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]
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]
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]
Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first.
Van Schijndel died on 28 February 2011 at the age of 83.[7]