Jan Villerius Explained

Jan Villerius
Fullname:Johannes Villerius
Birth Date:8 February 1939
Birth Place:Rotterdam, Netherlands
Death Place:Netherlands
Height:1.9m (06.2feet)
Position:Defender or Midfielder
Youthyears1:1948–1957
Youthclubs1:Xerxes
Years1:1957–1958
Clubs1:Xerxes
Years2:1958–1961
Clubs2:Sparta
Caps2:37
Goals2:0
Years3:1961–1968
Clubs3:ADO
Caps3:206
Goals3:2
Years4:1968–1969
Clubs4:RCH
Nationalyears1:1962
Nationalteam1:Netherlands
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:5 April 2013
Ntupdate:5 April 2013

Jan Villerius (8 February 19397 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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20130703151952/http://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/Nieuws/Default.aspx?id=7257 Jan Villerius overleden
  2. http://adodenhaag.nl/nieuws/laatste-nieuws/news/detail/5292_news Necrologie Jan Villerius (74)
  3. http://www.voetbalstats.nl/spelernedxi.php?persid=525 National team stats
  4. http://www.elfvoetbal.nl/nieuws/266409_oud-international-villerius-overleden Oud-international Villerius overleden