Amateur Quote by Jaap Stam

When I was playing in the Ajax youth teams - when I was, say, 14, 15 - you started to get all those international…

— Johan Cruyff

I started playing when I was about 16, and I got picked for the England youth team when I was 17 because I was…

— Fallon Sherrock

I think we have very good facilities for the youth in Holland. We have very good youth coaches and I think that is some…

— Ronald Koeman

I was once in charge of the Dutch team - and then I was introduced to club football!

— Frank Rijkaard

I got professional from 18, 19 years of age, and I got my opportunity to join the French national team, so there was no…

— Marcel Desailly

I experienced great professionalism in Dutch football. I don't want to give a stereotypical view of them, but they are needy in terms of…

— Alan Pardew

When I started to play football, when I was around 15, 16, I remember the players that played on the national team and noticed…

— Zlatan Ibrahimovic

In Dutch football you see a lot of individual quality, but in American football it's really about teamwork. That really appeals to me.

— Sergino Dest

I came from amateur football.

— N'Golo Kante

I moved to England at a young age so it was different, unlike other Dutch players as I had to get used to a…

— Patrick van Aanholt

You can be 19 or 20 and playing reserve team football, be able to say 'I played at,' say, 'Manchester United,' even though you…

— Matt Doherty

To be honest, I started playing for Belgium in the youth team stages. As a kid, Belgium was all I knew. We played football…

— Divock Origi