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		</div><p>Dutch football icon Johan Cruyff has died at the age of 68.</p>
<p>The former Ajax and Barcelona forward, who also managed both clubs, died as a result of lung cancer, which was diagnosed last October.</p>
<p>A statement on his website said: &#8220;On March 24 2016 Johan Cruyff (68) died peacefully in Barcelona, surrounded by his family after a hard fought battle with cancer.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s with great sadness that we ask you to respect the family&#8217;s privacy during their time of grief.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cruyff captained Holland at the 1974 World Cup, at the height of his playing career, and led the Dutch to the final.</p>
<p>Despite winning Holland an early penalty, which Johan Neeskens converted, Cruyff and Holland were left disappointed as they lost 2-1 to West Germany.</p>
<p>At Ajax he won seven league titles but most notably three consecutive European Cups from 1971 to 1973.</p>
<p>Cruyff&#8217;s career at Ajax ran in parallel to manager Rinus Michels implementing the highly successful Total Football system.</p>
<p>Michels went to Barcelona in 1971 and Cruyff followed two years later.</p>
<p>A prolific goalscorer, and a great creator for others, Cruyff even had his own trick, famous to this day.</p>
<p>The &#8216;Cruyff turn&#8217; was perfected by its inventor, who finished his playing career in Holland with spells at Ajax and Feyenoord.</p>
<p>A sought-after football thinker, he managed Ajax from 1985 to 1988, and then, just as in his playing career, Cruyff was lured away by Barcelona.</p>
<p>At the Nou Camp he won the European Cup, in 1992, and four league titles among a raft of trophies. During his time at the club he underwent major heart surgery in 1991, which prompted him to stop smoking.</p>
<p>He was sacked by Barcelona in 1995 but remained influential at the club for the rest of his life.</p>
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