Sjaak Swart
 Swart in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesaia Swart | ||
| Date of birth | (1938-07-03) 3 July 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Muiderberg, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| OVVO | |||
| Amsterdam | |||
| Ajax | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1973 | Ajax | 461 | (170) |
| International career | |||
| 1960–1972 | Netherlands | 31 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jesaia Swart (born 3 July 1938), commonly known as Sjaak Swart, is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger for Ajax. During his career at Ajax, he amassed a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club.
Biography
Swart is Jewish and was born in Muiderberg, a fishing village about 20 kilometers east of Amsterdam. His Jewish fisherman father sold herring at the market. As a child, he and his father concealed themselves as non-Jews during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945, hiding from Germans and Dutch colluders, who rounded up any Jews; nearly 75 per cent of the Dutch Jewish population was killed in those years.
Nicknamed Mr. Ajax, he played for Ajax a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club, starting in 1956. He was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972, 1973.
For the Netherlands national team, Swart earned 31 caps, scoring ten goals.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ajax | 1956–57 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1957–58 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 1958–59 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 1959–60 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 18 | ||
| 1960–61 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 11 | ||
| 1961–62 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 10 | ||
| 1962–63 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 6 | ||
| 1963–64 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 12 | ||
| 1964–65 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | ||
| 1965–66 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 13 | ||
| 1966–67 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 29 | ||
| 1967–68 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 14 | ||
| 1968–69 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 18 | ||
| 1969–70 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 20 | ||
| 1970–71 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 18 | ||
| 1971–72 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 17 | ||
| 1972–73 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | ||
| Career total | 461 | 170 | 65 | 22 | 70 | 25 | 596 | 217 | ||
Honours
Ajax
- Eredivisie (7): 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73
- KNVB Cup: 1960–61, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
- European Cup: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
- Intertoto Cup: 1962
- European Supercup: 1972, 1973
- Intercontinental Cup: 1972
See also
References
- ^ "Sjaak Swart". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Buchheister, Hendrik (4 October 2013). "Football: Why Tottenham and Ajax Fans Have a Jewish Identity". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest ... - Simon Kuper
- ^ a b Quixano, Jordi (2 November 2014). "Escribimos parte de la historia del fútbol" . El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Sjaak Swart: the forgotten genius of an Ajax legend"
- ^ Mister Ajax: de eeuwige jeugd van Sjaak Swart - Raymond Bouwman
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel (5 February 2010). "Sjaak Swart – International Appearances". RSSSF.
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