Jan Villerius

Jan Villerius
Personal information
Full name	Johannes Villerius
Date of birth	8 February 1939
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	7 May 2013 (aged 74)
Place of death	Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender or Midfielder
Youth career
1948–1957	Xerxes
Senior career*
Years	Team
1957–1958	Xerxes
1958–1961	Sparta
1961–1968	ADO
1968–1969	RCH
International career‡
1962	Netherlands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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]

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

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]