John Veldman

John Veldman

Personal information
Full name	John Fitzgerald Veldman
Date of birth	(1968-02-24) 24 February 1968
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	PSV Eindhoven	11	(0)
1989–1991	Willem II	59	(0)
1991–1996	Sparta Rotterdam	152	(0)
1996–1997	Ajax Amsterdam	17	(0)
1997–2000	Vitesse Arnhem	44	(0)
2000–2001	RBC Roosendaal	14	(0)
	Total	297	(0 )
International career
1996	Netherlands	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Fitzgerald Veldman (born 24 February 1968 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a former Dutch football player in the defender role. He is the brother of Elfried Veldman, who died in the Surinam Airways Flight 764 crash. John Veldman started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven, and then moved on to Willem II, Sparta Rotterdam, AFC Ajax, Vitesse and RBC Roosendaal. While at Sparta, he started in various defensive positions and helped the club reach the final of the KNVB Cup in 1996.

In the Eredivisie Veldman played 297 matches, from 1986 to 2001. He earned a single cap for the Netherlands national football team, which came on 24 April 1996 in a 1-0 loss to Germany, and he was in the squad for Euro 1996.

External links

• voetbal international profile