Dick van Dijk
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dirk Wouter Johannes van Dijk | ||
Date of birth | 15 February 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Gouda, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 8 July 1997 | (aged 51)||
Place of death | Nice, France | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1960–1966 | ONA | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1966–1967 |
SVV | 34 | (22) |
1967–1969 | Twente | 65 | (53) |
1969–1972 | Ajax | 84 | (56) |
1972–1974 | Nice | 58 | (30) |
1974–1975 |
Real Murcia | 19 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
1969–1971 | Netherlands | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 December 2006 |
Dirk Wouter Johannes "Dick" van Dijk (15 February 1946 – 8 July 1997) was a Dutch professional
Club career
Dick van Dijk grew up in
At Twente, Van Dijk formed a strong attacking partnership with Theo Pahlplatz, scoring 22 times and helping a youthful side to a creditable eighth-place finish in his first season. The following year Van Dijk finished as top scorer in the Premier League with 30 goals. In a legendary home match against Ajax on 3 November 1968, Twente won 5–1 and Van Dijk scored three goals. It is believed that this contest sparked the interest of Ajax in Van Dijk, who in June 1969 moved to Amsterdam for a transfer fee of 750,000 guilders.[2]
While Van Dijk had been a star player at Twente, he had to fight for a spot at Ajax, becoming as a result a more complete footballer who knew how to defend. In his first season, he scored 23 goals in 32 matches. Although not a regular starter during his second season, he nonetheless scored 18 goals in 29 matches. Van Dijk started in the final of the European Cup in June 1971 against Panathinaikos, scoring with a header after five minutes in Ajax's 2–0 victory.
After a third season at Ajax, where he was mainly a reserve player, Van Dijk departed in 1972 to
International career
Meanwhile, Van Dijk had made his international debut on 26 March 1969 in a match for the Dutch national team against Luxembourg. Van Dijk scored once in a 4–0 victory.
On 10 October 1971 Van Dijk played his seventh and final international match against East Germany.[3]
Personal life
He was married to Wanda Kerbaum.[4] After his playing career, he went back to Nice, working as a broker and living in nearby Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Death
In 1997, he died suddenly at 51 years of age from
Honours
Club
Ajax
Individual
References
- ^ "Interlands Dick van Dijk". Archived from the original on 7 April 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2008.
- ^ Twente-topper werd Ajax-teamspeler - NOS (in Dutch)
- ^ Intl career stats - EU Football
- ^ "Twente-troef trouwt". Het Vrije Volk. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ Oud-Ajacied Dick van Dijk (51) overleden - Trouw (in Dutch)
- ^ Speciale wedstrijd op De Toekomst ter ere van Dick van Dijk - AD (in Dutch)
External links
- Dick van Dijk at National-Football-Teams.com
- Obituary - NRC (in Dutch)
- Dick van Dijk at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- Dick van Dijk at BDFutbol