Dutch footballer (born 1938)
Sjaak Swart
 Swart in 2011 |
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| Full name |
Jesaia Swart |
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| Date of birth |
(1938-07-03) 3 July 1938 (age 86) |
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| Place of birth |
Muiderberg, Netherlands |
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| Height |
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
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| Position(s) |
Winger |
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|
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OVVO |
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Amsterdam |
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Ajax |
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| Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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| 1956–1973 |
Ajax |
461 |
(170) |
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| 1960–1972 |
Netherlands |
31 |
(10) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jesaia Swart (born 3 July 1938), commonly known as Sjaak Swart, is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger for Ajax. During his career at Ajax, he amassed a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club.
Biography
Swart is Jewish[2][3] and was born in Muiderberg, a fishing village about 20 kilometers east of Amsterdam.[4][5] His Jewish fisherman father sold herring at the market.[5][3] As a child, he and his father concealed themselves as non-Jews during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945, hiding from Germans and Dutch colluders, who rounded up any Jews; nearly 75 per cent of the Dutch Jewish population was killed in those years.[5]
Nicknamed Mr. Ajax, he played for Ajax a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club, starting in 1956.[3][4][6] He was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972, 1973.[5]
For the Netherlands national team, Swart earned 31 caps, scoring ten goals.[7]
Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
| Club
|
Season
|
League
|
Cup
|
Europe
|
Total
|
| Division |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals
|
| Ajax
|
1956–57
|
Eredivisie
|
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0
|
| 1957–58
|
19 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
21 |
3
|
| 1958–59
|
7 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
7
|
| 1959–60
|
34 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
18
|
| 1960–61
|
33 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
42 |
11
|
| 1961–62
|
33 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
45 |
10
|
| 1962–63
|
28 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
33 |
6
|
| 1963–64
|
30 |
12 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
36 |
12
|
| 1964–65
|
29 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
11
|
| 1965–66
|
30 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
13
|
| 1966–67
|
34 |
23 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
45 |
29
|
| 1967–68
|
32 |
11 |
7 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
45 |
14
|
| 1968–69
|
32 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
3 |
45 |
18
|
| 1969–70
|
31 |
13 |
6 |
1 |
10 |
6 |
47 |
20
|
| 1970–71
|
31 |
16 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
45 |
18
|
| 1971–72
|
33 |
11 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
47 |
17
|
| 1972–73
|
25 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
29 |
10
|
| Career total
|
461 |
170 |
65 |
22 |
70 |
25 |
596 |
217
|
Honours
Ajax
- Eredivisie (8): 1956–57, 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73
- KNVB Cup: 1960–61, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
- European Cup: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
- Intertoto Cup: 1962
- European Supercup: 1972, 1973
- Intercontinental Cup: 1972
See also
References
