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Michels was named coach of the century by FIFA in 1999. [1] In 2007 he was named the greatest post-war football coach by The Times, [3] and in 2019, he was listed as the greatest coach in the history of football by France Football. [5] The Rinus Michels Award, which rewards the best managers in Dutch football, is named in his honour. [1]
Jul 27, 2019 · Fifty years on, Michels’ TotaalVoetbal remains the benchmark of utopian football and Michels remains the giant from whose vision others have seen further. While other coaches influenced teams...
Rinus Michels was a Dutch football (soccer) player and coach credited with having created “total football,” an aggressive style of play in which players adapt, shift positions, and improvise on the field as needed. Michels played professionally (1946–58) for Ajax, scoring 121 goals in 269 matches.
Mar 3, 2005 · With the passing of Rinus Michels, the football family has suffered the loss of a legend who played an essential role in putting Dutch football on the map by introducing the world to Total...
Aug 14, 2019 · Rinus Michels is number 3 in 90min's Top 50 Great Managers of All Time series. Follow the rest of the series over the course of the next week. As language continues to mutate with the times,...
Mar 9, 2005 · Rinus Michels, “the father of Dutch football” and one of international soccer’s towering figures, has died. He was 77. Michels died Thursday at a hospital in Aalst, Belgium, two weeks after ...
Mar 3, 2020 · If the Netherlands teams of the 1970s were the 'Clockwork Oranje', then Rinus Michels was the genius watchmaker behind the machinery. A man of few words, this innovative thinker was...
Jan 15, 2017 · The architect of 'Total Football', Rinus Michels' super-versatile Ajax and Netherlands sides captivated Europe in the 1970s, formulating an antidote to defensive play.
Mar 8, 2005 · Perhaps it was fitting that Ajax's first match after the death last week of Rinus Michels, its famous and accomplished coach, was postponed in Amsterdam on Sunday.
Mar 3, 2005 · Dutch coaching legend Rinus Michels, the inventor of 'total football', died on Thursday at the age of 77.
