 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Tarenda raVan Basten rakaonekwa achiri muduku uye akadanwa kuFIFA World Youth Championship ya1983. Akaita kutanga kwake kwevakuru kuchikwata chenyika cheNetherlands gore rimwe chetero. Vatambi vaaitamba navo muchikwata chenyika vose vakanga vari vechidiki Ruud Gullit, Gerald Vanenburg, Ronald Koeman naFrank Rijkaard sezvo Holland akanga achida zvikuru kudzorera kubudirira kwechizvarwa cheCruyff muma1970. Pa UEFA Euro 1988, Van Basten akaita basa rakakosha mukukunda kwechikwata cheDutch. Akahwina zvibodzwa zvishanu, kusanganisira hat-trick achipesana neEngland mumutambo wekutanga, chibodzwa chakahwina mumutambo we semi-fainari achipesana neWest Germany, uye volley inoshamisa kubva pakona yakasimba mumutambo wekupedzisira we 20kurwisa Soviet Union, panguva iyo akapawo rubatsiro rwechinangwa chokutanga chaGullit. Akapedza makwikwi acho ari iye akahwina zvibodzwa uye akasarudzwa semutambi wemutambo. Mune imwe ongororo yakaitwa kuUK muna 2002 volley yaVan Basten ichipesana neSoviet Union yakaiswa pachinzvimbo che 21 mune runyorwa rwe100 Greatest Sporting Moments. 