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Marco van Basten

Dutch football (soccer) player and coach
Also known as: Marcel van Basten
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Adam Augustyn was a senior editor at EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica.
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Marco van Basten (born October 31, 1964, Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch football (soccer) player and coach who was a three-time European Player of the Year (1988, 1989, and 1992) and the 1992 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Player of the Year. Van Basten joined the Dutch superpower Ajax in 1981, and he made his debut for their first-division side in 1982. The prolific striker led the Eredivisie (the top Dutch football league)...

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