Marco Van Basten of AC Milan's Soccer Team
Marco Van Basten of AC Milan's Soccer Team
Thinking of the greatest victories for the AC Milan (Italian Soccer Club), most soccer fans would scream out the name of the club’s all time best player, Marco van Basten. Marco or Mike van Basten has brought himself and his team to be one of the best soccer teams in the world since 1988 European Championships.
Marco van Basten was born on October 31, 1964 in the Dutch city of Utrecht in Holland. As a child, Marco was not dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player, but he would rather be the most unbelievable kicker ever seen in the soccer world. Marco began his career with a short lived spell at local side Edilwijk before being whisked off to Dutch super club Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands Soccer Club) in 1980. During his seven years with Ajax, Marco scored twenty-eight goals in just twenty-six games. Marco and his Ajax won the Dutch league in 1985, and he received his first trophy called the Golden Boot (European top soccer).
The year of 1988 was probably Marco’s best year when he joined the AC Milan and won the Serie A championship. With his traditional strike and his sensational hat trick (scoring three goals in one match), which he was the first and so far only player to do so, Marco was named the European player of the year and the top player in European Championship. “After watching him for a while, you will be amazed with his all round skills and his big body frame twisted and turned inside the box, fooling the best of the defenders with such ease, and his ability to turn the slimmest chance into a goal made him one of the most deadliest striker of all time,” “Van Basten the divine!” wrote Dianni Brera, one of the greatest Italian football journalists.
The 1990 World Cup in Italy was a disappointment for the Milan and all Dutch fans because Marco van Basten failed to score and lost the final game against Germany. However in 1991-1992 European Championship, Marco inspired Milan to some of the greatest soccer games ever seen in Serie A. He smashed all unbeaten records and beat the best goalkeeper at that time. Unfortunately, his career was destroyed with an ankle injury, which was mostly caused by the attacking of other teams’...