Clifton Sandvliet

Clifton Sandvliet
Personal information
Date of birth	August 18, 1977
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	SNL
2003–2004	Transvaal
2004–2012	WBC
International career
2000–2008	Suriname
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of January 1, 2008

Clifton Sandvliet (born August 18, 1977) is a Surinamese retired professional footballer. He played for SV Transvaal, Walking Boys Company and the National Army. Sandvliet won three top scorer standings of the league SVB.

His record with the national football team of Suriname is 33 caps and 12 goals.^[1]^[2]

Club career

For all of his three clubs; Sportvereniging Nationaal Leger, SV Transvaal and Walking Boys Company he has scored a massive 94 goals. He has played senior first-team club football since 2000.

International career

Sandvliet played from 2000 until 2008 for the Surinamese football team. After a brief interruption from 2006, he returned to the team on June 14, 2008 during the World Cup qualifying match against Guyana. In this game he made the only goal.

Career statistics

Club

season	Club	country	Competition	matches	Goals
2001/2002	SNL	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	24	27^[3]
2002/2003	SNL	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
2003/2004	SV Transvaal	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	24	10
2004/2005	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	23	20
2005/2006	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	25	27
2006/2007	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	16	3
2007/2008	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	19	7
2008/2009	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
2009/2010	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
2010/2011	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
2011/2012	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
Updated to June 21, 2009			Total	131	94

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Suriname	2000	3	0
	2001	4	2
	2002	2	1
	2003	–
	2004	8	4
	2005	–
	2006	3	0
	2007	–
	2008	13	5
Total		33	12

Scores and results list Suriname's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sandvliet goal.

List of international goals scored by Clifton Sandvliet^[3]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 April 2001	André Kamperveen, Paramaribo, Suriname	Aruba	3–1	3–1	2001 Caribbean Cup qualification
2	16 May 2001	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago	Cuba	3–4	3–4	2001 Caribbean Cup
3	28 July 2002	Trinidad Stadium, Oranjestad, Aruba	Aruba	2–0	2–0	2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
4	10 January 2004	Andrè Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname	Netherlands Antilles	1–1	1–1	2003 Parbo Bier Cup
5	27 March 2004	André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname	Aruba	4–1	8–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	24 November 2004	Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago	Grenada	2–2	2–2	2005 Caribbean Cup qualification
7	26 November 2004	Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago	Puerto Rico	1–0	1–1	2005 Caribbean Cup qualification
8	14 June 2008	André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname	Guyana	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	22 June 2008	Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana	Guyana	2–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	9 August 2008	Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont, Guyana	Dominica	2–1	3–1	2008 Caribbean Cup qualification
11	11 October 2008	André Kamperveem Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname	Costa Rica	1–3	1–4	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	23 October 2008	Pedro Marrero Stadium, Havana, Cuba	Barbados	1–0	2–3	2008 Caribbean Cup qualification