1. Johan Jordi Cruijff is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the current technical advisor of the Indonesia national team.
23 Facts About Jordi Cruyff
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Jordi Cruyff was formerly the sporting director at FC Barcelona.
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Jordi Cruyff played from 1992 through to 2010, including periods with Barcelona and Manchester United.
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Jordi Cruyff earned nine caps for the Netherlands national team, playing at UEFA Euro 1996, and he won the Premier League title in 1997 while at Manchester United.
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Jordi Cruyff played for Celta Vigo, Espanyol and finished his playing career with Valletta in the Maltese Premier League.
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In 1992, Jordi Cruyff made his debut for Barcelona B in the Segunda Division, becoming the team's top scorer alongside Oscar Garcia.
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Two years later, Jordi Cruyff was promoted to the senior team during a pre-season tour in the Netherlands, where he scored hat-tricks against Groningen and De Graafschap.
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That season, Barcelona finished fourth in La Liga and Jordi Cruyff was one of the team's top scorers alongside Stoichkov and Koeman, despite not being a regular starter.
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Jordi Cruyff scored the goal that guaranteed Barcelona played in Europe the following season.
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Jordi Cruyff was a regular in the first team until the end of November 1996, when he suffered another knee injury.
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Jordi Cruyff scored twice in eight games for the Spaniards before returning for United.
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Jordi Cruyff decided against extending his contract with Espanyol and voluntarily left that summer.
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Jordi Cruyff then trained with Bolton Wanderers, coached by Sam Allardyce, but failed a medical test.
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In mid-2009, Jordi Cruyff signed a three-year deal as a player-cum-assistant-manager of Maltese side Valletta, assisting first team coach Ton Caanen, a role he admitted he did not take to.
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Jordi Cruyff was approached to play at under-21 level by both Spain and the Netherlands.
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Jordi Cruyff was unsure which country to represent, and in 1996 he declined the possibility to join the Spanish team for the Olympic Games; meanwhile, his performances for Barcelona persuaded coach Guus Hiddink to include him in the Netherlands squad for UEFA Euro 1996.
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In 2010, Jordi Cruyff announced his retirement from professional football and joined AEK Larnaca as director of football on a three-year deal.
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Jordi Cruyff appointed Ton Caanen as head coach, and the pair worked to establish the team as a new football powerhouse in Cyprus.
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Oscar Garcia briefly returned but left before the beginning of the season when Jordi Cruyff appointed Pako Ayestaran, former assistant to Rafael Benitez at Liverpool.
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On 25 February 2025, Football Association of Indonesia chairman, Erick Thohir announced that Jordi Cruyff was appointed as the new technical advisor of the Indonesia national football team.
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On 8 August 2018, Jordi Cruyff was appointed as the manager of Chinese Super League side Chongqing Dangdai Lifan.
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On 3 January 2020, Jordi Cruyff reached an agreement to become manager of the Ecuador national side.
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On 14 August 2020, Jordi Cruyff was appointed as the manager of Chinese Super League club Shenzhen.