Statue of Johan Cruyff

Johan has two periods in Barcelona the first as a player that was from 1973 to 1978 “Captained by Cruyff, Barcelona won the Spanish League championship in 1974 and was runner-up in 1976 and 1977” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019). In his second stage as coach the Flaco (skinny) which was his nickname in Spain, he made great achievements “the Club began one of the most successful stages of its history, winning four LaLiga titles in a row between 1990 and 1994, something never achieved before. In May 1992, at the famous Wembley Stadium, Barça won their first ever European Cup with the so-called 'Dream Team' thrilling the world with their extraordinary football” (Barcelona FC). Johan’s influence is very great because he helped to form a game philosophy within Barcelona and is an implement in the training school, in addition to having implemented the "total football" has nowadays Barcelona as one of the best teams of the world and its training school continues to form great players with the values ​​of its philosophy and style of play.

He was so great as a player that in his debut with the Catalan team he scored 2 goals, that game was played against Granda in which Barcelona won 4-0. Also during his time as a player in Barcelona, ​​he helped the team to be to become respected international and national level since the internal context in Spain of the 70s is very marked by the Franco dictatorship and its support for Real Madrid, when Juan played Barcelona, ​​he did it in a way that he was not afraid to fight against ideology and this for the Catalans became very important, so much so that Jordi gave his son a name that was forbidden for the time.

When this coach was one of the best times in the history of Barcelona, ​​they won 4 national leagues in a row and gave him the first cup of champions, but this team showed heart and strength when it came to playing and that is why they are so grateful to Cruyff for returning the glory to the club. The players who coached johan were "Zubizarreta, Bakero, Begiristain, Laudrup, Koeman, Stoichkov, Romario, Eusebio, Navidad, Guardiola, Amor, Juan Carlos, Ferrer, Nando, Julio Salinas, Serna, Alexanco y Goikoetxea" (Barcelona FC). But Guardiola was the best learned, when he ran the club between 2007 and 2012 he is known as the best Barcelona in history, because he used the whole philosophy of "total football"

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2019, October 18). Johan Cruyff. Retrieved February 18, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johan-Cruyff

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