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Rinus Michels

Dutch footballer and coach known for pioneering 'Total Football' and managing top teams including Ajax and the Netherlands.

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Rinus Michels is best known for Revolutionizing football with 'Total Football' as a player and legendary coach for Ajax and the Netherlands national team. On Dead or Alive, Rinus Michels is listed in the World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends categories, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Rinus Michels is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Revolutionizing football with 'Total Football' as a player and legendary coach for Ajax and the Netherlands national team.
Listed under: World Cup Soccer Legends and Sports Legends

About Rinus Michels

He played his entire career for Ajax, which he later managed, and played for and later managed the Netherlands national team for four spells. Throughout his career, he played as a forward. Michels became most notable for his coaching achievements; he won the European Cup with Ajax and the Spanish league with Barcelona, and had four tenures as coach of the Netherlands national team, who he led to the final of the 1974 FIFA World Cup and to win UEFA Euro 1988. He was named Coach of the Century by FIFA in 1999, in 2007 the greatest post-war football coach by The Times and in 2019 the greatest coach in the history of football by France Football.

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Rinus Michels is known for Revolutionizing football with 'Total Football' as a player and legendary coach for Ajax and the Netherlands national team.

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