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Fons van Wissen (1963)

Gerardus Jacobus Alphonsus "Fons" van Wissen (born March 21, 1933 in Margraten , Limburg , † July 7, 2015 in Best , Noord-Brabant ) was a Dutch football player . As a professional he was active for MVV Maastricht , PSV Eindhoven and Helmond Sport . From 1957 to 1964 he made 30 international appearances for the Dutch national team .

Career

Fons van Wissen, the youngest child of 14 siblings, played in childhood and adolescence like five of his brothers at RKVVM in his hometown of Margraten; The midfielder made his debut in the first team at the age of 15 - usually he was later to play half right . In 1952 he moved to MVV in Maastricht, about ten kilometers away, where he made his debut in the top division, the then Eerste class . He also trained as a customs broker. Until 1958 he played with the Limburgers, from 1956 in the newly created Eredivisie . For the 1958/59 season he moved to PSV in Eindhoven; at Philips he got a job in his learned profession. In nine years he played 232 games for PSV, scoring 25 goals. The highlight was in 1963 the first PSV championship since the introduction of professional football. Then van Wissen completed his career with two seasons at Helmond Sport , where he contributed to promotion to the Eredivisie in 1968. Subsequent to his time as a grass soccer player, he became Dutch indoor soccer champions in 1970 with the De Van Wissen Boys team .

In the national team, Fons van Wissen made his debut on April 28, 1957 in a friendly against Belgium . Against the same opponent he scored one goal each in his internationals three and four; in the 7-2 victory in Antwerp on April 13, 1958, he stood as a center forward in an attack line with Piet van der Kuil , Faas Wilkes , Abe Lenstra and Coen Moulijn . His worst defeat, he later said, was the 7-0 defeat in Cologne against the DFB selection on October 21, 1959, which thousands of spectators from the neighboring Netherlands witnessed in the Müngersdorfer Stadium . Bondscoach Elek Schwartz made van Wissen 1962 as a successor to his Eindhoven teammate Roel Wiersma to the captain ; He wore the band 14 times in Orange . After 30 games with four goals, van Wissen ended his international career in October 1964 after a World Cup qualifier in Albania . The reason for his resignation was the poverty that he had seen around the game in Tirana .

After his football career, van Wissen ran a sporting goods store in Eindhoven well into old age. He died at the age of 82 on July 7, 2015.

Achievements and Awards

  • Dutch champion ( Eredivisie 1962/63 with PSV)
  • Dutch indoor soccer champion (1970, De Van Wissen Boys )
  • In 2000 van Wissen voted his home town Margraten athlete of the century

Web links

Notes and evidence

  1. ↑ Fons van Wissen (82) overleden. Sportnieuws.nl, July 7, 2015
  2. ↑ 21 March 1933. Geboortedag Fons van Wissen, Limburgs enige aanvoerder van Oranje . Dagblad De Limburger , online version from March 21, 2015
  3. ↑ Obituaries in Eindhoven's Dagblad and Dagblad De Limburger , facsimiles at Mensenlinq.nl .


personal data
SURNAME Know, Fons van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knowledge, Gerardus Jacobus Alphonsus van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Margraten , Limburg
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 2015
Place of death Best , Noord-Brabant