Gerrit Fischer (28 August 1916 – 22 November 1984) was a Dutch

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who played for

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as a

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Club career

Ajax

Fischer was discovered at a school football match at the age of sixteen, by

coach Jack Reynolds, after which he joined the youth ranks of the

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club. He made his debut for the first team at the age of eighteen in a home match against Xerxes on 16 September 1934. He went on to play for the first team of

for 16 years. Between 1936 and 1938, he had temporarily lost his starting position to

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, but throughout his career he always remained of great value to the club. The last match of his career was in 1950, a home match against

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, which Ajax lost 6–0. In total Fischer played in 240 matches for Ajax, scoring 97 goals. Besides his goal-scoring ability, Fischer played a big role in setting up the goals for the

Piet van Reenen Piet van Reenen born (17 January 1909 – 8 June 1969) was a Dutch former professional footballer who was a prolific goalscorer at Ajax. With 278 goals in 240 matches from 1929 to 1943, he is the club's all-time top goal scorer. He was also the ...

who is the club's all-time leading goal scorer with 273 goals. Fischer himself is the club's 16th highest scoring player of all-time for the club. After his retirement from football, he stayed active behind the scenes at Ajax.

Honours

Club

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: 1936–37, 1938–39, 1946–47 *

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: 1942–43

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer, Gerrit 1916 births 1984 deaths Footballers from Amsterdam Association football wingers Dutch footballers AFC Ajax players