Йохан Кройф цитаты
Йохан Кройф
Дата рождения: 25. Апрель 1947
Дата смерти: 24. Март 2016
Хе́ндрик Йо́ханнес Кройф — нидерландский футболист и тренер сборной Нидерландов, «Аякса» и «Барселоны». Всего за свою карьеру сыграл 752 матча, забил 425 мячей. Трёхкратный обладатель Золотого мяча, три раза выигрывал Кубок европейских чемпионов в качестве игрока и один раз в качестве тренера. Широко признан одним из лучших футболистов XX века.
26 марта 2010 года Кройф был объявлен почётным президентом ФК «Барселона» за свои заслуги перед клубом в качестве игрока и тренера. Был временно лишён этой должности новым президентом клуба Сандро Розелем в июле 2010 года, так как устав клуба не предусматривает такой должности.
Скончался 24 марта 2016 года в Барселоне в возрасте 68 лет от рака лёгких.
Являлся совладельцем обувного бренда Cruyff Classics.
В январе 2017 года УЕФА, охарактеризовав Кройфа как «человека, заново открывшего „Барселону“», включило его в десятку тренеров, оказавших наибольшее влияние на развитие европейского футбола с момента основания организации в 1954 году.
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португальский футболистЦитаты Йохан Кройф
„We showed the world you could enjoy being a footballer; you could laugh and have a fantastic time. I represent the era which proved that attractive football was enjoyable and successful, and good fun to play too.“
— Johan Cruyff
In They said It: Johan Cruyff ( FIFA.com, 25 April 2014 http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=4/news=they-said-it-johan-cruyff-2323958.html).
„When it was clear that I was leaving Ajax [in 1973], I was sent all kinds of poisonous messages and lots more of that kind of nonsense. But the worst thing for me was that Ajax gave my mother, who had always done her best for the club, an inferior seat in the stadium. Behind a pole. That absolutely crushed me.“
— Johan Cruyff
reported in Johan Cruyff (2016). My Turn: The Autobiography.
„If you can't win, make sure you don't lose.“
— Johan Cruyff
In They said It: Johan Cruyff ( FIFA.com, 25 April 2014 http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=4/news=they-said-it-johan-cruyff-2323958.html).
„The main problem in Britain is that there are too many competitions and too many games. There is no time to prepare properly for Europe or to introduce new ideas because there is far too much emphasis on domestic football.“
— Johan Cruyff
International Football Hall of Fame http://www.ifhof.com/hof/cruyff.asp.
„Right now, I have the feeling that I am 2-0 up in the first half of a match that has not finished yet. But I am sure that I will end up winning.“
— Johan Cruyff
Eurosport.com, 13 February 2016 http://www.eurosport.com/football/liga/2015-2016/johan-cruyff-i-m-2-0-up-at-half-time-in-battle-against-lung-cancer_sto5174173/story.shtml.
„Because you play football with your head, and your legs are there to help you. If you don't use your head, using your feet won't be sufficient. Why does a player have to chase the ball? Because he started running too late. You have to pay attention, use your brain and find the right position. If you get to the ball late, it means you chose the wrong position. Bergkamp was never late.“
— Johan Cruyff
reported in Dennis Bergkamp (2013). Stillness and Speed: My Story.
„Who am I supporting? I am Dutch but I support the football that Spain is playing. Spain's style is the style of Barcelona. Spain, a replica of Barça, is the best publicity for football.“
— Johan Cruyff
Cruyff wrote in his weekly column for the Barcelona-based newspaper El Periodico, prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup final match ( Goal.com, 11 July 2010 http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2890/world-cup-2010/2010/07/11/2018367/from-ajax-to-barcelona-holland-vs-spain-world-cup-2010-final).
„Sadly, they played very dirty. This ugly, vulgar, hard, hermetic, hardly eye-catching, hardly football style... If with this they got satisfaction, fine, but they lost.“
— Johan Cruyff
Criticising the Dutch team's play in the 2010 World Cup final, in BBC Sport (12 July 2010) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8812484.stm.
„Every disadvantage has its advantage.“
— Johan Cruyff
In They said It: Johan Cruyff ( FIFA. com, 25 April 2014 http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2014/m=4/news=they-said-it-johan-cruyff-2323958.html).
„It hurts me that Holland chose an ugly path to aim for the title.“
— Johan Cruyff
BBC Sport (12 July 2010).
„I haven't always been understood. As a footballer, as coach and also for what I did after all that. But OK, Rembrandt and Van Gogh weren't understood either. That's what you learn: people go on bothering you until you're a genius.“
— Johan Cruyff
reported in Johan Cruyff (2016). My Turn: The Autobiography.
„In my teams, the goalie is the first attacker, and the striker the first defender.“
— Johan Cruyff
reported in Ramón Calderón's Newsweek.com column http://www.newsweek.com/johan-cruyff-ramon-calderon-barcelona-real-madrid-440545 (24 March 2016).
