Johan "Jan" Mulder (; born 4 May 1945) is a Dutch former footballer, writer, columnist, and TV personality.

Early life

Johan Mulder is born on 4 May 1945 in

Bellingwolde Bellingwolde (; Gronings: ''Bennewolle'') is a village with a population of 2,655 people in the municipality Westerwolde in the Netherlands. It is situated in the southeast of the region Oldambt, in the north of the region Westerwolde, and in ...

in the

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

.G.J. van Bork,
Mulder, Jan
(in Dutch), ''Schrijvers en dichters'', 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2916.

Football career

Mulder was a football striker and played for

R.S.C. Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer ...

and

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the ...

. He also played five matches for the

, scoring once.Jan Mulder
(in Dutch), Voetbalstats.nl. Retrieved 28 June 2016. Mulder was topscorer of the 1966–67 season in the Belgian

Eerste Klasse The Eerste Klasse ( en, First Class) started as the 1st tier of football in the Netherlands and is now the 6th tier. The league is divided into eleven divisions, six for Saturday clubs and five for Sunday clubs. These divisions correspond to the ...

. His son Youri also grew up to become a football player, spending most of his career in the German

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footb ...

FC Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 (), or abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional German football and multi-sports club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhi ...

until he retired in 2002.

Honours

Anderlecht *

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 te ...

: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1971–72 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: Belgian Cup, 1971–72 *

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, sometimes referred to as the European Fairs Cup, Fairs Cities' Cup, or simply as the Fairs Cup, was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971. It is often considered the predecessor to the UEFA Cup ( ...

runner-up: 1969–70 Ajax *

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 ...

: 1972–73 *

European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

: 1972–73 * Intercontinental Cup:

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

European Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions; the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

Individual * Belgian First Division Top Scorer: 1966–67

Writer and commentator

After his football career had ended, Mulder became a well-known writer, columnist and television-personality in the Netherlands, making his debut analysing a match of the Netherlands national football team broadcast by TV channel RTL4 in 1996. From that point onwards he would frequently guest star in the RTL4 shows by

Frits Barend Frits Barend (born 17 February 1947) is a Dutch journalist, radio presenter and television presenter. He is known for presenting the late night television talk show '' Barend & Van Dorp'' with Henk van Dorp. Barend became nationally known for h ...

and

Henk van Dorp Henk is a Dutch male given name, originally a short form of Hendrik. It influenced " Hank" which is used in English-speaking countries (mainly in the US) as a form of " Henry". People named "Henk" include: Academics * Henk Aertsen (born 1943), D ...

, who presented both football-related programmes as well as talkshows concerning more political and social/public subjects. After having been a daily guest-star on the show ''Villa BvD'', a football show during the

1998 World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...

in France (also hosted by Frits Barend and Henk van Dorp), Mulder made more and more TV appearances until finally becoming daily guest-star on the late-night talkshow ''Barend & Van Dorp'' since March 1999, until the show stopped in April 2006. The final season of ''Barend & Van Dorp'' was shown on the channel

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, who had bought the programme from RTL4 during the summer of 2005. Jan Mulder also frequently appeared on another show that was broadcast by Talpa; ''Eredivisie – De Wedstrijden'', which aires several times a week and shows highlights of the Dutch Football League (the

). After ''Barend & Van Dorp'' Mulder became a weekly side kick in '' De Wereld Draait Door''. Mulder has also written several works, ranging from ultra-short stories to novels. Most people will associate his name with CaMu, the partnership between

Remco Campert Remco Campert (28 July 1929 – 4 July 2022) was a Dutch author, poet and columnist. Early years Remco Wouter Campert was born in The Hague, son of writer and poet Jan Campert, author of the poem ''De achttien dooden'', and actress Joekie Bro ...

(Ca) and Jan Mulder (Mu) that has been writing daily front-page columns for national newspaper ''

de Volkskrant ''de Volkskrant'' (; ''The People's Paper'') is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000. Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium-sized c ...

'' since 1995. These columns are traditionally bundled into books entitled ''CaMu Jaaroverzicht'' at the end of each year.

Bibliography

* 1978: ''Opmars der strafschopgebieden'' * 1982: ''De eeuwige reserve'' * 1984: ''Sportjournalistiek bestaat niet'' * 1987: ''De toespraken'' * 1988: ''Diva in Winschoten'' (short stories) * 1992: ''De middagduivel'' * 1994: ''De vuurspuger van Ootmarsum'' * 1994: ''Fiebelekwinten'' * 1994: ''La vase'' * 1994: ''Spreek en vergissing'' (novel) * 1996: ''Mobieliquette'' * 1999: ''Familie-album'' * 1999: ''Villa BvD'' * 2000: ''Overwinningen & nederlagen'' * 2001: ''Spelers en speelsters'' * 2001: ''Hollandse Velden'' * 2002: ''De vrouw als karretje'' * 2002: ''Strafschopgebieden & Reserves'' * 2002: ''Opkomst & Ondergang'' * 2003: ''Iris'' * 2009: ''De analyticus'' * 2009: ''Labradoedel'' * 2010: ''Chez Stans''

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mulder, Jan 1945 births Living people AFC Ajax players Association football forwards Belgian First Division A players Dutch association football commentators Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Dutch footballers Dutch republicans Dutch male writers Eredivisie players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Footballers from Groningen (province) Netherlands international footballers People from Westerwolde (municipality) R.S.C. Anderlecht players