Dick van Dijk
Encyclopedia
Dick van Dijk was a Dutch
footballer
who played for FC Twente
and Ajax Amsterdam
. He was a member of Ajax' European Cup
victory in 1971
. He earned 7 caps for the Netherlands national football team
. http://www.voetbalstats.nl/nedxi/sp106.html
Art Twente. Van Dijk made a promising start with seven goals in five matches. He was a strong aanvalsduo with Theo Pahlplatz. The arrival of Van Dijk provided a positive impact to FC Twente, the young team ended in part thanks to the 22 goals he scored in his first season in a creditable eighth place. The following year was even better. Twente did in the long struggle for the national championship and Van Dijk was topscorer with 30 goals in the Premier League. Legendary is the home match against Ajax on November 3, 1968. Twente won 5-1 and Van Dijk scored three goals. It is believed that this contest with the interest of Ajax in Van Dijk was finally awakened. The transition was likely well before the end of the season and already an open secret in June 1969 it became clear that the peak for a transfer fee of 750,000 guilders moved to Amsterdam. Meanwhile had Van Dijk on March 26, 1969 as international made his debut in a match of the Dutch national team against Luxembourg. Orange won 4-0 and Van Dijk scored once.
While Van Dijk at Twente is the absolute star was at Ajax he was not more than one of the sixteen selected and he had to fight for a spot in its basic form. It made him a different, more complete footballer, who learned to defend. In his first season he scored 23 goals in 32 matches. Although he is in his second season at Ajax no longer in the weekly basis was, he still scored 18 goals in 29 matches. In the final of the Europa Cup I on June 1, 1971 against Panathinaikos was Van Dijk in the base. Already after five minutes he scored with his head. Ajax would win the match 2-0.
On October 10, 1971 Van Dijk played its seventh and final international match against East Germany. After third season at Ajax, where he was mainly reserve, Van Dijk departed in 1972 to OGC Nice in France. There he scored frequently. The team was in season 1972/1973 months to headline in the French league and a year later won a remarkable result in the first round of the UEFA Cup by FC Barcelona coach Rinus Michels and Johan Cruijff player off. In 1974 verkaste Van Dijk to Real Murcia in Spain. A year later he finished his football career. He went back to Nice where he was a broker. He was living in the nearby Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
In 1997 he died suddenly at 51 years of age. During a medical examination in a hospital, he ran a bacterial infection to the heart valves, which was fatal to him. In memory was on October 12, 1997 organized a benefit match between ONA from Gouda and the Ajax of the Europe Cup I-finals from 1971.
Netherlands
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Football (soccer)
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who played for FC Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
and Ajax Amsterdam
Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...
. He was a member of Ajax' European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
victory in 1971
European Cup 1970-71
The 1970–71 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Ajax in the final against Panathinaikos. It was the first time the cup went to Ajax, beginning a three-year period of domination, and the second consecutive championship for the Netherlands...
. He earned 7 caps for the Netherlands national football team
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
. http://www.voetbalstats.nl/nedxi/sp106.html
Career
Dick van Dijk grew up in Gouda and Balde foot in his youth in the local amateurvereniging ONA. At its sixteenth, he was coach Hans Croon to SVV, which was released in the Second division, met. Van Dijk was topscorer club and doctorate in 1966 with his club to the First Division. He was invited to the Dutch youth team and the Dutch military team. The scoring ability of the young peak attracted the interest of FC Twente, but the asking price of 200,000 guilders were Tukker too much. A less season ensured that the transfer fee a year later had dropped to 70,000 guilders, after which Van Dijk FC Twente in the summer of 1967 still joined.Art Twente. Van Dijk made a promising start with seven goals in five matches. He was a strong aanvalsduo with Theo Pahlplatz. The arrival of Van Dijk provided a positive impact to FC Twente, the young team ended in part thanks to the 22 goals he scored in his first season in a creditable eighth place. The following year was even better. Twente did in the long struggle for the national championship and Van Dijk was topscorer with 30 goals in the Premier League. Legendary is the home match against Ajax on November 3, 1968. Twente won 5-1 and Van Dijk scored three goals. It is believed that this contest with the interest of Ajax in Van Dijk was finally awakened. The transition was likely well before the end of the season and already an open secret in June 1969 it became clear that the peak for a transfer fee of 750,000 guilders moved to Amsterdam. Meanwhile had Van Dijk on March 26, 1969 as international made his debut in a match of the Dutch national team against Luxembourg. Orange won 4-0 and Van Dijk scored once.
While Van Dijk at Twente is the absolute star was at Ajax he was not more than one of the sixteen selected and he had to fight for a spot in its basic form. It made him a different, more complete footballer, who learned to defend. In his first season he scored 23 goals in 32 matches. Although he is in his second season at Ajax no longer in the weekly basis was, he still scored 18 goals in 29 matches. In the final of the Europa Cup I on June 1, 1971 against Panathinaikos was Van Dijk in the base. Already after five minutes he scored with his head. Ajax would win the match 2-0.
On October 10, 1971 Van Dijk played its seventh and final international match against East Germany. After third season at Ajax, where he was mainly reserve, Van Dijk departed in 1972 to OGC Nice in France. There he scored frequently. The team was in season 1972/1973 months to headline in the French league and a year later won a remarkable result in the first round of the UEFA Cup by FC Barcelona coach Rinus Michels and Johan Cruijff player off. In 1974 verkaste Van Dijk to Real Murcia in Spain. A year later he finished his football career. He went back to Nice where he was a broker. He was living in the nearby Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
In 1997 he died suddenly at 51 years of age. During a medical examination in a hospital, he ran a bacterial infection to the heart valves, which was fatal to him. In memory was on October 12, 1997 organized a benefit match between ONA from Gouda and the Ajax of the Europe Cup I-finals from 1971.