Profile Of Jordi Cruyff: Son Of Dutch Football Legend Appointed By Technical Advisor To The Indonesian National Team

Jordi cruyff (internanews) profile

YOGYAKARTA - PSSI has officially announced that Jordi Cruyff, a former Barcelona player and son of football legend Johan Cruyff, will serve as Technical Advisor or Indonesian National Team Technical Advisor. Curious about his figure, let's look at Jordi Cruyff's profile below.

The appointment of Jordi Cruyff is certainly a breath of fresh air for Indonesian football, given his experience and reputation in international football.

As the son of Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff, Jordi Cruyff will play an important role in helping Patrick Kluivert, head coach of the Indonesian national team. The two will work together to improve the performance of the national team.

Reporting from the herefootballtimes page, Jordi was born in February 1974 in Amsterdam, when his father was in the middle of a heyday with FC Barcelona.

At the time of his birth, Spain was at the end of the 36-year dictatorship under the leadership of General Franco. When the regional name was banned, Johan, who always rebelled, named his eldest son Jordi, in accordance with the name of the Catalonia protector squad.

This angered various parties, but the stubborn Cruyff remained in his stance, demanding that because his son was born in Amsterdam and holds a Dutch passport, he has the right to be given the name according to his parents' wishes.

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Johan then in 1988 became Barcelona's first team coach, and 14-year-old Jordi was in the same city and quickly took the level. Jordi debuted for team B in 1992, with more than 50 appearances in the Segunda Division.

His debut for the first team took place in September 1994, with guest team Racing taking the lead first. However, Jordi won the 2-1 match thanks to a cross from the right which was allowed to bounce near the penalty spot and Jordi directed a strong header into the top corner of the net.

Jordi Cruyff himself is a creative attacking midfielder who has experience playing at various well-known clubs in the world. Call it FC Barcelona, Manchester United, and Deportivo Alaves who were once part of his career journey.

Before hanging up his boots in 2010, he also briefly defended Espanyol, Metalurg Donetsk, Valletta FC, and De Volewijckers.

Jordi Cruyff's career path after retiring as a player is very diverse. He is not only involved in coaching, but also has significant experience in soccer management.

Various clubs in Europe, Asia, and South America have felt the touch of their cold hands, both as coaches and as Director of Sports.

In his first full season as head coach in the 2017'18 season, Cruyff led Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv to glory in the Toto Cup.

Cruyff started the club to finish in second place, and secured European qualifiers for the sixth year in a row since he joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2012.

At the start of the 2017 season, he managed to lead Maccabi Tel Aviv through four qualifying rounds to reach the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. Until the end of the season, he announced his intention to leave the club to start a new experience.

Until then, one of his most prominent achievements was when he served as Director of Sports at FC Barcelona in the 2022-2023 season.

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