Floor de Zeeuw
Dutch footballer and coach
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Floris "Floor" de Zeeuw (13 October 1898 – 21 September 1979) was a Dutch footballer and football coach, notably for Feyenoord Rotterdam.
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Floor de Zeeuw in 1923 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Floris de Zeeuw | ||
| Date of birth | 13 October 1898 | ||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam | ||
| Date of death | 21 September 1979 (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Hoogvliet, Rotterdam | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SC Feyenoord | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1922–1924 | Feyenoord | 23 | (0) |
| Feyenoord Vets | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| Early 1930s | SC Feyenoord | ||
| Late 1930s | Feyenoord (asst.) | ||
| 1942–1943? | Fluks Dordrecht | ||
| 1946–1947 | VV Papendrecht | ||
| 1947–1950 | Rood-Wit Willebrord | ||
| 1951 | VV Papendrecht | ||
| 1951–1952 | Zwart-Wit '28 | ||
| Early 1950s? | De Musschen | ||
| 1954–1958 | ASWH | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Football career
Feyenoord goalkeeper
De Zeeuw played in the position of goalkeeper for Feyenoord, beginning in youth teams.
As goalkeeper of the first squad[1] during the years 1922[2] to 1924, he won the Dutch national championship of 1924. Feyenoord's magazine described De Zeeuw in 1923 as "a calm and sophisticated keeper, who always manages to keep his composure."[3] De Zeeuw participated in 23 championship league games for Feyenoord 1,[4] of which 21 (out of a maximum of 22) were in 1922–1923.[5][6] He kept his goal clear in Feyenoord's 2–0 victory over the Netherlands national football team of 1928.[7]
From 1927 or earlier, he played on the veteran team of Feyenoord.[8] De Zeeuw continued playing for the veterans at least until 1933.[9][10][11]
Manager
Starting in the 1930s De Zeeuw coached lower squads of Feyenoord. He served as an assistant trainer of Richard Kohn for Feyenoord's first squad.[12] De Zeeuw obtained coach certification in 1943.
In the 1940s and 1950s, he managed Fluks Dordrecht (1942–1943?),[12] VV Papendrecht (1946–1947; 1951),[13] Rood-Wit Willebrord (1947–1950),[14] Zwart-Wit '28 (1951–1952),[15] De Musschen Rotterdam,[16] and ASWH (1954–1958).[16]
Author
De Zeeuw published a series of articles in the sports weekly Sportkroniek of 1947, titled Voetbal-geheimen onthuld ("football secrets revealed"). He also published articles on football strategy in the magazine of VV Papendrecht, while functioning as Papendrecht's coach.[13]