Chris de Vries

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Chris de Vries (1968)

Chris de Vries (born July 17, 1939 in Vlissingen , Zeeland , † April 29, 2017 in Arnhem , Gelderland ) was a Dutch football player . As a professional, the midfielder was active for SBV Vitesse from Arnhem and BV De Graafschap from Doetinchem , among others .

life and career

De Vries first played in the south of the Netherlands as a youth and as a young active player. From his youth club RVV Hillesluis in Rotterdam he came to the Go Ahead Eagles in Deventer via RBC from Roosendaal , for which he was active from 1960 to 1962, and Excelsior in 1963 . After he was not used in the Eredivisie in the 1963/64 season , he moved to Vitesse in July 1964.

De Vries in the black and yellow Vitesse jersey, November 24, 1968

With the Arnhem in 1966 under the Austrian coach Pepi Gruber from the second to the Eerste Divisie , de Vries scored 14 goals and was after Hans Verhagen (20 hits) and Jan Veenstra (17) third-best goalscorer of the promotion team. In seven years he made 230 competitive appearances at Vitesse before moving to De Graafschap in 1971 - after Vitesse had been promoted to the Eredivisie . Apparently there had been problems between de Vries and coach Cor Brom .

His coach at De Graafschap at the time, Piet de Visser , emphasized after De Vries' death: “Chris should get away from Vitesse, so I got him quickly. I haven't regretted that for a second, because he was a great model footballer. ”In 1973 de Vries helped the Doetinchem team to gain their first promotion to the Eredivisie. At the club from the Achterhoek he let his active career end in 1975.

At the same time, de Vries ran a liquor store and after 1975 also the De Graafschap canteen. He later worked for many years as a scout for Vitesse. In 2000 the association named him Zilveren Vitessenaar ("Silver Vitessener"). The former board member of the Arnhem Club Jan Snellenberg brought the KNVB trophy , which Vitesse won for the first time the day after de Vries' death , to his funeral.

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Notes and evidence

  1. ↑ “He thought there were problems with Chris and trainer Cor Brom”, meent Snellenburg zich te inside. ; Jan Snellenberg from Vitesse in Chris de Vries was een soort Pietje Bell , arnhemsports.nl from May 5, 2017
  2. ↑ "Chris moest away bij Vitesse en toen heb ik hem snel genomen. Geen seconde spijt van gehad, want hij was een Geweldige karaktervoetballer", aldus De Visser. , in oud-voetballer Chris de Vries (77) overleden , obituary at sportnieuws.nl from May 1, 2017
  3. ↑ List of award winners on the homepage of SBV Vitesse
  4. ↑ Twitter message , quoted at voetbalflitsen.nl on May 6, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Vries, Chris de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Vlissingen , Zeeland province , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2017
Place of death Arnhem , Gelderland Province , The Netherlands