Daan Schrijvers

Daan Schrijvers
Schrijvers in 1965
Personal information
Full name Daniël Christiaan Schrijvers
Date of birth (1941-09-18)18 September 1941
Place of birth Breda, Netherlands
Date of death 2 August 2018(2018-08-02) (aged 76)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1963 NAC Breda 90 (11)
1963–1965 DWS 77 (3)
1965–1970 PSV 134 (12)
1970–1975 NAC Breda 52 (6)
Total 353 (32)
International career
1962–1967 Netherlands 22 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daan Schijvers (18 September 1941 – 2 August 2018) was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender in his native Netherlands. He was also capped for the Netherlands national team 22 times.

Club career

Born in Breda, Schrijvers started and finished his career at hometown club NAC, making his debut in 1960 and playing 169 games for the club.[1] He also played for DWS with whom he won the league[2] before joining PSV in 1965. He played 134 matches for the Eindhovenaren before returning to NAC in 1970.[3]

International career

Schrijvers made his debut for the Netherlands national team in a September 1962 friendly match against the Netherlands Antilles and earned a total of 22 caps, scoring one goal. His final international was a September 1966 friendly against Austria.[4] He became skipper of the national team in 1964.[5]

References

  1. ^ Oud NAC-speler Daan Schrijvers (76) overleden Archived 4 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine - NAC (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Daan Schrijvers: de jongen uit De Gampel die aanvoerder van Oranje werd - BN De Stem (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Oud-PSV’er Daan Schrijvers overleden - PSV (in Dutch)
  4. ^ Intl career stats - EU Football
  5. ^ Voormalig Oranje-aanvoerder Daan Schrijvers (76) overleden - AD (in Dutch)