CBA ISSUES JOHAN CRUYFF COIN
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 5, 2010 – 13:05 AMT 08:05 GMT
The Central Bank of Armenia has put into circulation 20 000 Johan
Cruyff silver coins with nominal value of AMD100 in the framework of
Football Kings program, the CBA press office said.
Johan Cruyff (born Hendrik Johannes Cruijff on 25 April 1947 in
Amsterdam, Netherlands), is a Dutch football manager, former player
and President of Honour of FC Barcelona. He has won the Ballon d’Or
three times – in 1971, 1973 and 1974 – which is a record jointly held
with Michel Platini and Marco van Basten. Cruyff was the most famous
exponent of the football philosophy known as Total Football explored by
Rinus Michels, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of
all time. He is typically dubbed as one of the four football "Legends"
along with Diego Maradona, Alfredo di Stefano and Pele.
After his retirement from playing in 1984, Cruyff became highly
successful as manager of Ajax and later Barcelona; he remains an
influential advisor to both clubs. His son Jordi has also gone on
to play football professionally. In 1999, Cruyff was voted European
Player of the Century in an election held by the IFFHS, and came
second behind Pele in their World Player of the Century poll. He
came third in a vote organized by the French weekly magazine France
Football consulting their former Ballon d’Or winners to elect their
Football Player of the Century. On 2 November 2009 Cruyff was named
as the head coach of the Catalonia national football team in place
of Pere Gratacos. This is his first coaching job in thirteen years.