Aad de Jong

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Aad de Jong (1951)

Aad de Jong (born December 1, 1921 in The Hague , † August 29, 2003 in Zevenbergen ) was a Dutch football player . He played for ADO Den Haag and was used five times for the national team .

Career

De Jong became a member of ADO at the age of eight; at 16 he was in the first eleven of the Hague for the first time. In the early 1940s he was a member of the ADO family. Twice in a row, in 1942 and 1943, this team - which included left defender de Jong, among others, Gerrit Vreeken , national players Herman Choufoer (as team captain ) and André Roosenburg, and the later ADO coach Rinus Loof - became Dutch champions . For eighteen seasons he remained loyal to ADO; the association made him an honorary member. After the end of his active career, he worked as a trainer at HBS Craeyenhout and Quick Den Haag .

National team

De Jong only made his debut in the Oranje Elftal three weeks before his 29th birthday - at a time when many of his teammates such as Vreeken, Bram Appel , Theo Timmermans and Toon Bauman had already gone to France as professionals or were about to go there. The Dutch defensive line on November 12, 1950 - with de Jong, Sjef Mertens in his only international match and Jan van Schijndel - allowed goalkeeper Piet Kraak to reach behind him seven times in this game . The game in Antwerp against Belgium ended 2: 7 . A 2: 5 defeat in France was followed by a 5: 4 again against Belgium. In two more defeats, de Jong was in the Oranje cover, a few more times he was a substitute on the bench. In his last game, again in Belgium in April 1952, the future Belgian national coach Guy Thijs was his direct opponent.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary. (No longer available online.) In: www.volkskrant.nl. de Volkskrant , September 13, 2003, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 17, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.volkskrant.nl
  2. ↑ Club history. In: adodenhaag.nl. NV ADO Den Haag, archived from the original on October 9, 2014 ; Retrieved July 17, 2013 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Jong, Aad de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH The hague
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 2003
Place of death Zevenbergen