Kees Kist

Kees Kist

Kist in August 1982
Personal information
Date of birth	(1952-08-07) 7 August 1952
Place of birth	Steenwijk, Netherlands
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1972	SC Heerenveen	0	(0)
1972–1982	AZ	323	(196)
1982–1983	Paris Saint-Germain	34	(12)
1983–1984	Mulhouse	27	(10)
1984–1985	AZ	49	(15)
1985–1987	SC Heerenveen	39	(17)
Total		472	(250)
International career
1975–1980	Netherlands	21	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cornelis "Kees" Kist (born 7 August 1952) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Playing career

Kist was born in Steenwijk. He obtained 21 caps for the Netherlands national team, in which he scored four goals, in the years 1975–1980.

He played for SC Heerenveen (1970–1972), AZ '67 (1972–1982), winning the Dutch title in 1981, Paris Saint-Germain (1982–1983), FC Mulhouse (1983–1984), AZ (1984–1986), and returned for his last season to SC Heerenveen.

Kist scored 259 goals in 441 games for AZ. He made 212 of these goals while AZ Alkmaar was in the highest division (Eredivisie), which puts him in fourth place on the all-time leaders list, behind Willy van der Kuijlen, Ruud Geels and Johan Cruijff.

Managerial career

From 2000 through 2005 Kist managed HSV Hoek. In 2009–2010 he coached VV Tolbert.

Honors

He was the Eredivisie top scorer in 1978–79 (34 goals for AZ) and 1979–80. He was the first Dutch player to win the European Golden Boot in 1979.

References

• VoetbalStats (in Dutch)
• Kees Kist at WorldFootball.net