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Anton Janssen (born 10 August 1963) is a Dutch former
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. He is mostly known for his tenure as a player for
PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, w ...
where he was part of their European Cup victory in
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.


Playing career

In his youth, Janssen played for SV Leones from
Beneden-Leeuwen Beneden-Leeuwen is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of West Maas en Waal, and lies about 7 km east of Tiel, on the opposite (southern) bank of the river Waal. Beneden-Leeuwen has 6,925 inhabitants o ...
, where he made his debut in the first team at the age of seventeen. Janssen played professional football from 1982 to 2000 with, in chronological order,
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,
Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...
, PSV,
Kortrijk Kortrijk ( , ; vls, Kortryk or ''Kortrik''; french: Courtrai ; la, Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray ( ), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It is the capital and large ...
, again Fortuna and finally again with NEC. His greatest personal achievement was the victory of the Europa Cup I with PSV in
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when he scored the decisive penalty-kick in the final against Benfica, after coming on as a substitute.


Honours


Player

PSV *
Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...
: 1987–88, 1988–89 * KNVB Cup: 1987–88, 1988–89 * European Cup: 1987–88


References

1963 births Living people People from Tiel Dutch men's footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Belgian Pro League players PSV Eindhoven players NEC Nijmegen players Fortuna Sittard players K.V. Kortrijk players Dutch football managers NEC Nijmegen managers De Treffers managers {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub Men's association football midfielders Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Gelderland