# Johan Neeskens

Johan Neeskens was a Dutch football manager and player (15 September 1951 – 6 October 2024). Neeskens played as a midfielder for Barcelona and Ajax. Neeskens scored 110 goals in 530 league and international games and won 14 trophies, including 3 Champions League titles and 4 league titles.

## Neeskens's career stats

|   | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, league games | 481 | 93 |
| Netherlands | 49 | 17 |
| Total | 530 | 110 |

Goals per game: 0.21.

## Neeskens's trophies and awards

- Trophies with club and country: 14
- League titles: 4
- Domestic cups: 3
- Champions League: 3
- Other international club trophies: 4
- Individual awards: 11

### Ajax

- Eredivisie: 2 (1971–72, 1972–73)
- KNVB Cup: 2 (1970–71, 1971–72)
- European Cup: 3 (1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73)
- Intercontinental Cup: 1 (1972)
- European Super Cup: 2 (1972, 1973)

### Barcelona

- Copa del Rey: 1 (1977–78)
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1 (1978–79)

### New York Cosmos

- North American Soccer League: 2 (1980, 1982)

### Individual

- FUWO European Team of the Season: 1 (1972)
- Sport Ideal European XI: 2 (1974, 1975)
- FIFA World Cup Silver Boot: 1 (1974)
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1 (1974)
- Don Balón Award (La Liga Foreign Player of the Year): 1 (1975–76)
- La Liga Team of The Year: 3 (1976, 1977, 1979)
- FIFA 100: 1
- Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Bronze): 1 (2020)

## Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

1. 1968–1970: RCH, 68 games, 1 goal
2. 1970–1974: Ajax, 124 games, 33 goals
3. 1974–1979: Barcelona, 140 games, 35 goals
4. 1979–1984: New York Cosmos, 94 games, 17 goals
5. 1985: Groningen, 7 games, 0 goals
6. 1985: South Florida Sun, 1 game, 1 goal
7. 1985–1986: Kansas City Comets, 23 games, 1 goal
8. 1986–1987: Löwenbrau
9. 1988–1990: Baar, 23 games, 5 goals
10. 1991: FC Zug, 1 game, 0 goals

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