Fons van Wissen
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File:Fons van Wissen (1963).jpg | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gerardus Jacobus Alphonsus van Wissen | ||
Date of birth | 21 March 1933 | ||
Place of birth | Margraten, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
Place of death | Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
RKVVM | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1951–1958 | MVV | ||
1958–1967 | PSV | 230 | (25) |
1967–1969 | Helmond Sport | ||
International career | |||
1957–1964 | Netherlands | 30 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Fons van Wissen (21 March 1933 – 7[citation needed] July 2015) was a Dutch football player.
Contents
Club career
Van Wissen made his senior debut at 15 years of age at local amateur side RKVVM[1] and joined MVV Maastricht in 1951.[2] He moved to PSV Eindhoven in 1958 and won the 1963 Eredivisie title with the club after beating Ajax 5-2 despite Van Wissen playing while injured.[3] He skippered the team for two years.[4]
He finished his career with Helmond Sport.
International career
He made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1957 friendly match against Belgium and has earned a total of 30 caps, scoring 4 goals.[5] He represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[6]
His final international was an October 1964 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Albania. He decided to quit international football after being struck by poverty in Albania.[7]
International goals
- Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 17 November 1957 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Belgium | 1–0 | 5–2 | Friendly match |
2 | 13 April 1958 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium | Belgium | 2–0 | 7–1 | Friendly match |
3 | 23 April 1958 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Curaçao | 6–0 | 8–1 | Friendly match |
4 | 23 April 1958 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | Curaçao | 7–0 | 8–1 | Friendly match |
Retirement and death
After retiring, Van Wissen owned a sports shop in Eindhoven.[1] He died in July 2015.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fons van Wissen (82) overleden - Volkskrant (Dutch)
- ↑ Oud MVV-er Fons van Wissen (82) overleden - MVV Maastricht (Dutch)
- ↑ PSV-icoon Fons van Wissen overleden - PSV (Dutch)
- ↑ Ex-international en PSV-icoon Van Wissen overleden - Voetbal International (Dutch)
- ↑ National team stats - Voetbalstats (Dutch)
- ↑ Fons van Wissen – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Margratense PSV-grootheid Fons van Wissen overleden - L1 (Dutch)
- ↑ National team stats - EU Football
External links
- Fons van Wissen at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Articles with Dutch-language external links
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with unsourced statements from July 2015
- 1933 births
- 2015 deaths
- People from Eijsden-Margraten
- Association football midfielders
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- MVV Maastricht players
- PSV Eindhoven players
- Helmond Sport players