Marco van Basten Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Marco van Basten, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Netherlands.

4 records1982–19884 events4 places

Chronological biography

1982

Ajax First-Team DebutApril 1982

Sport / Football · Footballer · Amsterdam

Makes his Ajax first-team debut and scores after coming on as a substitute for Johan Cruyff.

1987

Cup Winners' Cup Final13 May 1987

Sport / Football · Footballer · Athens

Scores the winning goal as Ajax defeat Lokomotive Leipzig to win the European Cup Winners' Cup.

1988

Hat-Trick against England15 June 1988

Sport / Football · Footballer · Dusseldorf

Scores a hat-trick as the Netherlands defeat England 3-1 during the European Championship group stage.

European Championship Final Goal25 June 1988

Sport / Football · Footballer · Munich

Scores a celebrated volley as the Netherlands beat the Soviet Union 2-0 in the European Championship final.

Titles and roles

Footballer

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.