Ranked! The 10 best Dutch players ever

Johan Cruyff, one of the 10 best Dutch players ever
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Who are the best Dutch players ever? It largely depends on your generation.

For a country of around 17 million people though, the Netherlands has punched well above its weight with the number of outstanding footballers it has produced over the years.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.