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Patrick Stephan Kluivert ([ˈpɛtrɪˈklœyvərt] (listen); born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch former football player, coach and sporting director. He played as a striker, most notably for AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona and the Netherlands national team.[3][4][5]

He was part of Ajax's Golden Generation of the 1990s at the age of 18, scoring the winner in the 1995 UEFA Champions League Final. He spent six years with Spanish club Barcelona where he formed a successful partnership with Rivaldo, where both won the Spanish La Liga championship of 1999 and Kluivert scored 124 goals from 249 appearances in all.[3][6]

Kluivert played for the Netherlands national team from 1994 to 2004. With 40 goals in 79 appearances, he is the third highest top goalscorer for Oranje. He played in three European Championships and the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and was joint top scorer at Euro 2000 where upon the scoresheet he tallied a total of five times. In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by Pelé as part of FIFA's centenary observances. He is considered one of the best Dutch strikers of all time.

Honours

Player

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1994–95, 1995–96

• Super Cup: 1994, 1995

• UEFA Champions League: 1994–95

• UEFA Super Cup: 1995

• Intercontinental Cup: 1995

Barcelona

• La Liga: 1998–99

PSV

• Eredivisie: 2006–07

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup fourth place: 1998

• UEFA European Championship bronze: 2000

Individual

• Ballon d'Or: 5th place (1995)

• UEFA Euro 2000 Golden Boot (five goals)

• UEFA Euro 2000 Team of the Tournament

• FIFA 100

• Netherlands All-Time Top Scorer: 2003–2013

• Dutch Football Talent of the Year: 1995

• Bravo Award: 1995