.jpg) Peters withDutch national team in 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Johannes Wilhelmus Peters | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1954-08-18)18 August 1954 (age 71) | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Groesbeek, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| VV Germania | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1971–1977 | NEC | 165 | (16) | |||||||||||
| 1977–1982 | AZ '67 | 120 | (32) | |||||||||||
| 1982–1985 | Genoa | 53 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Atalanta | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1986–1988 | NEC | 41 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | De Treffers | |||||||||||||
| Total | 387 | (57) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1974–1982 | Netherlands | 31 | (4) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | SJN | |||||||||||||
| 1995–1998 | De Treffers | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | TOP Oss (caretaker) | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | De Treffers | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | De Treffers (caretaker) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Johannes "Jan" Wilhelmus Peters (born 18 August 1954) is a Dutch former professionalfootballer andcoach.
NicknamedJantje Breed, as he was renowned for his passes to the side, Peters started his career with VV Germania and then played forNEC. He made his debut for NEC on 14 November 1971 in a home game againstFC Groningen.[1]
In 1974, 19-year-old Peters attracted the interest ofAjax, whereHans Kraay Sr. had just become manager, but the transfer eventually fell through.[2] In July 1977, he signed withAZ '67, where Kraay Sr. had now become manager.[2] At AZ, Peters played together with players such asRonald Spelbos,Peter Arntz,Kristen Nygaard,Kurt Welzl,Kees Kist andPier Tol, a team which in the1980–81 season won theEredivisie title, theKNVB Cup, and reached the final of theUEFA Cup. After five seasons, in which AZ was constantly in the top 4 clubs in the Eredivisie and won the national cup three times, Peters left forSerie A clubGenoa in the summer of 1982.[3] In Italy he also played forAtalanta, before returning to NEC, and to finish his career in amateur football withDe Treffers.[4]
Peters obtained 31 caps for theDutch national team, scoring four goals, in the 1970s and early 1980s.[5] He is famous for scoring the goals that beat England 2–0 atWembley in 1977.
After his retirement from professional football, Peters began coaching amateur club SJN in 1992.[6] In 1995, he took over as manager of his former clubDe Treffers from his hometown ofGroesbeek.[4] He later also coached the second team ofTOP Oss, a club where he was also the caretaker coach shortly in 1999.[1]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1974 | 2 | 0 |
| 1975 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1976 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1977 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1979 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1981 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 4 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 February 1977 | Wembley,London, United Kingdom |  England | 0–1 | 0–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 0–2 | |||||
| 3 | 28 March 1979 | Philips Stadion,Eindhoven, Netherlands |  Switzerland | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 1980 qualification |
| 4 | 6 January 1981 | Estadio Centenario,Montevideo, Uruguay |  Italy | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1980 World Champions' Gold Cup |
NEC
AZ '67
De Treffers[4]
Netherlands
De Treffers[4]
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