Gerrie Deijkers

Gerrie Deijkers

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Deijkers played at the beginning of his career at VV Baronie, NAC Breda, Willem II, AFC DWS and De Graafschap. He became the top scorer for Willem II in the Eerste Divisie in 1969–70 with 24 goals. He was part of the De Graafschap team that won promotion to the Eredivisie for the first time in their history in 1973. In 1973, trainer Kees Rijvers took Deijkers to PSV to join René van de Kerkhof, Willy van de Kerkhof and Ralf Edström. In the 1977–78 season, Deijkers became the club's top scorer with 18 goals to help PSV to win the league. Moreover, that was a successful year for Deijkers as he scored 8 times in the UEFA Cup tournament; the 1977–78 UEFA Cup won by PSV. Deijkers played six seasons for PSV, from 1973 to 1979, playing 170 matches scoring 35 goals.

Club
NAC Breda (1968–1969)
Club
AFC DWS (1970–1972)
Club
De Graafschap (1972–1973)
Club
PSV Eindhoven (1973–1979)
Club
SBV Vitesse (1980–1981)
National team
Netherlands

Personal

Personal life

In 2003, Deijkers died from a heart attack. He was married to Nel and is the father of techno producer Martyn.

Legacy

Honours

PSV

Eredivisie: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78 KNVB Cup: 1973–74, 1975–76 UEFA Cup: 1977–78 Individual

UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1977–78 Eredivisie Top Scorer: 1977–78

Clubs

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Dutch football player (1946-2003)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Gerrie Deijkers was a Dutch professional football player.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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