Cornelis Kist (born 7 August 1952) is a Dutch former professional

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and manager. He played as a striker, and most notably won the

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for the 1978–79 season.

Club career

Born in

Steenwijk Steenwijk (; Low German: ''Steenwiek'', ''Stienwiek'' English: ''Stenwick'') is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland. It is the largest town of the municipality. Steenwijk received city ...

, Kist started his career at

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

after coming over from youth club VV Steenwijk in 1970. Two other family members already played at this club: his cousin and namesake Cees Kist ("Big Kees") and the defender Teun Kist. Kees Kist would later mainly appear for

AZ'67 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 ...

. He was the main goalscorer of AZ, who during six consecutive seasons from 1976–77 to 1981–82 finished in the top 4 in the league table of 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 ...

. Together with Austrian

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and the

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native

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, he led the AZ offense to a league title in the 1980–81 season; twelve points ahead of

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and also outperforming the Dutch giants on goal difference by +71 against +34. Their performances also led to

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wins in 1978, 1981 and 1982, and the 1981 UEFA Cup Final. In addition to strikers Welzl and Tol, Kist also played at AZ'67 together with, among others, midfielders

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and Jan Peters and centre backs

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and

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. Kist was renowned for his hard shot. He won the

of the 1978–79 season with 34 goals in the Eredivisie, making him the first Dutch footballer to win this award. He also won the Eredivisie Golden Boot twice. In the summer of 1982, Kist left AZ for French club

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, and was sent on loan to recently relegated

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for the 1983–84 season. He returned to his old club AZ in late summer 1984, before retiring as part of his first senior club, Heerenveen, under head coach

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. Kist scored a total of 212 goals in the Eredivisie, which puts him in fourth place on the all-time leaders list, behind

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and

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. After his career, he has worked as a reporter for ''

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'', and sells shoes. The AZ home ground,

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, has a Kees Kist Lounge.

International career

He obtained 21 caps for the Netherlands national team, in which he scored four goals, in the years 1975–1980.

Managerial career

From 2000 through 2005 Kist managed

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. He has also coached Steenwijker Boys and Tolbert.

Honours

AZ *

: 1980–81 *

: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82 Paris Saint-Germain *

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: 1982–83 Individual * Eredivisie Golden Boot: 1978–79, 1979–80 *

: 1978–79

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