Piet Keizer

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Piet Keizer
Piet Keizer 1973c.jpg
Piet Keizer in 1973
Personal information
Full name Petrus 'Piet' Johannes Keizer
Date of birth (1943-06-14) 14 June 1943 (age 72)
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Playing position Left Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961-1974 Ajax 365 (146)
National team
1962–1974 Netherlands 34 (11)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Petrus ("Piet") Johannes Keizer (born 14 June 1943 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch professional football player. Keizer was a part of the Total Football Ajax Amsterdam team of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly notable during the managerial tenures of Rinus Michels and Stefan Kovacs (1965-1973). he is widely considered as one of the greatest players in the history of Netherlands. Dutch writer Nico Scheepmaker said Keizer was "Cruyff is the best, but Keizer is the better one".[1]

Club career[edit]

Keizer played 364 matches for Ajax, from 1961 to 1974.[2] He played predominantly on the left-wing and with Ajax won 3 consecutive European Cups (1971, 1972, 1973), having lost the 1969 European Cup final to A.C. Milan. Also with Ajax, he won 6 Eredivisie titles, 4 KNVB Cups, 2 European Super Cups, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 1 Intertoto Cup.

In August 1973, under new Ajax manager, George Knobel, the Ajax players voted for Keizer to be the team's captain in a secret ballot, ahead of Johan Cruyff. Cruyff joined Barcelona just weeks later. [3]

International career[edit]

With the Dutch national team, Keizer played 34 times, scoring 11 goals.[2] He made his international debut in a 8-0 friendly win against the Netherlands Antilles in 1962. Keizer was in the Dutch squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, but was only selected to play in the 0-0 draw against Sweden by Netherlands manager, Rinus Michels.[4] Keizer retired from football in October 1974, soon after a row over tactics with Ajax manager, Hans Kraay.[2] [5]

Family[edit]

On 13 June 1967, Keizer married Jenny Hoorman.[6] The couple have a son.[7]

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Ajax
Netherland

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hall of Fame: Piet Keizer
  2. ^ a b c Piet Keizer. Bigsoccer.com. Retrieved on 9 November 2013. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "bs" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ Piet Keizer: Ghost goal
  4. ^ 1974 Netherlands World Cup Squad at Planet World Cup. Planetworldcup.com. Retrieved on 9 November 2013
  5. ^ Piet Keizer: Ghost goal
  6. ^ Het paar op weg naar de trouwzaal. gahetna.nl
  7. ^ Ajax-elftal arriveert op Schiphol uit Londen. Piet Keizer met zoontje. gahetna.nl