Leonard "Leo" Canjels (1 April 1933 – 26 May 2010) was a Dutch international

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who played for NAC Breda.

Playing career

Club

Canjels started playing football at Breda side VV Baronie. He made his debut for NAC in the 1956/1957 season and played seven years for the club before retiring. As a NAC Breda player, Canjels twice won the

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top goalscorers award, in 1958 and 1959. Canjels was nicknamed ''Het Kanon'' (the Gun) because of his powerful shooting.

International

Canjels made his debut for the

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in a May 1959

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against

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and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring 2 goals. He won his other caps in friendlies against

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and

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in the same year.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Canjels became a coach, first at amateur sides

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and Baronie and later managed NAC Breda, as well as Club Brugge and

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among others in Belgium. With Brugge he won the Belgian league title in 1973. He retired from coaching in 1990. He died on May 26, 2010Leo Canjels (77) overleden
- NOS after a long illness.

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