A tribute to one of the truly greats

This is a tribute to one of the greatest footballers of all time. The one the only.... DENNIS BERGKAMP!!!!!!!!!!!



He started off as a product of the great Youth Academy of the dutch football club, Ajax Amsterdam. After several prolific seasons there, he moved to Serie A club, Inter Milan. However, he failed to blossom there after two seasons, and so was transferred to London club Arsenal on the 20th of June, 1995 for 7 500 000 pounds. It was here that he started to fulfill his talent. While he never equaled the goal scoring hights of some of his fellows, notably Thierry Henry, he was an integral part of the
Arsenal first team for the duration of his tenure. He has been often labelled not as a great goal scorer, but a scorer of great goals. However, he still scored a respectable 120 goals from 411 games, over the course of11 seasons for the Gunners.
He has 3 Premiership medals, 3 FA cup medals, and was voted FWA footballer of the year, and PFA player of the year. He also won the UEFA cup once eachwith ajax and inter, as well as winning 79 caps for Holland, scoring 37 times. He will be rememberd for a fantastic solo effort against Newcastle in the EPL, where he flicked the ball over the top of a defender, before nonchalantly volleying it with his other foot into the top corner of the net. He will also be remembered for his extreme fear of flying, which lead to his affectionately being labeled as "The Non-flying Dutchman".
His final ever game was at his testimonial at the newly constructed Emirates Stadium, which was graced by names such as Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Ian Wright, David Seaman and many others. He retired at the age of 38 , scoring 271 goals in 700 games for club and country, but most importantly, creating at least as many. As Thierry Henry said, "I have always said Dennis Bergkamp will remain the best partner I have ever had. He is a dream for a striker."

He was a dream for a football fan too.