Kees "Pier" Tol (born 12 July 1958) is a Dutch retired international
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 ...
who made over 300 professional appearances in the Dutch league, scoring over 100 goals.
Club career
Born in
Volendam
Volendam () is a fishing town in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, province of North Holland, Netherlands. As of 1 January 2021, it has a population of 22,715. It is twinned with Coventry, England.
History
Originally, Volendam was the location o ...
, Tol played professionally for
FC Volendam
Football Club Volendam () is a professional Association football, football club based in Volendam, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football from the 2022–23 season following promotion ...
,
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 ...
,
Fortuna Sittard
Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...
and
SVV.
International career
Between 1980 and 1982, Tol played five games for the
Netherlands national team, including one at the
1980 Mundialito
The 1980 World Champions' Gold Cup (Spanish for ''"Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales"''), also known as Mundialito (''"Little World Cup"''), was a friendly international football tournament organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and sup ...
.
Personal life
Tol is the uncle of fellow footballer
Kees Tol.
References
External links
Voetbal International
1958 births
Living people
People from Volendam
Dutch footballers
Footballers from North Holland
Association football forwards
Netherlands international footballers
Eredivisie players
FC Volendam players
AZ Alkmaar players
Fortuna Sittard players
SV SVV players
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