Rob ALFLEN. (Midfield)
Age 25 (born May 7, 1968).
Former Under-21 international.
Signed two years ago from FC
Utrecht and now has more than 160
first division appearances to his
credit. Underwent surgery to repair
a hernia in the close season.
Michael KREEK
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Michael KREEK. (Midfield)
Age 23 (born January 16, 1970).
Olympic and Under-21
international. Ajax Youth product.
Jari LITMANEN. (Midfield/Forward)
Aged 22 (born February 20, 1971)
with eight caps for Finland. Signed
last September from Finnish club
MyPa (who may be playing Arsenal
in the first round of the Cup-winners'
Cup this coming season). Litmanen's
best position is considered to be
playing 'in the hole' just behind the
central strikers.
Martijn REUSER. (Midfield)
Aged 18 (born February 1, 1975).
Youth international.
Clarence SEEDORF. (Forward)
Aged 17 (born April 1, 1976).
Youth international and considered
the most exciting young talent in
Dutch football. Seedorf made his
Ajax first team debut at 16, young
than previous superstars such as
Cruyff and Van Basten. Before his
I 7th birthday he had played in four
UEFA Cup-ties and was the
inspiration of Ajax's remarkable 5-0
victory away to Feyenoord in last
season's Dutch cup semi-final.
Ronald DE BOER. (Striker)
Age 23 (born May 15, 1970).
Twin brother of international
defender Frank De Boer. Ronald
began like Frank, with the Ajax
youth section. Two years ago he was
sold to Twente for £400,000 but
then made such impressive progress
in Dutch League that Ajax paid
nearly 1.8 million to buy him back
at the start of this year. Part of his
responsibility will be to help fill the
gap left by the £8 million sale of
Dennis Bergkamp to Internazionale
of Italy.
Stefan PETTERSSON. (Striker)
Age 30 (born March 22, 1963) with
28 caps for Sweden. One of Swedish
football's most highly-rated exports,
having begun his career with
Norrkoping and then transferring to
IFK Gothenburg as replacement in
1986 for the retiring Torbjorn
Nilsson. Moved to Ajax in 1988 for a
Swedish record 1.3 million to fill
the gap left by the departure of John
Bosman to Mechelen. Unfortunately,
during Ajax's UEFA Cup Final defeat
of Torino in 1992, he broke an arm
and thus lost the opportunity of
playing for Sweden in the finals of
the European Championships.
Dan PETERSEN. (Forward)
Age 21 (born May 6, 1972).
Danish Under-21 international
whom Ajax signed as a teenager.
Edgar DAVIDS. (Forward).
Age 20 (born March 13, 1973).
Ajax Youth product. One of the
goal-scoring heroes of the recent
Cup Final victory over Second
Division Heerenveen.
Patrick KLUIVERT. (Striker)
Aged 17 (born July 11976).
Youth international.
IgnatiusTUHUTERU. (Winger)
Aged 19 (born August 23, 1973).
Marc OVERMARS. (Winger)
Age 20 (born March 29, 1973) with
three caps. Began with Go-Ahead
Eagles of Deventer, transferred with
success last year to Twente
Enschede and was sold to Ajax last
summer as replacement for Genoa-
bound John Van't Schip. Quick and
clever, he can play on right wing or
left and made an outstanding goal-
scoring debut for Holland in the 3-1
home win over Turkey in Utrecht this
past season.
