 Jongbloed in 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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Jan Jongbloed[a] (25 November 1940 – 30 August 2023) was a Dutch professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper. He played for theNetherlands national team, having represented the country at the1974 and1978 FIFA World Cups, where theOranje finished as runners-up in both cases.
Born inAmsterdam, Jongbloed played forDWS (then rebranded asFC Amsterdam),Roda JC andGo 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 theEredivisie, behind onlyPim Doesburg.[3]
Jongbloed retired in 1986, at the age of 45, due to aheart attack he had suffered during an official match between Go Ahead Eagles andHFC Haarlem.[3][4] After his retirement from playing, he worked as a football coach.[4][5]
Jongbloed made 24 appearances for theNetherlands senior national team, winning his first cap in 1962 and the last in the1978 FIFA World Cup final.[5][6][7]
Jongbloed represented the Netherlands at the1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups.[4][8]
As a youth, he was awinger.When he was keeping, he become one of the pioneer ofsweeper-keeper, which style of play matched thetotaalvoetbal with his feet ability. Anticipated 40 years of this style, when nowadays, a lot of keepers suchManuel Neuer,Alisson and many others, being crucial of football innovation.
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]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Netherlands | 1962 | 1 | 0 |
| 1963 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1967 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1968 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1971 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1974 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1976 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 0 | |
DWS
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| Preceded by | Vitesse Arnhem Manager (a.i.) alongsideEdward Sturing 30 October 1999 – 31 December 1999 | Succeeded by |
Media related toJan Jongbloed at Wikimedia Commons
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