John Veldman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Fitzgerald Veldman | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1986–1989 | PSV Eindhoven | 11 | (0) |
| 1989–1991 | Willem II | 59 | (0) |
| 1991–1996 | Sparta Rotterdam | 152 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Ajax Amsterdam | 17 | (0) |
| 1997–2000 | Vitesse Arnhem | 44 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | RBC Roosendaal | 14 | (0) |
| – | Total | 297 | (0 ) |
| National team | |||
| 1996 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
John Fitzgerald Veldman (born 24 February 1968 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a former Dutch football player in the defender role. He is the brother of Elfried Veldman, who died in the Surinam Airways Flight 764 crash. John Veldman started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven, and then moved on to Willem II, Sparta Rotterdam, AFC Ajax, Vitesse and RBC Roosendaal. While at Sparta, he started in various defensive positions and helped the club reach the final of the KNVB Cup in 1996.
In the Eredivisie Veldman played 297 matches, from 1986 to 2001. He earned a single cap for the Netherlands national football team, which came on 24 April 1996 in a 1-0 loss to Germany, and he was in the squad for Euro 1996.
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