Werner Schaaphok (born 22 December 1941) is a German-Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder for Ajax, Blauw-Wit, AGOVV and the Chicago Mustangs.

Early life

Schaaphok was born during the Second World War in Berlin to two German parents. His original last name was ''Glanz''. His parents divorced, and his mother remarried to a Dutchman whose last name was Schaaphok, and together they moved to Amsterdam. Werner took on the last name of his stepfather while maintaining German nationality and citizenship.

Career

AFC Ajax

Schaaphok made his debut in the starting XI for Ajax in 1959. He went on to play in 148 league matches for Ajax, making it into the '' Club of 100'' of the Amsterdam side. Sidelined by an injury for two weeks during the

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season, Schaaphok lost his starting position in the team under newly appointed coach Rinus Michels, to

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. The team's performance improved under Michels, and Schaaphok received no more playing time. The other defenders on the team did not get injured, and Schaaphok found himself as a reserve player on the bench.

Blauw-Wit, AGOVV, and Chicago Mustangs

Schaaphok was subsequently loaned to Blauw-Wit, where his former coach Keith Spurgoen was the current manager. After playing one season with the Blauw-Wit side from Amsterdam, he moved to AGOVV on another loan basis for a season, where again his former manager Spurgoen had transferred to. After his second loan spell, he was sold to the Chicago Mustangs, for the amount of US$22,500 (then ƒ81.000 ( guilders). He played for the Mustangs for one season, before his Wife got homesick, and he returned home to the Netherlands.NASL Statistieken
/ref> Back in the Netherlands, he tried to sign with local Amsterdam side DWS, but the club was unable to come to terms with his former club the Chicago Mustangs, where he was still under contract. He then played a few matches at amateur level with VVA/Spartaan, but was banned from professional football for two years by

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in 1969 due to the breach of his contract. This eventually led to his retirement.

International career

Werner Schaaphok was called up to play for the Netherlands national team, but was unable to play, since he had never obtained Dutch citizenship. His reason for not becoming a naturalized citizen in the Netherlands, was due to the impending Dutch national service, as Werner did not want to serve in the military.

Honours

Ajax * Eredivisie: 1959–60 *

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: 1960–61 * Intertoto Cup: 1961–62

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schaaphok, Werner 1941 births Living people Dutch men's footballers German men's footballers Footballers from Berlin Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Eredivisie players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players AFC Ajax players Blauw-Wit Amsterdam players AGOVV players Chicago Mustangs (1967–68) players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands