 Stuy in 1975 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1945-02-06)6 February 1945 (age 80) | ||
| Place of birth | Wanne-Eickel, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1967 | Telstar | 115 | (0) |
| 1967–1976 | Ajax | 139 | (0) |
| 1976–1978 | FC Amsterdam | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 270 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Heinz Stuy (born 6 February 1945) is a Dutch formerfootballgoalkeeper who played forAFC Ajax and was part of theirEuropean Cup victories in1971,1972 and1973.[1]
Stuy was born inWanne-Eickel to a Dutch father and German mother during the final months of World War II in 1945. His family remained there until relocating toIJmuiden when he was seven years old. He quickly learned Dutch and was able to successfully integrate into the community at a time of great anti-German hostility after the war.[2]
NicknamedHeinz Kroket ('Heinz Croquette') because he would sometimes drop a high ball as if it were a hotcroquette, Stuy won the Intercontinental Cup, three European Cups, two European Super Cups, four league titles and three Dutch Cups with Ajax in the club's "golden era". Despite this success at club level he never appeared for theNetherlands national team, sharing withBernd Dürnberger (aBayern Munich player of the 1970s and 1980s) a distinction of having won the most major club titles without having ever played for his country.
Stuy set a record for most minutes played by a goalkeeper without conceding in theEuropean Cup final between 1971 and 1973 (270 minutes in 2–0 victories overPanathinaikos andInter Milan, and a 1–0 win overJuventus); however it was quickly beaten by a small margin – and never surpassed since then – by Bayern Munich'sSepp Maier, who accumulated 276 consecutive unbeaten minutes between 1974 and 1976 (1–1, 4–0, 2–0, 1–0).
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