Jos Jonker (born 23 April 1951) is a Dutch former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. A midfielder, he played for Vitesse '22,

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and AZ '67 during his career. He also gained two caps for the Netherlands national team.

Football career

Jonker began his career with Vitesse '22 from his hometown

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. From 1970, Jonker played eight years for

. After the club suffered relegation from the

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 ...

in the 1977–78 season, he moved to

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alongside Ton Wickel. According to journalist Jan-Hermen de Bruijn, these signings meant that then head coach Piet de Visser rejected the transfer of

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to Den Haag, as the club had enough midfielders. This was subsequently denied by De Visser, who stated that Maradona was already hugely popular in Argentina at the time, and would have cost too much for the club. Nevertheless, Jonker experienced his breakthrough at the club, and after two seasons in

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, he signed with AZ '67 in 1980 at the age of 29. The club from

Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland, about 30 km north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The ...

was already a top club in the second half of the 1970s, but had not yet won the national title, and Jonker was a welcome reinforcement in midfield in 1980. Jonker played for AZ for three seasons and retired from professional football after the 1982–83 season, instead choosing to return to Vitesse '22 at amateur level. Jonker played 19 matches in the

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on behalf of AZ '67, and was part of the successful team which convincingly won the Eredivisie with a goal difference of +71, and reached the final of the

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in the 1980–81 season, in which he scored in the return leg. He gained two caps for the Netherlands national team, in which he played against

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and

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Honours

AZ *

: 1980–81 *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Ou ...

: 1980–81, 1981–82 *

runner-up: 1980–81

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonker, Jos 1951 births Possibly living people Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers People from Castricum Association football midfielders Eredivisie players SC Telstar players ADO Den Haag players AZ Alkmaar players Footballers from North Holland