Johan Neeskens

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Full name: Johannes ("Johan") Jacobus Neeskens




A manager and a former FC Barcelona midfielder as a player, he was an important member of the Dutch national team that finished as runner-ups in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups.

He was the assistant coach to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona. He is currently the head coach of the Dutch B national team.

He played for Barca several seasons (1974-1979) in which he played a total of 230 games, he scored 56 goals and won 1 Recopa in 78'-79' and one king's cup in 77'-78', and those are his stats as a player.

Johan was born in (Heemstede, Holland, 1951) And he arrived in FC Barcelona in 1974, where he joined up with his fellow Ajax team-mate Cruyff.

Here are a list of the teams he managed:

1991–1993 FC Zug
1993–1995 FC Stäfa
1995–1996 FC Singen
1995–2000 Netherlands (assistant manager)
2000–2004 NEC Nijmegen
2005–2006 Australia (assistant manager)
2006–2008 FC Barcelona (assistant manager)
2008– Netherlands B

Another guy who's done so much for our club.
 

Barcaman

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Unfortunately he wasn`t anywhere near good as Henk the Cate, in his role of assistant manager
 

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Always second fiddle to Cruyff although he was still amazing according to my grandpa.
 

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