Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adrianus Vermeer | ||
Date of birth | (1922-07-17)17 July 1922 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam,Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 16 December 2013(2013-12-16) (aged 91) | ||
Place of death | Rotterdam,Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1940–1942 | Excelsior | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1942–1956 | Excelsior | 278 | |
International career‡ | |||
1946 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 December 2013 |
Arie Vermeer (17 July 1922 – 16 December 2013) was a Dutchfootball player.
Vermeer made his debut forExcelsior on 4 October 1942 against Neptunus and played 278 matches in 13 seasons for the club. Honours include promotion to the former Dutch Eerste Klasse in 1946 and 1952.[1]
Vermeer earned his one and only cap for theNetherlands in a November 1946friendly match againstEngland.[2] He is one of only 4 Excelsior players to play for the Netherlands.[3]
During and after his football career, he owned a butcher shop in Rotterdam for 60 years. He died after a short illness on 16 December 2013.[4]