Piet Keizer

Keizer totalled 489 official matches for Ajax, scoring 189 goals between 1961 and 1974, and is a member of the Club van 100 at Ajax, a list of players playing more than 100 official games for the club. He made his debut in the first team on 5 February 1961 against Feyenoord. == International career ==

With the Dutch national team, Keizer played 34 times, scoring 11 goals. Keizer was selected by Netherlands manager, Rinus Michels, to play for the Dutch squad during the 1974 FIFA World Cup, but only started in the 0–0 draw against Sweden. ==End of career==

Keizer suddenly retired from football in October 1974, shortly after a row over tactics with Ajax manager Hans Kraay. == Personal life ==

On 13 June 1967, Keizer married Jenny Hoopman. The couple had two sons. Keizer died of lung cancer in February 2017, after a long illness. Football player and manager Marcel Keizer, who played in the Ajax youth academy and was a manager of the first team in 2017, is a nephew of Piet Keizer. == Style of play ==

UEFA website has described Keizer as "the genius on the left wing, the skillful flanker, the superb foil to Johan Cruyff". Cruyff, in his posthumously released autobiography, placed Keizer, as left winger, in his "ideal squad". ==Career statistics==

Club International :''Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Keizer goal.'' == Honours ==

Ajax • Eredivisie: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73 • KNVB Cup: 1960–61, 1966–67, 1969-70, 1970–71, 1971–72; runner-up: 1967–68 • European Cup: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73; runner-up: 1968–69 • Intercontinental Cup: 1972 • Intertoto Cup: 1961–62, 1968 (Group A2 winner) Netherlands • FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1974 Individual • Winger in ''Johan Cruyff's favourite World XI'' == See also ==