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Jan Jongbloed
Jongbloed in 1978
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-11-25)25 November 1940
Place of birth Amsterdam, German-occupied Netherlands
Date of death 30 August 2023(2023-08-30) (aged 82)
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
DWS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1972 DWS 353 (0)
1972–1977 FC Amsterdam 161 (0)
1977–1981 Roda JC 112 (0)
1982–1986 Go Ahead Eagles 81 (0)
Total 707 (0)
International career
1962–1978 Netherlands 24 (0)
Managerial career
1981–1982 HFC Haarlem (assistant)
1986–2000 Vitesse (assistant)
1999 Vitesse (ad interim)
2000–2010 Vitesse (youth)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1974 West Germany
Runner-up 1978 Argentina
European Championship
Third place 1976 Yugoslavia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Jongbloed[a] (25 November 1940 – 30 August 2023) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Netherlands national team, having represented the country at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, where the Oranje finished as runners-up in both cases.

Club career

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Born in Amsterdam, Jongbloed played for DWS (then rebranded as FC Amsterdam), Roda JC and Go Ahead Eagles.[1] He played a total amount of 717 professional games,[1][2] and made the second-highest number of appearances in the history of the Eredivisie, behind only Pim Doesburg.[3]

Jongbloed retired in 1986, at the age of 45, due to a heart attack he had suffered during an official match between Go Ahead Eagles and HFC Haarlem.[3][4] After his retirement from playing, he worked as a football coach.[4][5]

International career

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Jongbloed made 24 appearances for the Netherlands senior national team, winning his first cap in 1962 and the last in the 1978 FIFA World Cup final.[5][6][7]

Jongbloed represented the Netherlands at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups.[4][8]

Style of play

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As a youth, he was a winger. When he was keeping, he become one of the pioneer of sweeper-keeper, which style of play matched the totaalvoetbal with his feet ability . Anticipated 40 years of this style, when nowadays, a lot of keepers such Manuel Neuer, Alisson and many others, being crucial of football innovation.

Personal life and death

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Jongbloed with his wife in 1964

Jongbloed was married twice and twice divorced;[9] he had a daughter, Nicole,[9] and a son, Eric.[4][10] The latter also went on to play football as a goalkeeper for DWS; however, during a match on 23 September 1984,[10] he was fatally struck by lightning, aged 21.[4][10]

Jongbloed died on 30 August 2023, at the age of 82.[2][4][8]

Honours

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DWS

Netherlands

Notes

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  1. ^ The phrase Jan Jongbloed is pronounced [jɑˈɲɔŋblut]. The words in isolation are pronounced [jɑn] and [ˈjɔŋblut].

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jongbloed kon maar moeilijk stoppen: 'Een mooier vak dan keepen bestaat niet'". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Former Netherlands goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed, runner-up in 2 World Cup finals, has died at 82". Associated Press. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Golia, Simone (31 August 2023). "Addio a Jongbloed, il portiere «pazzo» dell'Olanda di Cruijff". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Voormalig Oranje-doelman Jan Jongbloed (82) overleden". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Golden generation Dutch keeper Jongbloed dies aged 82". France 24. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  6. ^ Jan Jongbloed Statistics FIFA. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  7. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (29 January 2010). "Jan Jongbloed – International Appearances". RSSSF.
  8. ^ a b "Voormalig Oranje-doelman Jan Jongbloed op 82-jarige leeftijd overleden". ESPN.nl (in Dutch). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  9. ^ a b Marx, Ernest (9 June 2010) Zelfportret: Jan Jongbloed. hpdetijd.nl
  10. ^ a b c De dood van doelman Eric Jongbloed. geschiedenis24.nl. 23 September 2009
  11. ^ Schoenmakers, Jan (20 February 2005). "Netherlands 1963/64". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  12. ^ "World Cup history - West Germany 1974". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 May 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  13. ^ "2 goal Kempes sinks the Dutch". Glasgow Herald. 26 June 1978. p. 23. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Netherlands v. Yugoslavia - UEFA Euro 1976". UEFA.com. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  15. ^ "1978 Tournoi de Paris". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Vitesse Arnhem Manager (a.i.)
alongside Edward Sturing
30 October 1999 – 31 December 1999 		Succeeded by
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