Jan Peters (footballer, born 1954)

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Jan Peters
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Peters with Dutch national team in 1975
Personal information
Full name Johannes Wilhelmus Peters
Date of birth (1954-08-18) 18 August 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth Groesbeek, Netherlands
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
VV Germania
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1971–1977 NEC 165 (16)
1977–1982 AZ '67 120 (32)
1982–1985 Genoa 53 (5)
1985–1986 Atalanta 8 (1)
1986–1988 NEC 41 (3)
1988–1991 De Treffers
Total387(57)
International career
1974–1982 Netherlands 31 (4)
Managerial career
1992–1995 SJN
1995–1998 De Treffers
1999 TOP Oss (caretaker)
2004–2006 De Treffers
2009 De Treffers (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johannes "Jan" Wilhelmus Peters (born 18 August 1954) is a Dutch former professional footballer and coach.

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Club career

Nicknamed Jantje Breed, as he was renowned for his passes to the side, Peters started his career with VV Germania and then played for NEC. He made his debut for NEC on 14 November 1971 in a home game against FC Groningen. [1]

In 1974, 19-year-old Peters attracted the interest of Ajax, where Hans Kraay Sr. had just become manager, but the transfer eventually fell through. [2] In July 1977, he signed with AZ '67, where Kraay Sr. had now become manager. [2] At AZ, Peters played together with players such as Ronald Spelbos, Peter Arntz, Kristen Nygaard, Kurt Welzl, Kees Kist and Pier Tol, a team which in the 1980–81 season won the Eredivisie title, the KNVB Cup, and reached the final of the UEFA Cup. After five seasons, in which AZ was constantly in the top 4 clubs in the Eredivisie and won the national cup three times, Peters left for Serie A club Genoa in the summer of 1982. [3] In Italy he also played for Atalanta, before returning to NEC, and to finish his career in amateur football with De Treffers. [4]

International career

Peters obtained 31 caps for the Dutch national team, scoring four goals, in the 1970s and early 1980s. He is famous for scoring the goals that beat England 2–0 at Wembley in 1977.

Managerial career

After his retirement from professional football, Peters began coaching amateur club SJN in 1992. [5] In 1995, he took over as manager of his former club De Treffers from his hometown of Groesbeek. [4] He later also coached the second team of TOP Oss, a club where he was also the caretaker coach shortly in 1999. [1]

Honours

Player

NEC

AZ '67

De Treffers [4]

Netherlands

Manager

De Treffers [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Jan Peters: NEC-er van de eeuw". De Trouwe Honden (in Dutch). 15 June 2000.
  2. 1 2 "Jan Peters, de NEC'er die twee keer scoorde op Wembley". Omroep Gelderland (in Dutch). 29 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Nikpalj, Dino (14 September 2019). "L'Atalanta, il Genoa e il genio di Peters. Ricordate quel gol? Sono 34 anni..." Eco di Bergamo (in Italian).
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Clubheld Peters staat voor dilemma". nos.nl (in Dutch). 30 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Veertig jaar betaald voetbal (29); Jan Peters". NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). 10 November 1994.
  6. ↑ "Netherlands - List of Second and Third Division Champions". RSSSF . Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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