Dick van Dijk

Dick van Dijk (right ), 1969

Dick van Dijk ( born February 14, 1946 in Gouda, The Netherlands, † July 8, 1997 in Nice, France ) is a former Dutch football player.

  • 2.1 club
  • 2.2 Custom

Career

Association

Dick van Dijk began his career in 1963 at Voetbal Vereniging Schiedamse (now FC Dordrecht ) in the Tweede Divisie. At the end of the season 1965/66 the club was promoted to the Eerste Divisie. After constantly good performances, van Dijk got attention of Eredivisie clubs. In the summer of 1967 he finally undertook the FC Twente Enschede. Already in the previous year Twente striker tried the SIA needs to leave, but the negotiations failed due to the then high transfer fee. In Enschede, van Dijk put through right away and scored in the first five games seven goals. Along with Theo Pahlplatz he made the former FC - storm. With a total of 22 hits the attacker led his new team to eighth place in the Eredivisie. The following year, these benefits were even exceeded and van Dijk was with 30 hits together with Ove Kindvall top scorer of the Dutch league. Most notable was his hat-trick on November 3, 1968, when you could beat Ajax 5-1. For the season 1969/70 he finally committed Ajax, where he played for three years from now. In Enschede still celebrated as the star of the team, he was in Amsterdam, only one of the stars and he had to change his game and compete for the starting place. In his first season van Dijk came up with 23 goals in 32 games. One of his most important matches for Ajax scored the attacker on 1 June 1971 at the final of the European Champion Clubs' Cup, when he was able to take a 1-0 lead scoring against Panathinaikos after just five minutes. The match was won 2-0. It was Ajax 's first success in this competition. In addition, he was the national championship in 1970 and in the same year and the following year won the KNVB Cup. Since he was usually alternating players in the 1970/71 season, van Dijk decided in the summer of 1971 to move abroad and signed with French side OGC Nice. There, too, he scored goals regularly. After two years he moved for his final season as a professional footballer to Spain for Real Murcia.

National

Dick van Dijk made ​​his national team debut on 26 March 1969, at the game against Luxembourg. In his first game for the Netherlands, the attacker was able to score a goal.

Achievements

Association

  • Promotion to the Eerste Divisie with Voetbal Vereniging Schiedamse: 1966
  • Dutch champion Ajax Amsterdam: 1970
  • KNVB Cup with Ajax Amsterdam: 1970, 1971
  • European Champions Cup with Ajax Amsterdam: 1971

Individually

  • Scorer in the Eredivisie: 1969

Find out more

  • After his playing career, van Dijk moved back over to Nice, where he now lived.
  • Because of a bacterial inflammation of the heart, which he picked up in a hospital, died in the former Dutch international on 8 July 1997 by a sudden death.
  • On 12 July 1997, a charity match between his boyhood club from Gouda and the European Cup Final team of 1971 was held in honor.
1970–71 European Cup 1956–57 Eredivisie Coen Dillen 1957–58 Eredivisie 1958–59 Eredivisie 1959–60 Eredivisie Henk Groot 1960–61 Eredivisie 1961–62 Eredivisie 1962–63 Eredivisie Pierre Kerkhoffs 1963–64 Eredivisie Frans Geurtsen 1964–65 Eredivisie 1965–66 Eredivisie 1966–67 Eredivisie 1967–68 Eredivisie 1968–69 Eredivisie 1969–70 Eredivisie 1970–71 Eredivisie 1971–72 Eredivisie 1972–73 Eredivisie Cas Janssens 1973–74 Eredivisie 1974–75 Eredivisie Ruud Geels 1975–76 Eredivisie 1976–77 Eredivisie 1977–78 Eredivisie 1978–79 Eredivisie Kees Kist 1979–80 Eredivisie 1980–81 Eredivisie 1981–82 Eredivisie 1982–83 Eredivisie Peter Houtman 1983–84 Eredivisie 1984–85 Eredivisie 1985–86 Eredivisie 1986–87 Eredivisie 1987–88 Eredivisie 1988–89 Eredivisie 1989–90 Eredivisie 1990–91 Eredivisie Dennis Bergkamp 1991–92 Eredivisie 1992–93 Eredivisie 1993–94 Eredivisie 1994–95 Eredivisie Ronaldo 1995–96 Eredivisie Luc Nilis 1996–97 Eredivisie 1997–98 Eredivisie 1998–99 Eredivisie 1999–2000 Eredivisie 2000–01 Eredivisie 2001–02 Eredivisie Pierre van Hooijdonk 2002–03 Eredivisie 2003–04 Eredivisie 2004–05 Eredivisie Dirk Kuyt 2005–06 Eredivisie 2006–07 Eredivisie Afonso Alves 2007–08 Eredivisie 2008–09 Eredivisie 2009–10 Eredivisie 2010–11 Eredivisie 2011–12 Eredivisie Bas Dost 2012–13 Eredivisie
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