Q 01/05

Cruyff was the first player to win which award three times?

A) Ballon d'Or

B) Golden Shoe

C) Pichichi

D) Onze d'Or

Answer · why

A) Ballon d'Or

Ballon d'Or. Cruyff took it in 1971, 1973 and 1974, the last only months after his Dutch side had lost the World Cup final.

Q 02/05

Which shirt number did Cruyff make famous at Ajax and with the Netherlands?

A) Number 7

B) Number 10

C) Number 11

D) Number 14

Answer · why

D) Number 14

Number 14. The Dutch numbered their 1974 World Cup squad alphabetically, which would have given Cruyff the 1, but he kept his own shirt while goalkeep...

Q 03/05

In which city was Cruyff born in April 1947?

A) Amsterdam

B) Eindhoven

C) Utrecht

D) Rotterdam

Answer · why

A) Amsterdam

Amsterdam. His parents ran a greengrocer's in the east of the city, a short walk from Ajax's ground, and the club enrolled him on his tenth birthday.

Q 04/05

Which sport did the young Cruyff prefer to football until his coaches made him quit it at fifteen?

A) Cycling

B) Speed skating

C) Field hockey

D) Baseball

Answer · why

D) Baseball

Baseball. He played catcher in Ajax's own baseball section, and later credited the sport with opening his mind to how space could be found on a footba...

Q 05/05

Before paying a world-record fee for Cruyff in 1973, Barcelona first tried to sign which German striker?

A) Jupp Heynckes

B) Gerd Müller

C) Uwe Seeler

D) Klaus Fischer

Answer · why

B) Gerd Müller

Gerd Müller. Talks with the prolific forward collapsed, so Barcelona paid Ajax about six million guilders for Cruyff once Spain reopened its borders t...