Johan Cruyff Foundation

Foundation for children with disabilities

Johan Cruyff FoundationFormation| 25 April 1997; 27 years ago (1997-04-25)

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Founders|

* Johan Cruyff

Type| Nonprofit organization
Purpose|

* Health
* Recreation
* Youth and disability

Headquarters| Olympisch Stadion 13,
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Region

| Worldwide
Methods|

* Sports
* Design
* construction

Chairman

| Pim Berendsen[1]

Treasurer

| Michael van Praag

Secretary

| Jeroen van Seeters
Affiliations| AFC Ajax N.V.
Website| www.cruyff-foundation.org
Inauguration of a Cruyff Court in Palencia (Spain) |  | This article is part of a series about
Johan Cruyff

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Netherlands professional footballer

* Cruyff turn
* Total Football
* Cruijffiaans

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Eponyms and public art

* Cruyff Court
* Johan Cruyff Arena
* Johan Cruyff Foundation
* Johan Cruyff Institute
* Johan Cruyff Shield
* Johan Cruyff Stadium
* Johan Cruyff Trophy
* 14282 Cruijff

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Related

* Jordi Cruyff
* History of AFC Ajax
* History of FC Barcelona
* History of the Netherlands national football team
* Football in the Netherlands

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The Johan Cruyff Foundation was started in 1997 by Dutch soccer player and coach Johan Cruijff (1947-2016) to provide opportunities for children, especially children with disabilities, to be active in sports and play. To that end it builds "Cruyff Courts", small soccer fields with artificial grass, integrated into neighborhoods. By 2016 it had built over 200 such courts, 33 of which specially designed for handicapped children in appropriate locations. Cruyff Courts are typically built as a partnership between the foundation and the city government,[2] and if a court is near a school, it has to host a school soccer tournament at least once a year.[3]

Cruyff started the foundation in 1997, the year he turned 50, commenting later that it was better to organize charity by himself than lending his name to other efforts over which he had no control. Advice came from Terre des hommes. Its main office is in Amsterdam, overlooking the Olympic Stadium.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Cruyff Foundation". Archived from the original on 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
2. ^ "Cruyff Court klaar voor de vakantie". Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch). 27 June 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
3. ^ a b op den Brouw, Ward; Oudshoorn, Erik (27 December 2004). "'Er zijn te veel allerlei dingen, je moet specialiseren'". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 March 2016.

## External links

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* Official website

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Catalonia

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