Piet Keizer
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Piet Keizer in 1973 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Petrus 'Piet' Johannes Keizer | ||
| Date of birth | 14 June 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Playing position | Left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1961-1974 | Ajax | 365 | (146) |
| National team | |||
| 1962–1974 | Netherlands | 34 | (11) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Petrus ("Piet") Johannes Keizer (born 14 June 1943 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch professional football player. Keizer was a part of the Total Football Ajax Amsterdam team of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly notable during the managerial tenures of Rinus Michels and Stefan Kovacs (1965-1973). he is widely considered as one of the greatest players in the history of Netherlands. Dutch writer Nico Scheepmaker said Keizer was "Cruyff is the best, but Keizer is the better one".[1]
Club career
Keizer played 364 matches for Ajax, from 1961 to 1974.[2] He played predominantly on the left-wing and with Ajax won 3 consecutive European Cups (1971, 1972, 1973), having lost the 1969 European Cup final to A.C. Milan. Also with Ajax, he won 6 Eredivisie titles, 4 KNVB Cups, 2 European Super Cups, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 1 Intertoto Cup.
In August 1973, under new Ajax manager, George Knobel, the Ajax players voted for Keizer to be the team's captain in a secret ballot, ahead of Johan Cruyff. Cruyff joined Barcelona just weeks later. [3]
International career
With the Dutch national team, Keizer played 34 times, scoring 11 goals.[4] He made his international debut in a 8-0 friendly win against the Netherlands Antilles in 1962. Keizer was in the Dutch squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, but was only selected to play in the 0-0 draw against Sweden by Netherlands manager, Rinus Michels.[5] Keizer retired from football in October 1974, soon after a row over tactics with Ajax manager, Hans Kraay.[4] [6]
Family
On 13 June 1967, Keizer married Jenny Hoorman.[7] The couple have a son.[8]
Style of play
UEFA website has described Keizer as "a genius on the left wing, the skilful flanker was another superb foil for Johan Cruyff".[9] Keizer's main strengths were his dribbling skills, ball control, his brilliant crossing ability, as well as good balance.
Honours
- Ajax
- Eredivisie (6): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73
- KNVB Cup (4): 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1968
- European Cup (3): 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73[9]
- UEFA Super Cup (2): 1972, 1973[10]
- Intercontinental Cup: 1972
- Netherland
- FIFA World Cup Runners-up: 1974
See also
References
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- ↑ Hall of Fame: Piet Keizer
- ↑ Piet Keizer. Bigsoccer.com. Retrieved on 9 November 2013.
- ↑ Piet Keizer: Ghost goal
- 1 2 Piet Keizer
- ↑ 1974 Netherlands World Cup Squad at Planet World Cup. Planetworldcup.com. Retrieved on 9 November 2013
- ↑ Piet Keizer: Ghost goal
- ↑ Het paar op weg naar de trouwzaal. gahetna.nl
- ↑ Ajax-elftal arriveert op Schiphol uit Londen. Piet Keizer met zoontje. gahetna.nl
- 1 2 The greatest teams of all time: Ajax 1971–73. UEFA.com. Retrieved on 2015-10-31.
- ↑ 1973: Ajax enjoy early success. UEFA.com. Retrieved on 2015-10-31.
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