John Yzendoorn
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Yzendoorn | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Lincoln, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1978 | Prahran Slavia | ||
| 1979–1982 | Heidelberg United | 92 | (11) |
| 1983–1985 | South Melbourne | 64 | (5) |
| 1986–1988 | Brunswick Juventus | 60 | (7) |
| 1989 | Sandringham City | ||
| 1993 | Croydon City | 17 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1979–1981 | Australia | 13 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:00, 20 August 2010 (UTC). | |||
John Yzendoorn (born 17 September 1955) is an Australian former international association footballer who played for Heidelberg United, South Melbourne and Brunswick Juventus in the National Soccer League.
Club career
Yzendoorn was signed by Heidelberg United in 1979, playing four seasons with the Melbourne based club in the National Soccer League. He joined fierce rivals South Melbourne in 1983, and helped them to their first national championship in 1984. After three years with South Melbourne, he moved to Brunswick Juventus in 1986, where he spent the final three seasons of his national domestic career.
In 2009, he became one of the initial inductees into the South Melbourne Hall of Fame.[1]
International career
Yzendoorn made his international debut at the age of 23, when he was selected by Rudi Gutendorf to play in a two-match series against Partizan Belgrade in 1979, where he came on as a substitute in both matches. His first ‘A’ international cap came against Czechoslovakia in 1980, where he again appeared off the bench in the Socceroos 2-2 draw at Olympic Park in Melbourne. He scored his first and only international goal in another 2-2 draw against Mexico in Sydney later that year. In all, Yzendoorn would play 13 ‘A’ international matches for his country, his career ending during Australia’s ill-fated 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign, where he was a key member of the squad which lost at home to New Zealand.
Honours
With Heidelberg United:
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NSL Championship: 1980 (Runners-Up) - NSL Cup: 1980, 1982 (Runners-Up)
With South Melbourne:
With Brunswick Juventus:
- NSL Cup: 1988 (Runners-Up)
References
- ↑ "South Melbourne FC celebrate 50 years". Football Federation Victoria. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 20 August 2010.