Gerrie Kleton (15 September 1953 – 8 January 2006) was a Dutch professional

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who played as a

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for

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AZ Alkmaar Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known as AZ Alkmaar or simply AZ (), is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest professional football league in the Netherlands, and host ...

, HFC Haarlem,

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and

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. He was a member of the Haarlem team, that competed in the

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in the 1982–83 season, for the first time in the club's history. However this campaign was to be overshadowed by the Luzhniki disaster.

Death

Kleton died in January 2006 after a long illness. He was 52 years old and survived by his wife and two daughters.

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- Ajax 1953 births 2006 deaths Dutch footballers Footballers from Amsterdam Association football midfielders AZ Alkmaar players HFC Haarlem players RKC Waalwijk players AFC Ajax players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Eredivisie players Belgian First Division A players Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub