Wim Suurbier

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Wim Suurbier
Wim Suurbier 1978.jpg
Wim Suurbier (1978)
Personnel
Surname Wilhelmus Lourens Johannes Suurbier
birthday January 16, 1945
place of birth Eindhoven ,  Netherlands
date of death July 12, 2020
Place of death Amsterdam ,  Netherlands
size 181 cm
position Defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1964-1977 Ajax Amsterdam 392 (16)
1977-1988 FC Schalke 04 12 0(0)
1978-1979 FC Metz 24 0(0)
1979-1981 Los Angeles Aztecs 73 0(3)
1980 →  Sparta Rotterdam  (loan) 11 0(1)
1982 Golden Bay Earthquakes 23 0(0)
1983-1984 Seiko Sports Association of Hong Kong
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1966-1988 Netherlands 60 0(3)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1984 Tulsa roughnecks
1 Only league games are given.

Wim Suurbier (born January 16, 1945 in Eindhoven , † July 12, 2020 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch football player .

Career

society

Suurbier was already in the youth teams of Ajax Amsterdam before he slipped into the club's professional squad in 1964/65. The defender was active for Ajax for the next thirteen years and won many national and international titles. Suurbier had his first success in his second year as a professional, winning the Eredivisie . He was able to defend this title twice with his team. With successes in the KNVB Cup in 1967 and 1970, the national double was won in these years . His most successful time with the traditional Amsterdam club, however, was between 1970 and 1973. Again the team was three times league champion (1970, 1972, 1973) and three times cup winners (1971-1973). In addition, the European Cup of National Champions was won for the first time . This success was defended in 1972 and 1973. With triumphs in the UEFA Super Cup and World Cup in 1972, the international triple was won. In all the finals for the European Cup, the later UEFA Champions League, Suurbier was on the field and completed the full 90 minutes.

After this time, the defensive player moved to the German Bundesliga for FC Schalke 04 . There he came, however, only on the 13th match day of the 1977/78 season in the game against Hamburger SV for the first use for the "Royal Blues". After only a year there was another transfer and Suurbier placed himself in the service of FC Metz . But even there it only lasted a season before he moved to the USA for the Los Angeles Aztecs . In 1980 he briefly returned to the Netherlands and played for Sparta Rotterdam for half a year . After this loan deal ended, the defender went back to Los Angeles. The following year, Suurbier represented the colors of the Golden Bay Earthquakes . After a short break, the Dutchman played his last professional season in 1983/84 with the Seiko Sports Association in Hong Kong.

National team

For the Dutch national team he scored 3 goals in 60 games. Suurbier was a regular for the Dutch national team for a long time in the 1970s. He took part in the 1974 World Cup in Germany and played in all games in the Netherlands at this tournament. In the final he lost to Germany 1: 2. At the European Championships in 1976 he reached the semi-finals, where the Netherlands were defeated against Czechoslovakia . At the 1978 World Cup in Argentina he reached the final again. However, the Netherlands lost 3-1 in the final against hosts Argentina. Suurbier was no longer a regular player in this tournament.

Sickness and death

Suurbier suffered a stroke in June 2020 . Since then he has been in intensive care in a hospital in Amsterdam. He died on July 12, 2020 at the age of 75.

successes

society

National team

  • Vice world champion: 1974, 1978
  • 3rd place at the European Championship: 1976

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schalke wants to engage Wim Suurbier ( memento of July 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) of October 18, 1977 on abendblatt.de
  2. ↑ Match statistics FC Schalke 04 - Hamburger SV 2: 2 (1: 0) from October 29, 1977 on fussballdaten.de
  3. ↑ stuff (75) Oud-Ajacied en Oud-international Wim Suurbier. In: NOS.nl . July 12, 2020, accessed July 12, 2020 (Dutch).
  4. ↑ Oud-Ajacied Wim Suurbier (75) overleden. July 12, 2020, accessed July 12, 2020 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Suurbier, Wim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Suurbier, Wilhelmus Lourens Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Eindhoven
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2020