Died in 1987 of a heart attack, while playing in a veteran team.
Played 184 matches for soccerclub Ajax in 1959-1966.
Played 35 matches in Bundesliga (9 Goals) for the German football
(soccer) team 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the mid-sixties (1963-1965),
being then one of the few foreign football professionals in
Germany.
Between 1960 and 1965, he played 10 matches for the Dutch national soccer team in which he scored 3 goals.