Jan van Schijndel explained

Jan van Schijndel
Fullname:Jan van Schijndel
Birth Date:4 March 1927
Birth Place:Schiedam, Netherlands
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:1939–1945
Youthclubs1:SVV
Years1:1945–1960
Clubs1:SVV
Nationalyears1:1949–1955
Nationalteam1:Netherlands
Nationalcaps1:17
Nationalgoals1:1
Pcupdate:4 March 2011
Ntupdate:4 March 2011

Jan van Schijndel (4 March 192728 February 2011) was a Dutch football player.[1]

Club career

A one-club man, van Schijndel has played his entire career for SVV in Schiedam, with whom he won the 1949 Dutch league title[2] and the first Dutch Supercup.[3] He was one of the last surviving players of that title-winning squad.[4]

International career

Van Schijndel made his debut for the Netherlands in a March 1949 friendly match against Belgium and had earned a total of 17 caps, scoring one goal. He captained the Netherlands in his last three games. He was a non-playing squad member for his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[5]

His final international was an April 1955 friendly match, also against Belgium.[6]

International goals

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first.

Death

Van Schijndel died on 28 February 2011 at the age of 83.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jan van Schijndel . Olympedia . 12 November 2021.
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nedchamp.html Netherlands - Champions
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nedsupcuphist.html Netherlands - List of Super Cup Finals
  4. http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1038/Rotterdam/article/detail/396306/2008/03/13/Henk-Konemann-eeuwige-legende-van-SVV.dhtml Henk Könemann, eeuwige legende van SVV
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20071123213500/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197058/teams/team=43960.html Netherlands roster
  6. http://www.voetbalstats.nl/spelernedxi.php?persid=441 National team stats
  7. http://www.vi.nl/Nieuws-item/196313/Voormalig-international-Jan-van-Schijndel-overleden.htm Voormalig international Jan van Schijndel overleden