Piet Keizer
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Petrus Johannes Keizer | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 February 2017 (aged 73) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) |
Left winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1953–1955 | Amstel | ||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1961 | Ajax | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1974 | Ajax | 365 | (146) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1974 | Netherlands | 34 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Petrus Johannes "Piet" Keizer (14 June 1943 – 10 February 2017) was a Dutch professional
left winger
.
As part of the "
Stefan Kovacs (1965–1973). He is widely considered one of the greatest players in Dutch football history. Dutch writer Nico Scheepmaker once said: "Cruyff is the best, but Keizer is the better one".[1]
Club career
Keizer totalled 490 official matches for
A.C. Milan. Also with Ajax, he won six Eredivisie titles, five KNVB Cups, two European Super Cups, one Intercontinental Cup and one Intertoto Cup
.
In August 1973, under new Ajax manager
Barcelona.[3]
International career
With the
Sweden.[5]
Keizer suddenly retired from football in October 1974, shortly after a row over tactics with
Personal life
On 13 June 1967, Keizer married Jenny Hoopman.[7] The couple had two sons.[8]
Keizer died after a long battle with lung cancer in February 2017.[9]
Style of play
foil to Johan Cruyff".[10]
Cruyff, in his posthumously released autobiography,[11] placed Keizer, as left winger, in his "ideal squad".
Honours
Ajax
- Eredivisie: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73
- 1970–71, 1971–72
- 1968–69[10]
- UEFA Super Cup: 1972, 1973[12]
- Intercontinental Cup: 1972
- (Group A2 winner)
Netherlands
- 1974
See also
References
- ^ Hall of Fame: Piet Keizer
- ^ Ajax-icoon Piet Keizer (73) overleden – Ajax (in Dutch)
- ^ a b "Piet Keizer: Ghost goal". Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ^ a b Piet Keizer
- ^ 1974 Netherlands World Cup Squad at Planet World Cup. Planetworldcup.com. Retrieved on 9 November 2013
- ^ Ajax-icoon Piet Keizer (73) overleden – Telegraaf (in Dutch)
- ^ Het paar op weg naar de trouwzaal. gahetna.nl
- ^ Ajax-elftal arriveert op Schiphol uit Londen. Piet Keizer met zoontje. gahetna.nl
- ^ Niederlande trauern um Keizer – Parool (in Dutch)
- ^ a b The greatest teams of all time: Ajax 1971–73. UEFA.com. Retrieved on 31 October 2015.
- ^ Johan Cruyff, My Turn. The Autobiography, Macmillan, 2016, p. 273.
- ^ 1973: Ajax enjoy early success. UEFA.com. Retrieved on 31 October 2015.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Piet Keizer.
- Piet Keizer at National-Football-Teams.com
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