This is the first of a six-part series looking at figures who have played a pivotal role in a modern football success story. Each article comes with a related podcast, which can be found here on The ...

The 18-year-old is noted for his versatility, leadership and footballing ability, and now looks set to become a regular for the Eredivisie champions The conveyor belt of talent emerging from the Ajax ...

WASHINGTON — When Ajax take the field Sunday against D.C. United, players developed in the world-famous Ajax Youth Training Center will be on display. But the newly crowned Dutch champions won’t be ...

Jorrel Hato’s name is becoming synonymous with rising talent in European football. At just 18 years old, the Ajax defender has quickly established himself as one of the brightest young centre-backs in ...

MARIETTA, Ga. — Ajax Amsterdam have shocked the world with their run to the UEFA Champions League semifinals. And there’s a stark difference between Ajax and the other semifinalists in the competition ...

Former Ajax player and coach Danny Blind sits down in the club’s boardroom and begins to reel off some of the most prominent players to have contributed to its success over the years. Johan Cruyff, ...

Johan Cruyff. Dennis Bergkamp. Frank Rijkaard. Marco van Basten. Clarence Seedorf. Wesley Sneijder. Frenkie de Jong. Ajax and the Netherlands have been enmeshed for the last 50 years. An old ...

ROTTERDAM, March 29 (Reuters) – Ajax Amsterdam once set the gold standard for youth development but, now their methods have been copied around the world, the four-times European champions do not even ...