He also played for Celta Vigo, RCD Espanyol and finished his playing career with Valletta in the Maltese Premier League. Danny Coster Cruyff is the wife of Johan Cruyff, the Dutch soccer player and coach who died at the age of 68 of cancer. In his first season, the team finished 4th and the team qualified for the UEFA Europa League. It was Cruyff’s former Barcelona team mate Carles Rexach who said in his 2008 autobiography that the Dutch legend had been asked not to play in 1978 by his wife. The team won consecutive league titles from 2012–2015, as well as regularly qualifying for the Europa League and Champions League. Powered by. Cruyff scored the goal that guaranteed Barcelona played in Europe the following season. En 2004, à la suite d'une grave blessure l'ayant placé en statut de semi-retraité, il rejoint l'équipe B de Barcelone pour continuer à s'entrainer et prend part à des matchs de vétérans[1]. He made his debut for the national side in a 2–0 friendly defeat against Germany on 24 April 1996. He told Antoni Bassas of Catalunya Radio, “To play a World Cup you have to be 200% okay, there are moments when there are other values in life.” Despite hit absence, the Dutch team made it to the final where they were beaten in controversial circumstances by Argentina. Il démissionne de ce poste 6 mois plus tard, sans avoir dirigé le moindre match de la sélection[4]. Cor is credited with engineering Johan’s move to Barcelona in 1973, according to an article in Voetbal International. That season, Barcelona finished 4th in La Liga and Jordi was one of the team's top scorers alongside Stoichkov and Koeman, despite not being a regular starter. On 3 January 2020, Cruyff reached an agreement to become manager of the Ecuador national football team. In his second season, AEK Larnaca qualified for the groups stage of the Europa League after beating Rosenborg in the play-offs. They have three children together, Chantal, Susila and Jordi. The participation of the team in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League was historic for both the club and for Cyprus football, as the club became the first Cypriot team to secure qualification to the Europa League (preceded by Anorthosis and APOEL in the group stages of the Champions League). Jordi decided against extending his contract with Espanyol and voluntarily left that summer. Johan maintained throughout his life that he ran every soccer decision by his wife. [2][3], After an initial agreement with Harry Redknapp's West Ham United fell through, Jordi returned to Spain on a free transfer to Alavés. [18], On 8 August 2018, Cruyff was appointed as the manager of Chinese Super League side Chongqing Dangdai Lifan. The following season, he joined Espanyol,[5] being played regularly in his only season. Danny Coster married Johan Cruyff in 1968. En avril 2012, il s'engage avec le club israélien du Maccabi Tel-Aviv en tant que directeur sportif. In 1968, the greatest innovator in the history of soccer married the love of his life and the pair remained happy until his passing in 2016. (Getty). Under Cruyff's and Garcia's stewardship, Maccabi dominated the league and claimed the title by thirteen points ahead of their nearest rival. Under his stewardship as Maccabi Tel Aviv's sporting director, the club became a dominant force in Israeli football. Despite mostly playing as a defensive player throughout his career, Cruyff took on a more attacking role with Valletta. [15][16] His initial work included signing Óscar García Junyent, then head coach of FC Barcelona Juvenil A, as head coach of the club. Jordi's spell at Manchester United was marked by injuries, but he played three games in the group stage of the Champions League the same season that the Red Devils claimed the title in 1999. Valletta won the MFA Trophy in Cruyff's first season beating Qormi 2–1, although Cruyff did not play in the final as he was not fully fit. The rumor states that the Dutch legend was on the phone to Danny all night before the final trying to convince her that nothing untoward had happened. In April 2015, Jordi renewed his contract for a further two years despite interest from English Championship and Bundesliga sides. The team qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stages for the first time in 11 years, playing against Chelsea, Porto and Dynamo Kyiv in Group G before exiting the competition. In mid-2009, Cruyff signed a three-year deal as a player-cum-assistant-manager of Maltese side Valletta, assisting first team coach Ton Caanen,[7] a role he admitted he did not take to. In fact, he had to go into debt to be able to live in a decent house.”. With the Basque club, he reached the 2001 UEFA Cup Final, against Liverpool: despite being 2–0 and then 3–1 down, Alavés embarked on a spirited comeback and Cruyff's goal in the 89th minute tied the game at 4–4. It was the moment to leave football and I couldn’t play in the World Cup after this.”. In April 2012, Cruyff was appointed by Mitchell Goldhar, owner of Maccabi Tel Aviv, as the Sports Director of the football club[14] paying compensation to AEK Larnaca. He said in his book that Cruyff had agreed to take his wife on a shopping trip to Milan just prior to a qualifier with Bulgaria. In 2010, Cruyff announced his retirement from professional football and joined AEK Larnaca as director of football on a three-year deal. Biographie. There was also a change in club manager following Paulo Sousa's appointment at FC Basel.

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