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

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.

Career statistics

International

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

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!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals

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|rowspan="11"|Netherlands

|1978||1||0

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|1979||0||0

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|1980||0||0

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|1981||5||2

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|1982||2||0

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|1983||0||0

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|1984||0||0

|-

|1985||0||0

|-

|1986||1||0

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|1987||6||1

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|1988||8||0

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!colspan="2"|Total!!23!!3

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:Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mühren goal.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Arnold Mühren 1986–87

  • European Cup: 1972–73
  • European Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87; runner-up: 1987–88
  • 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

  • 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

References