Jordi Cruijff
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| Birthdate: | February 09, 1974 in Amsterdam |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| International: | 9(1) caps(goals) |
| Current club: | Retired |
| Former club(s): | FC Valletta (Mal), Metalurg Donetsk (Ukr), Espanyol (Spa), Alaves Vitoria, Celta de Vigo (on loan)(Spa), Manchester United (Eng), Barcelona (Spa), Ajax |
| Cruijff was released from his Espanyol contract in the summer of 2004.
After two seasons without club, he returned to professional football signing a 1-year contract at Metalurg Donetsk from the Ukraine. At Metalurg, Jordi met his former Spanish coach Pichi Alonso. After two years in the Ukraine Cruijff became a free agent in 2008. In June 2009 the Maltese club FC Valetta announced the news of signing Cruijff and fellow Dutch coach Tom Caanen. Cruijff was a player-coach for the first season, assisting head coach Caanen. In May 2010 AEK Larnaca from Cyprus announced the signing of Jordi as their new technical director. Jordi has retired from professional football. | |
| Last update: May 24, 2010 | |
