Book

Auke Kok

Johan Cruijff

The Biography

The rise of an unconventional, trend-setting footballer

Written like a picaresque novel, Auke Kok’s bestselling biography of Johan Cruijff tells the story of how this national hero grew to be a global icon.

With access to unique documents and drawing from hundreds of interviews, historian and journalist Kok aims to paint a picture of this great footballer and what made him tick. He follows his development from school truant, to Ajax star, family man, captain, trainer, football philosopher and commercial pioneer.

Auke Kok’s new 640-page biography of Johan Cruijff is deeply researched by someone who knows Dutch football inside out, nicely written, and manages to get inside Cruijff’s very bizarre head.

David Winner

Kok convincingly shows how Cruijff, because of his quick thinking and acting, was usually miles ahead of everyone else.

Het Parool

Not only readable and comprehensible to those uninitiated in football, but also critical and balanced.

Nederlands Dagblad

Translations

Auke Kok

Auke Kok is an independent journalist and author.

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Details

Johan Cruijff. De biografie (2019). Non-fiction, 640 pages.

Themes: sport

Sample translation

Hungarian (PDF document)

Publisher

Hollands Diep

Paul van Vlissingenstraat 18
1096 BK Amsterdam
Nederland
Tel: 020-462 43 00

E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
http://www.hollandsdiep.nl/

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