Willy Janssen (born 19 February 1960) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Born in

Sittard Sittard (; ) is a city in the Netherlands, situated in the southernmost province of Limburg. The town is part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen and has almost 37.500 inhabitants in 2016. In its east, Sittard borders the German municipali ...

, Janssen played for PSV and

NAC Breda NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eerste Divi ...

. Janssen suffered from injuries during his career. He made 1 appearance for the Netherlands national team in 1981. That game was a friendly match against

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on 1 September 1981 which also saw the international debuts of Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Wim Kieft.

Later and personal life

Janssen later worked as a software developer. His son

Tim Janssen Tim Wilhelmus Janssen (born 6 March 1986 in Eindhoven) is a Dutch Association football, footballer who currently plays as a Forward (association football), striker for RKSV Nuenen. Career He made his debut in the professional football squad of FC ...

was also a professional footballer.

References

1960 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers PSV Eindhoven players NAC Breda players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Men's association football defenders Sportspeople from Sittard Footballers from Limburg (Netherlands) {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub