Eddy Treijtel

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Eduard ("Eddy") Willem Treijtel (born May 23, 1946 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a retired football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who won the UEFA Cup with Feyenoord Rotterdam in the 1973-1974 season.

Treijtel obtained five caps for the Netherlands national football team. He came to Feyenoord in 1968, alongside Willem van Hanegem, and moved to AZ'67 in 1979. He retired in 1985.

The Rotterdam-born goalie is famous for shooting down a gull with a high ball, on November 15, 1970 during the match Sparta Rotterdam vs. Feyenoord Rotterdam.

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Flag of Netherlands Netherlands squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup Runners-up Flag of Netherlands

1 Geels | 2 Haan | 3 van Hanegem | 4 van Ierssel | 5 Israël | 6 Jansen | 7 de Jong | 8 Jongbloed | 9 Keizer | 10 R. van de Kerkhof | 11 W. van de Kerkhof | 12 Krol | 13 Neeskens | 14 Cruijff | 15 Rensenbrink | 16 Rep | 17 Rijsbergen | 18 Schrijvers | 19 Strik | 20 Suurbier | 21 Treijtel | 22 Vos | Coach: Michels


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