THE CRUYFF TURN 1974: Cruyff's bamboozling of Sweden's Jan Olsson with a quick change of direction, leaving the defender on his backside THE PHANTOM GOAL 1973: In a game against Atletico Madrid the Dutchman leapt into the air outside the far post, diverting a cross past goalkeeper Miguel Reina with the outside of his right heel at chest height THAT AJAX PENALTY, 1980: Against Helmond Sport he opted not to shoot but instead tap the spot-kick sideways to team-mate Jesper Olsen, who knocked the ball back for Cruyff to turn it into the net with goalkeeper HISTORY WITH AJAX: made his debut for the Amsterdam side he joined as a 10-year-old and scored 25 goals in 23 games He also guided the club to three successive European Cups from 1971 to 1973 BARCELONA: Helped the club win La Liga for the first time. As a manager as he won the league title four times (1991 and 1994), won the 1989 European Cup Winners' Cup final and guid the club to their first European Cup in 1992
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