Sjaak Swart

Sjaak Swart
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-07-03) July 3, 1938
Place of birth Muiderberg, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Winger
Youth career
OVVO
Amsterdam
AFC Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1973 AFC Ajax 461 (170)
National team
1960–1972 Netherlands 31 (10)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Jesaia (Sjaak) Swart (born July 3, 1938, in Muiderberg) is a former Dutch footballer who played for Ajax Amsterdam a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club.

Biography

He is Jewish[1] and was born in Muiderberg,[2] a village about 15 kilometers east of Amsterdam.

Nicknamed Mr. Ajax, he played for Ajax Amsterdam a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club.[2]

He was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972, 1973. He earned 31 caps for the Netherlands national football team, scoring ten goals.[3]

Honours

Ajax

Career

Season Team League Domestic League Domestic Cup European Tournament Total
App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls
1956–57 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie - - 6 0 - - 6 0
1957–58 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 19 3 - - 2 0 21 3
1958–59 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 7 3 5 4 - - 12 7
1959–60 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 34 18 - - - - 34 18
1960–61 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 33 7 7 3 2 1 42 11
1961–62 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 33 5 2 1 10 4 45 10
1962–63 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 28 5 2 0 3 1 33 6
1963–64 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 30 12 5 0 1 0 36 12
1964–65 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 29 11 1 0 - - 30 11
1965–66 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 30 10 4 3 - - 34 13
1966–67 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 34 23 5 3 6 3 45 29
1967–68 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 32 11 7 1 6 2 45 14
1968–69 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 32 13 3 2 10 3 45 18
1969–70 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 31 13 6 1 10 6 47 20
1970–71 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 31 16 6 1 8 1 45 18
1971–72 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 33 11 5 3 9 3 47 17
1972–73 Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie 25 9 1 0 3 1 29 10
Total 461 170 65 22 70 25 596 217

See also

References

  1. Buchheister, Hendrik (4 October 2013). "Football: Why Tottenham and Ajax Fans Have a Jewish Identity". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Quixano, Jordi (2 November 2014). "Escribimos parte de la historia del fútbol" [We wrote part of the history of football]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. Stokkermans, Karel (2010-02-05). "Sjaak Swart – International Appearances". RSSSF.


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