Arnold Johannes Hyacinthus Mühren (born 2 June 1951) is a Dutch football manager and former

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. His older brother Gerrie, also a midfield player, won three European Cup titles with

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in the early 1970s. Mühren is among the few players to have won all three major

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-organised club competitions, the European Cup ( 1972–73), the

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( 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

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, to have won all UEFA club competitions.

Career

Born in

Volendam Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England. History Originally, Volendam was the location o ...

, 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

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. He was part of the successful Ipswich team that won the 1981 UEFA Cup, and finished second in the league that year and the year after. In 1982, he transferred to Manchester United. He helped United win the

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by scoring a penalty in the replay against Brighton, and left the club after the

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, 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

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. He was one of the few players from outside the United Kingdom and

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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

( 1986–87) to his trophy collection. Mühren also reached the final the following year in

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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

. In the final against the

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he provided the cross from which Marco van Basten scored the second goal (considered one of the greatest volleyed goals of all time). He continued playing for Ajax for one more season after that, finally hanging up his boots in 1989 at the age of 38.

Honours

Ajax *

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: 1971–72, 1972–73 * KNVB Cup: 1971–72, 1985–86, 1986–87 * European Cup: 1972–73 *

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: 1986–87 * European Super Cup:

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* Intercontinental Cup:

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Twente *KNVB Cup: 1976–77 Ipswich Town * UEFA Cup: 1980–81 Manchester United *

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: 1982–83 * FA Charity Shield:

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Netherlands *

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Individual * Ipswich Town Player of the Year: 1978–79 * Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2009

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muhren, Arnold 1951 births Living people People from Volendam Dutch footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Netherlands international footballers Association football midfielders Eredivisie players English Football League players FC Volendam players AFC Ajax players FC Twente players Ipswich Town F.C. players Manchester United F.C. players Expatriate footballers in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England UEFA Euro 1988 players UEFA European Championship-winning players AFC Ajax non-playing staff UEFA Cup winning players FA Cup Final players Footballers from North Holland

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