Gé van Dijk

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Gé van Dijk in 1951

Gerard Jan (Gé) van Dijk (born August 15, 1923 in Amsterdam ; † May 29, 2005 there ) was a Dutch football player .

Van Dijk was a member of Ajax Amsterdam's first squad between September 1943 and 1957 . With the club he was twice (1947 and 1957) Dutch champion. Van Dijk played a total of 317 games for Ajax and scored 89 goals. In the 1950/51 season he was the club's most successful goalscorer.

Shortly after the war ended, Van Dijk was appointed to the squad of the Dutch national football team for the first time on September 21, 1947 for a friendly against Switzerland . The Netherlands won the game 6-2. He played his second and last international match against Belgium on March 14, 1948 .