Florian Vijent

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Florian Vijent

Personal information
Full name	Florian Vijent
Date of birth	(1961-11-28)28 November 1961
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	7 June 1989(1989-06-07) (aged 27)
Place of death	Paramaribo, Suriname
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
????–1989	Telstar	?	(?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florian Vijent (28 November 1961 – 7 June 1989), was a Dutch

.

Vijent's large build was one of the reasons he became a goalkeeper. At the end of the 1988-89 season he was named as "Best goalkeeper of the season" in the Eerste Divisie. Vijent resembled AFC Ajax goalkeeper and close friend Stanley Menzo, who often borrowed Vijent's drivers license.

Together with Menzo and teammate

, killing 176 of the 187 passengers on board, including Vijent, making it the worst ever aviation disaster in Suriname's history. Of the 18-member Colourful 11 team, only De Haan and two other team members survived the accident.

Vijent's younger brother Patrick was facing psychological problems even before Florian's death. His problems, however, merely worsened after Florian's death and only a few days after the accident he committed suicide by throwing himself in front of an oncoming train.

References

• Vijent at AndroKnel.nl Archived 2007-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
• Crash report
• Iwan Tol: Eindbesteming Zanderij; het vergeten verhaal van het Kleurrijk Elftal (
  ISBN 9020403664
  ) (in Dutch)