Jan Villerius

Jan Villerius
Personal information
Full name Johannes Villerius
Date of birth (1939-02-08)8 February 1939
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 7 May 2013(2013-05-07) (aged 74)
Place of death Netherlands
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defender or Midfielder
Youth career
1948–1957 Xerxes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1958 Xerxes
1958–1961 Sparta 37 (0)
1961–1968 ADO 206 (2)
1968–1969 RCH
National team‡
1962 Netherlands 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 April 2013.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 April 2013

Jan Villerius (8 February 1939 – 7 May 2013) was a Dutch football player.

Club career

A big defender or midfielder, Villerius played for Xerxes with future Feyenoord-legend Coen Moulijn before making his debut for Sparta in December 1958. He won the 1958–59 Eredivisie league title with them in his first year when he played alongside Sparta greats Tonny van Ede and Tinus Bosselaar.[1]

He later moved to ADO, whom he captained and for whom he played over 300 matches and was part of the ADO side that played as San Francisco Gales in the United Soccer Association in 1967, Dick Advocaat being one of his teammates.[2]

International career

Villerius earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in an October 1962 friendly match against Belgium.[3]

Retirement and death

After his playing career, he became an amateur football coach. Villerius died after a long battle against cancer on 7 May 2013 at the age of 74.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jan Villerius overleden - Sparta Rotterdam (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ Necrologie Jan Villerius (74) - ADO Den Haag (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ National team stats - Voetbalstats (in Dutch)
  4. ↑ Oud-international Villerius overleden - Elf Voetbal (in Dutch)
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