Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017) Piet Keizer Keizer in 1973Personal informationFull name Petrus Johannes KeizerDate of birth (1943-06-14)14 June 1943Place of birth Amsterdam, NetherlandsDate of death 10 February 2017(2017-02-10) (aged 73)Place of death Amsterdam, NetherlandsHeight 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)Position Left wingerYouth career1953–1955 Amstel1955–1961 AjaxSenior career*Years Team Apps (Gls)1961–1974 Ajax 364 (146)International career1962–1974 Netherlands 34 (11) Medal record Men's football Representing Netherlands FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1974 West Germany * Club domestic league appearances and goals Petrus Johannes "Piet" Keizer (14 June 1943 – 10 February 2017) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a left winger. As part of the "Total Football" Ajax Amsterdam team of the 1960s and 1970s, Keizer was particularly notable during the successive managerial tenures of Rinus Michels and Stefan Kovacs (1965–1973). He is widely considered one of the greatest players in Dutch football history. Dutch writer Nico Scheepmaker [nl] once said: "Cruyff is the best, but Keizer is the better one". Club career Keizer totalled 489 official matches for Ajax, scoring 189 goal