Arnold MÃ¼hren

Arnold Mühren, 1972

Mühren Arnold ( born June 2, 1951 in Volendam ) is a retired Dutch footballer. He played in midfield. Mühren is one of the few players to have won all three European Cups. Today he is active in the soccer school of Ajax Amsterdam as youth coach for midfielder.

3.1 club
3.2 With the national

Career

Association

Mühren began his professional career in 1970 at FC Volendam. For the following season, he was obliged by Ajax Amsterdam, where he quickly presented himself in the all-star ensemble to Johan Cruijff, Johan Neeskens and Arie Haan. In the three years at Ajax Mühren won five different national and international titles. Particularly successful here was 1972, in which the team Dutch champion, Cup Winners Cup, European Cup Winners ' Cup, UEFA Super Cup winner and World Cup winner was. 1974 changed the midfielder for Premier League rivals Twente Enschede. With Enschede, he won the 1977 " KNVB Beker - " ( Dutch Cup ). A year later, in 1978, he went to England to Ipswich Town. The Tractor Boys reached Mühren 1981, the final of the UEFA Cup, where they defeated AZ Alkmaar 3-0 and 2:4. In 1982 he moved to Manchester United; In 1985, he returned to his home to Ajax Amsterdam.

National

Mühren was already at the Football World Cup 1974 in the Dutch national squad but did not play. In 1988, he was 37 years again in the squad of Oranje Oranje. With the national team, he won the European title at the European Championships in Germany in 1988. In the final against the USSR Mühren was the template for Marco van Basten, who scored the 2-0 with a brilliant volley. After the European Championship he ended his active career. He played a total of 23 times in Oranje.