Marco van Basten was born on 31 October 1964 in Netherland. He started playing football for the local club EDO in 1964. He played for the team for a couple of years before leaving for another team called UVV Utrecht. He was there for the majority of his childhood. He was a very gifted footballer and started to show his technical skill and class from a very young age. In the meanwhile, he caught the eye of Ajax coach who wanted him to switch over to his club which he eventually did.
In 1981 he signed for Ajax and scored his first goal in his first ever match. He was so talented that he became to gain a vast amount of fan following in the country. In his first career itself, he had become one of the most important players for the club. The then tops scorer Wim Kieft gave him a very tough competition as he had scored 20goals in the league and to remove him from his position at the time proved very tough for the young Van Basten. Kieft, however, left the club the very next year and this was the moment Van Basten wanted from the very beginning.
He started to play as the first choice striker in the team after the exit of Kieft. He scored the most number of goals in the next season as well as for the other 3 seasons. He was so ruthless in front of the goal that he scores 37 goals in just 26 matches in the year 1996 which saw his conquer the best player of the year award. He won the golden boot as well in the European championship. He led the team to the domestic cup title.
In 1987 he left Ajax and joined Milan which was a very costly move and also his salary was increased from his preview club. He, however, didn't play many matches in his first year as he was sidelined with an injury. In the next season, however, he got his act together and won the Ballon d'Or of the best performer in the world. The next season he even scored 25 goals in the league which was the most scored by a player in that season.
He even took Milan on a 58 match unbeaten record that was the biggest in the history of Serie A football. For his immense good performance, he was given the best player of the year award again for the third time which made him the only third player to win the awards three times along with Cruyff and Platini. Along with this club career, he has had a very good international career as well. He played with the Netherlands national team since 1983. He, however, spent lead the team to world cup glory but he gave some very good performances that are still written in the history books. He is married to Liesbeth van capelleveen and lives in Netherlands with his wife and children. His net worth is estimated to be around $40 million.
| Birth Date: | 31 Oct, 1964 |
| Age: | 55 yrs |
| Occupations: | Association football player Association football manager Golfer |
| Citizenship: | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Birth Place: | Utrecht |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Dutch association football player and manager |
| Net Worth 2021: | 8 million |
