Pleun Strik (27 May 1944 – 14 July 2022) was a Dutch professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Strik played two matches for the Netherlands national team in the

1970 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 75 teams entered the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. Hosts Mexico and defending champions England qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition. Fo ...

tournament, and he made the Dutch squad for the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the ...

, although he did not play in the tournament. Strik played club football with

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for over eight years in the late 1960s and 1970s, and made a total of 28 appearances for them in

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. This included four games in the

1975–76 European Cup The 1975–76 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won for the third consecutive time by Bayern Munich in the final against Saint-Étienne at Hampden Park, Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the ...

, although he did not play in the semi-final matches against

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.List of Strik's European club competition appearances at voetbalstats.nl

References

1944 births 2022 deaths Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Rotterdam Men's association football defenders Netherlands men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Feyenoord players Go Ahead Eagles players PSV Eindhoven players FC Eindhoven players NEC Nijmegen players VVV-Venlo players {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub