Marcel van Basten, known as Marco (Utrecht, 31 October 1964), is a Dutch football manager and former footballer, who played as a forward. Considered one of the best footballers of all time, he scored 314 goals (of which 277 with club teams, 24 with the Dutch national team and 13 with the Under-21 national team) in his career, which ended prematurely at the age of just 28 due to some injuries. Emblem of Ajax and Milan, in the red and black jersey he composed an exceptional trio together with his compatriots Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, symbol of numerous successes of the team coached by Arrigo Sacchi and then by Fabio Capello. European champion with the Netherlands in 1988, a tournament in which he was also top scorer, van Basten won three Ballon d'Ors, in 1988, 1989 and 1992. He was the first of ten footballers to score a hat-trick in a single match UEFA Champions League, as well as the only one (along with Silvio Piola) to have scored at least one goal for every Serie A team he faced.