Johan Cruyff Institute is an educational institution, founded by Dutch footballer

Johan Cruyff Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016), internationally known as Johan Cruyff (), was a Dutch professional Association football, football player and Manager (association football), manager. Regarded as one of the greatest ...

, aimed at educating athletes, sport and business professionals in the field of

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History

The academic institution was founded in 1999 with a program for 35 athletes as part of the Johan Cruyff Academy of

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and has since then become a global network. In 2002, the Johan Cruyff Institute

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was opened and established as the international headquarters, and the expansion proceeded to

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(2003),

(2006) and

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(2013). There are 4 Johan Cruyff Institute (postgraduate and executive education), 3 Johan Cruyff Academy (graduate education) and 4 Johan Cruyff College (vocational training).

Notable alumni

Vivianne Miedema Anna Margaretha Marina Astrid "Vivianne" Miedema (; born 15 July 1996) is a Dutch professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for FA Women's Super League, Women's Super League club Manches ...

, Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for

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(FA WSL) club Manchester City and the Netherlands national team. * Aitana Bonmatí Conca, Spanish professional

who plays as a

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for Liga F club,

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and the Spanish national team. *

Keylor Navas Keilor Antonio "Keylor" Navas Gamboa (; born 15 December 1986) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine Primera División club Newell's Old Boys and the Costa Rica national team. He is regarded as one o ...

, Costa Rican professional

who plays as a

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for

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club

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. *

Eduarda Amorim Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska (born 23 September 1986) is a Brazilian-Hungarian former handball player. She played most of her career in Győr as a player of Győri ETO KC, for whom she won five editions of the EHF Champions League. Amor ...

, Brazilian former professional

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player, World Champion,

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2014 *

Koen de Kort Koen de Kort (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch former professional cyclist, who competed between 2002 and 2021 for the , , , and teams. Since his retirement from racing, De Kort has acted as the team support manager for his last professional t ...

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former professional

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. *

Ana Lucía Martínez Ana Lucía Martínez Maldonado (born 8 January 1990) is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX Femenil club Monterrey and captains the Guatemala women's national team. Career Martínez spent seven years with ...

, Guatemalan professional

who plays as a

for Italian

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club Pomigliano CF and the Guatemala women's national team. *

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, Spanish former professional footballer. *

Edwin van der Sar Edwin van der Sar (; born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch association football, football executive and former professional player who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He was most recently the chief executive of AFC Ajax, A ...

, CEO at

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, Chief Football Analyst/Presenter at SBS *

Esther Vergeer Esther Mary Vergeer (; born 18 July 1981) is a Dutch former professional wheelchair tennis player. Vergeer won 43 major titles (21 in singles and 22 in doubles), 23 year-end championships (14 consecutive in singles and nine in doubles), and se ...

, Tournament Director – ABN AMRO Wheelchair Tennis Tournament *

Guillermo Ochoa Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña (; born 13 July 1985), commonly known as "Memo Ochoa", is a Mexican professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club AVS Futebol ...

, Mexican professional football goalkeeper *

Edith Bosch Edith Bosch (born 31 May 1980) is a Dutch judoka. Her Olympic debut was at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney where she finished seventh. She won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division. She was also European champi ...

, Co-Owner – The Impowerment Company *

Jan Bos Jan Bos (born 29 March 1975) is a Dutch former speedskater and sprint cyclist. In the late 1990s he was world champion in speed skating and he competed in the 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Speed skater In 1998 Bos both became the w ...

, Former Coach – Kia Speedskating Academy *

Richard Schuil Richard Schuil (born 2 May 1973) is a former beach volleyball player from the Netherlands. Schuil was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland. A former volleyball player, he represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics in volleybal ...

, Business Coordinator – Thomas St John Group; Co Owner – TopSport & Finance * Gretar Steinsson, Technical director at

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, Former President,

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* Sergio Lozano, Professional

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player at

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Marlou van Rhijn Marlou van Rhijn (; born 22 October 1991) is a retired professional Dutch former professional sprint runner. Van Rhijn, who was born without lower legs, is the world record holder for T43 in the 100 and 200 metres events and ran with the ai ...

, Paralympic sprinter *

Alfreð Finnbogason Alfreð Finnbogason (born 1 February 1989) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker. With Heerenveen, Alfreð was the Dutch Eredivisie's top scorer in the 2013–14 season with 29 goals, a tally topped only by L ...

, Professional football player for

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Bibian Mentel Bibian Mentel-Spee (27 September 1972 – 29 March 2021) was a Dutch three-fold Winter Paralympics gold-medalist, and five-times world champion para-snowboarding athlete. Mentel won the Paralympic gold medal in the snowboard cross discipline in ...

, Winter Paralympics (Snowboarding) gold-medalist; Founder �
Mentelity Foundation
* Akwasi Frimpong, Sprinter, bobsledder, and

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athlete; Owner a
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(GEM USA) *

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, Spanish

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midfielder *

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player silver-medalist *Rubén Vergés, 2010 Olympic

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Daniëlle van de Donk Daniëlle van de Donk (; born 5 August 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club London City Lionesses and the Netherlands national team. She helped her national team to win the UEFA Euro ...

, player for

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Lieke Martens Lieke Elisabeth Petronella Martens-van Leer (; ; born 16 December 1992) is a Dutch professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), winger or midfielder for Première Ligue club Paris Saint-Germain F. ...

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player *

Jose Antonio Quintero José Antonio Quintero Oliveros (Barquisimeto, Lara; March 17, 1988) is a publicist, former professional soccer referee and sports executive. He is currently vice president of the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol (FVF). Education He has a TS ...

, vice president at

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References

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