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Published 13:02 24 Mar 2016 GMT
Updated 13:25 24 Mar 2016 GMT
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They were rocked when he opted not to participate in the 1978 World Cup finals. He retired from international football in 1977, winning 48 caps and scoring 33 goals.
He continued to sparkle for his club. Cruyff remarked, in the past, that he took no pleasure from tap-ins or simple goals. Football was a beautiful game and it was the duty of its most talented stewards to deliver that beauty as often as possible:
He enjoyed a spell with American soccer sides before returning to The Netherlands, via Levante, for stints with Ajax and Feyenoord.
He managed Ajax for three seasons, overseeing the development of Frank Rijkaard, Danny Blind and Marco van Basten, before taking over at Barcelona and delivering their first ever European Cup, in 1992.
Cruyff had survived two previous battles with cancer but ultimately could not shake the ravages of that disease.
Tributes have flooded in for the Dutchman since he passed away at his family home in Barcelona.
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