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Hans Eijkenbroek

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Hans Eijkenbroek
Eijkenbroek in 1965
Personal information
Full name Johannes Antonius Eijkenbroek
Date of birth (1940-01-05)5 January 1940
Place of birth Schiedam, Netherlands
Date of death 17 August 2024(2024-08-17) (aged 84)
Place of death Dirkshorn, Netherlands[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1963 Hermes DVS 157 (10)
1963–1973 Sparta 299 (13)
1973–1975 Willem II 40 (4)
Total 496 (27)
International career
1967–1970 Netherlands 18 (0)
Managerial career
1982–1983 AZ '67
1983–1984 Roda JC
1987–1989 AZ
1989–1990 Haarlem
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johannes Antonius Eijkenbroek (5 January 1940 – 17 August 2024) was a Dutch football player and manager.

Playing career

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Club

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Born in Schiedam,[2] he started his career at local side Hermes DVS and was scouted by Sparta Rotterdam legend Denis Neville in 1962. With Sparta he played in two KNVB Cup Finals, winning one.[3] He was Sparta captain when goalkeeper Eddy Treijtel shot down a gull from a goal-kick during a derby match against Feyenoord in 1970. Eijkenbroek subsequently threw the bird off the pitch only for a Sparta employee to have it stuffed and put in either Sparta's or Feyenoord's club museum.[4]

Nicknamed De Eijk, he also played for Willem II.[5]

International

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Eijkenbroek made his debut for the Netherlands in an April 1967 friendly match against Belgium and earned a total of 18 caps, scoring no goals.[6] He skippered the Oranje 12 times.[7] His final international was a January 1970 friendly against England.[8]

Managerial career

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Eijkenbroek played under manager Georg Keßler at Sparta and the national team, and later became his assistant at AZ '67, before taking the reins himself.[9] He also managed Haarlem and Roda JC, where he was dismissed in November 1984.[10] Between 1995 and 2013 he was part of the technical staff at FC Dordrecht,[11] and he later stayed at the club as a volunteer, cleaning the toilets and dressing rooms.[12]

Death

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Eijkenbroek died on 17 August 2024, at the age of 84.[13]

References

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  1. ↑ "Voormalig trainer Hans Eijkenbroek overleden (1940-2024)". AZ (in Dutch). 20 August 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Hans Eijkenbroek - International Appearances".
  3. ↑ Over de meeuw en een voetballegende - FC Dordrecht (in Dutch)
  4. ↑ Heeft Feyenoord de echte, of Sparta? - NRC (in Dutch)
  5. ↑ Hans Eijkenbroek at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ↑ "Hans Eijkenbroek". OnsOranje (Dutch FA) (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Voormalig Oranje-aanvoerder Hans Eijkenbroek (84) overleden". KNVB (in Dutch). 20 August 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Intl career stats - EU Football
  9. ↑ Het was altijd een eer om voor Oranje te spelen - FC Dordrecht (in Dutch)
  10. ↑ Roda JC trainers aller tijden: Hans Eijkenbroek 1983-1984 - Roda JC (in Dutch)
  11. ↑ "Hans Eijkenbroek (84) overleden". FC Dordrecht (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "In Memoriam: Hans Eijkenbroek". Staantribune (in Dutch). 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
  13. ↑ "Oud-trainer van Roda JC Hans Eijkenbroek overleden". L1 Nieuws (in Dutch). 19 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
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