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= Arnold Mühren =
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Introduction
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Arnold Johannes Hyacinthus Mühren (born 2 June 1951) is a Dutch
football manager and former midfielder. His older brother Gerrie, also
a midfielder, won three European Cup titles with Ajax in the early
1970s. Mühren is among the few players to have won all three major
UEFA-organised club competitions, the European Cup (1972-73), the Cup
Winners' Cup (1986-87) and the UEFA Cup (1980-81). The last of these
was won with Ipswich Town, while the other titles were won while
playing for Ajax. He is also one of the two Dutch players, together
with Danny Blind, to have won all UEFA club competitions.
Career
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Born in Volendam, North Holland, Mühren started his career at FC
Volendam. He moved to Ajax Amsterdam in 1971, winning three domestic
and three international titles in his first two seasons there. His
third season with Ajax yielded no titles, but he found further success
after a transfer to FC Twente, winning the KNVB Cup in 1977 and
reaching the 1975 UEFA Cup Final. A year later he moved to Ipswich
Town in England for a fee of £150,000; in the same year he made his
international debut in a 4-0 win against Tunisia.
Mühren was part of the successful Ipswich team that won the 1981 UEFA
Cup, and finished second in the league that year and the season after.
In 1982, he transferred to Manchester United. He helped United win the
1983 FA Cup Final by scoring a penalty in the replay against Brighton,
and left the club after the 1985 FA Cup Final, in which United
defeated Everton. He did not feature in the match squad for the 1985
final, having lost his place in the team that season to new signing
Jesper Olsen. Mühren was one of the few players from outside the
United Kingdom and Ireland playing in English football during the late
1970s and early 1980s.
After seven years in England, Mühren returned to Ajax, where he added
the European Cup Winners' Cup (1986-87) to his trophy collection.
Mühren also reached the final the following year in 1988 but lost to
KV Mechelen. At the age of 37, he achieved the highlight of his
career, when he was a vital part of the Netherlands national team that
won the European Championships in 1988. In the final against the
Soviet Union he provided the cross from which Marco van Basten scored
the second goal (considered one of the greatest volleyed goals of all
time). Mühren continued playing for Ajax for one more season after
that, before retiring in 1989 at the age of 38.
International
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Appearances and goals by national team and year
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|rowspan="11"|Netherlands |1978 1 0
|1979 0 0
|1980 0 0
|1981 5 2
|1982 2 0
|1983 0 0
|1984 0 0
|1985 0 0
|1986 1 0
|1987 6 1
|1988 8 0
!colspan="2"|Total!!23!!3
:'Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score
column indicates score after each Mühren goal.'
List of international goals scored by Arnold Mühren
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
align="center"|1 25 March 1981 Rotterdam, Netherlands
align="center"|1-0 align="center"|1-0 1982 FIFA World Cup
qualification
align="center"|2 9 September 1981 Rotterdam, Netherlands
align="center"|2-1 align="center"|2-2 1982 FIFA World Cup
qualification
align="center"|3 29 April 1987 Rotterdam, Netherlands
align="center"|2-0 align="center"|2-0 | UEFA Euro 1988
qualification
Honours
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Ajax
*Eredivisie: 1971-72, 1972-73
*KNVB Cup: 1971-72, 1985-86, 1986-87
*European Cup: 1972-73
*European Cup Winners' Cup: 1986-87
*European Super Cup: 1973
*Intercontinental Cup: 1972
Twente
*KNVB Cup: 1976-77
Ipswich Town
*UEFA Cup: 1980-81
Manchester United
*FA Cup: 1982-83
*FA Charity Shield: 1983
Netherlands
*UEFA European Championship: 1988
Individual
*Ipswich Town Player of the Year: 1978-79
*Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2009
See also
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* List of European association football families
* List of players to have won all international club competitions
* List of players to have won the three main European club
competitions
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