Jan Villerius
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Johannes Villerius | ||
Date of birth | 8 February 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
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Place of death | Netherlands | ||
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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) |
*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
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]
References
- ↑ Jan Villerius overleden - Sparta Rotterdam (Dutch)
- ↑ Necrologie Jan Villerius (74) - ADO Den Haag (Dutch)
- ↑ National team stats - Voetbalstats (Dutch)
- ↑ Oud-international Villerius overleden - Elf Voetbal (Dutch)
External links
- Career stats - Voetbal International
- Biography - Haagsche Voetbalhistorie (Dutch)
- Articles with Dutch-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1939 births
- 2013 deaths
- Footballers from Rotterdam
- Association football midfielders
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- ADO Den Haag players
- San Francisco Gales players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Cancer deaths in the Netherlands