Gérard ("Gé") van Dijk (15 August 1923 in

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– 29 May 2005) was a football player and coach.

Club career

He played his entire career (1943–1957) for

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, won two

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titles (1947 and 1957). He played 317 league matches and scored 80 goals and was the top goalscorer for the team in the 1950-51 season. He famously refused an offer to play for Italian side Novara in 1952 because he deemed it too rude to leave Ajax.

International career

He won two caps for the

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from 1947 to 1948, in friendlies against Switzerland and

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Personal life

Death

Van Dijk died in May 2005.Gerard van Dijk (Ajax) overleden
- NRC

References

External links

* 1923 births 2005 deaths Footballers from Amsterdam Men's association football forwards Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers AFC Ajax players {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub