Jan Villerius
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| 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1958 | Xerxes | ||
| 1958–1961 | Sparta | 37 | (0) |
| 1961–1968 | ADO | 206 | (2) |
| 1968–1969 | RCH | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1962 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
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*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
[edit]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
[edit]Villerius earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in an October 1962 friendly match against Belgium.[3]
Retirement and death
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ Jan Villerius overleden - Sparta Rotterdam (in Dutch)
- ^ Necrologie Jan Villerius (74) - ADO Den Haag (in Dutch)
- ^ National team stats - Voetbalstats (in Dutch)
- ^ Oud-international Villerius overleden - Elf Voetbal (in Dutch)
External links
[edit]- Career stats - Voetbal International
- Biography - Haagsche Voetbalhistorie (in Dutch)
- 1939 births
- 2013 deaths
- Footballers from Rotterdam
- Men's association football midfielders
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's international footballers
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- ADO Den Haag players
- San Francisco Golden Gate Gales players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands
- United Soccer Association players
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen