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

Equal opportunities for girls
Diversity, equality, and inclusion are the foundation of a strong society. That’s why we work to make sports more equal for boys and girls. We organise special activities for girls and promote female role models. Every step helps create a place where everyone feels welcome.
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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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