My Turn: The Autobiography

By: Johan Cruyff

Narrated by: William Brand

Johan Cruyff is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in football history. Throughout his playing career, he was synonymous with Total Football, a style of play in which every player could play in any position on the pitch. Today, his philosophy lives on in teams across Europe, from Barcelona to Bayern Munich and players from Lionel Messi to Cesc Fabregas.

My Turn tells the story of Cruyff's life starting at Ajax, where he won eight national titles and three European Cups before moving to Barcelona where he won La Liga in his first season, in 1973, and was named European Footballer of the Year. He won the Ballon d'Or three times, and led the Dutch national team to the final of the 1974 World Cup, famously losing to West Germany, and receiving the Golden Ball as the player of the tournament.

While on the field Cruyff was in total control, off the field his life was more turbulent with a kidnapping attempt and bankruptcy. After retiring in 1984, he became a hugely successful manager of Ajax and then Barcelona when he won the Champions league with a young Pep Guardiola in his team. In 1999 Cruyff was voted European Player of the Century, and came second behind Pelé in the World Player of the Century poll.

In March 2016 Cruyff died after a short battle with lung cancer bringing world football to a standstill in an outpouring of emotions. A brilliant teacher and analyst of the game he loved, My Turn is Johan Cruyff's legacy.

A Powerful Story

It's a well told story by the man himself and the narrator. As Cruyff states, he doesn't get into his match exploits because plenty has been written on that already. What Cruyff does write about is a lot more substantial in terms of learning about who he was as a human being, which is the reason one buys an autobiography. There are also a lot of excellent insights on the game from both the technical and business sides. RIP Johan Cruyff.

Insightful

No punches held! Great book from the legend. .
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Great autobiography by Johan Cruyff

"My Turn: The Autobiography" was wonderful and informative. I highly recommend it for any football connoisseur

If you love football you will love this

Great insight into the deeper thoughts of one of the greatest players, coaches and creators, The Rembrandt of football.

Perfect

perfect autobiography, perfect coaching manual , just an absolutely 100% ready for all soccer coaches regardless of your level , the book the man has imparted all his coaching knowledge in this book . and if have taken so many great pieces of information from this . Dutch pronunciation is a little suspect at times but amusing also .