Daan den Bleijker

Daan den Bleijker
Personal information
Full name Izaak Daniël den Bleijker
Date of birth (1928-06-30)30 June 1928
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death December 15, 2003(2003-12-15) (aged 75)
Place of death Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1950 CVV Mercurius
1950–1959 Feijenoord 107 (30)
1959–1961 DHC 26 (5)
Managerial career
1962-1963 Heerjansdam
1966-1968 DRL
1969–1970 RVVH
1973–197? Barendrecht
1979-1980 Heerjansdam
1982–1988 Smitshoek
Barendrecht
Rijsoord
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 June 2007
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2007

Izaak Daniël "Daan" den Bleijker (30 June 1928 – 30 June 2003) was a Dutch footballer who was active as a forward.

Club career

Den Bleijker made his debut for Feijenoord on 8 April 1951 against Willem II and scored 30 goals in 111 official matches for the club. He scored Feijenoord's first goal in professional football, in 1954 against Vitesse[1] and scored 4 goals in the first Klassieker on 11 November 1956 when Feijenoord trashed Ajax 7-3.[2]

He later played for DHC.[3]

References

  1. ↑ DAAN DEN BLEIJKER OVERLEDEN - Feyenoord (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ Den Bleijker held eerste klassieker - NOS (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ 'Karel Jansen, rode rakker en godfather' - Voetbal International (in Dutch)