Netherlands soccer great Johan Cruyff died of cancer on Thursday. He was 68 years old. Cruyff—who starred at European clubs Ajax and Barcelona—was a three-time European Footballer of the Year, and led Netherlands to a World Cup final appearance in 1974.
His death has hit the global soccer community hard, as many fans are left mourning a man whose revolutionary style changed the game itself. In the video above—which comes courtesy of our friends at Slate.fr—you can revisit Cruyff’s greatness by watching seven of his most iconic plays, from his goal against Bayern Munchen in the 1973 European Cup, to his three-kick penalty with Ajax in 1982.
