noun cruyff Johan (joːˈhɑn). 1947–2016, Dutch footballer and manager: played for Ajax and Barcelona; European Footballer of the Year (1971, 1973, 1974); capped 48 times for the Netherlands, scoring 33 goals. Noted for the Cruyff turn, a feint in which a player shapes to pass the ball but instead drags it behind the planted foot with the inside of the crossing foot, turns through 180 degrees, and moves away from his or her marker 3
