, the only thing i saw Cruyff do more is the defensive/recovery. Thats were he was above our stars today, Indeed a complete footballer. Can only imagine what he would have done in out days with no smoking strict regime, nutritions, training and a complete stars team like we have in out days..

My English team is Arsenal but I became an Ajax fan ever since they knocked Arsenal out of the 1972 European Cup largely down to the genius of Cruyff and the great quality of football they played.. Thanks for posting

So much to choose from here, but that first touch at 1.34 was spectacular, followed by a sublime second touch to lob the keeper. What a player... true great, 100% legend of the game

The father of modern football🙏

Cruyff use smoke alot during his playing days and he was still this good.woow

BEST PLAYER EVER...A GENIUS

He was my idol and I tried to replicate his skills and movements in my youth

The most influential man in football history. The fact that he didn't not win the World Cup doesn't matter as football is a team sport. Even Matterazzi won the World Cup😂..

Beautiful video! Thank you very much. Imagine how good Johan would have been with the training and everything else the players these days get... Johan was the perfect athlete with unprecedented vision and fabulous technique.

Fantastic player. One of the greatest ever.

Wow I had no idea he scored another 'phantom goal' while at Ajax as well! Fantastic video and footage he's truly one of the biggest influences of the game ever. He was practically as complete of a player as there ever has been could defend, play make and score all very well, use either foot and his head at a high level combined with great intelligence and blistering pace. Truly one of the greatest #14.

MatigolVidz thank you so much for posting really appreciate it

The most underrated player in the GOAT debate. The best European player of all times. Certainly up there with Messi, Maradona and Pele.

Cruiff is the best player in the world🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️

I REALLY ADMIRED HIM WHEN I WAS A YOUNG KID AND TEENAGER. TOTAL FOOTBALL AT ITS HIGH PEAK. 👌👌👍 👍. R.I.P JOHANN CRUYFF.

Didn't realise that he was this great