Eduard Willem Treijtel (born 28 May 1946) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a

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. He won the Intercontinental Cup in 1970 and the

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in the 1973–74 season with

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club (association football), football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names bef ...

Club career

Treijtel was born in

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. He joined

from Xerxes/DHC in 1968 along with

Willem van Hanegem Willem "Wim" van Hanegem (; born 20 February 1944) is a Dutch former football player and coach who played as a midfielder. In a playing career spanning over 20 years, he won several domestic honours in the Netherlands, as well as a European Cu ...

. On 15 November 1970, Treijtel took down a

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with the ball from a goal-kick during the derby between Sparta Rotterdam and Feyenoord Rotterdam. That gull was later put in Feyenoord's ''Home of History'', but notable Sparta fans want it to be transferred to Sparta's museum. Treijtel moved to AZ'67 in 1979. He retired in 1985.

International career

Treijtel obtained five

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for the Netherlands national team. He represented his country in two FIFA World Cup qualification matches and was a non-playing squad member at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

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