Johan Cruyff Foundation
The Johan Cruyff Foundation supports and develops impactful sports and play projects all around the world. We focus on children and youngsters for whom sport isn’t a guaranteed part of their lives. We put this into practice by sports projects for children with special needs, by setting up outdoor sports facilities in deprived areas and social sports programs. Through these actions we create space.
Space to grow. Space to make friends. Space to improve both their physical and mental health.
Space to become who they are.
If you can do something for someone else, you should
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Johan Cruyff
Ronald Koeman
Pep Guardiola
Esther Vergeer
Gordon Reid
Soufiane Touzani
Marlou van Rhijn
Carles Puyol
Frank Rijkaard
Wesley Sneijder
Xavi Hernández
Professor Erik Scherder: “Exercise is really healthy”
Both are from Betondorp: Johan Cruyff and Erik Scherder, professor of neuropsychology. Cruyff invited Scherder to a Cruyff Foundation seminar in 2014 and the contact stayed after that. Erik Scherder has since become a proud ambassador of the Cruyff Foundation.
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Cruyff Court Ryan Gravenberch festively opened!
On Sunday, October 6, the renovated Cruyff Court Egoli in Amsterdam-SouthEast officially was reopened under its new name: Cruyff Court Ryan Gravenberch. As of today, the court wears the name of Gravenberch, who won the Johan Cruyff Prize for Talent of the Year in 2021.
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Cruyff Court Sjaak Swart reopened
The newly renovated Cruyff Court Sjaak Swart in Amsterdam East has a huge appeal for sports and play! Sjaak Swart received his own Cruyff Court in 2018 in honor of his 80th birthday. Due to the renovation of Sumatraplantsoen, the court had to be moved. This moment was used to completely renovate and festively reopen the Cruyff Court.
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Cruyff Court
Special Cruyff Court
Schoolyard 14