Frans Janssen

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Frans Janssen
Personal information
Full name Frans Janssen
Date of birth 3 January 1955
Place of birth Groesbeek, Netherlands
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
VV Germania
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1976 VV Germania - (-)
1976–1977 Willem II 27 (10)
1977–1992 NEC Nijmegen 430 (126)
Managerial career
1992–1994 NEC Nijmegen (assistant)
1994–1997 Groesbeekse Boys
1997–2001 SC Millingen
2001–2004 VV Germania
2006–2009 SVO '68
2009–2012 VV Germania (assistant)
2012–2017 SC Millingen (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frans Janssen (born 3 January 1955) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a striker.

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Playing career

Janssen started his career at VV Germania in his hometown of Groesbeek, coming through the youth system and playing for the senior side. In 1976 he signed his first professional contract with Willem II, but stayed for only a single season, when he joined NEC Nijmegen.

He played at NEC until 1991, becoming the club's all-time top scorer in the process, with 126 goals in 430 games, and was the club's top scorer on five occasions. He also helped the club to achieve promotion to the Eredivisie in 1985 and 1989. He also played in the 1983 KNVB Cup final against Ajax. [1]

He retired aged 36 in 1991, after NEC's relegation to the Eerste Divisie. [2]

Coaching career

Upon retirement, he became assistant manager at NEC, working firstly under Leen Looijen and later Jan Pruijn, leaving this role in 1994. He then managed a series of lower-league sides in the Netherlands, including his first club, VV Germania, whom he led from the Tweede Divisie to the Hoofdklasse.

Personal life

During his football career, he also worked as a roofer and started his own roofing company in 2004. Since 2009, Janssen has suffered with the lung disease COPD, meaning he is required to breathe using oxygen bottles. [3] [4]

He is the father of former TOP Oss and De Treffers player Dennis Janssen.

In September 2021, a crowdfunding campaign was set up to erect statues of Janssen and Sije Visser outside the Goffertstadion. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "NEC-fans komen in actie voor clubtopscorer Frans Janssen". www.gld.nl (in Dutch). 31 December 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "NEC Archief". www.necarchief.nl. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  3. ↑ van den Broek, Danny. "NEC-icoon Frans Janssen (65) lijdt aan COPD: 'Een balletje trappen en we kunnen de zuurstoffles vullen'".
  4. ↑ "Frans Janssen zou zo graag alles weer kunnen". www.nec-nijmegen.nl (in Dutch). 15 April 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "NEC-fans zamelen geld in voor standbeeld Sije Visser en Frans Janssen". www.gld.nl (in Dutch). 9 September 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
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