Lloyd Doesburg
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Date of birth
29 April 1960
Place of birth
Suriname
Date of death
7 June 1989 (aged 29)
Place of death
Paramaribo, Suriname
 Doesburg in 1988 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 April 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Suriname | ||
| Date of death | 7 June 1989 (aged 29) | ||
| Place of death | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1981 | Elinkwijk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1986 | Vitesse | 149 | (0) |
| 1986–1987 | Excelsior | ||
| 1987–1989 | Ajax | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lloyd Doesburg (29 April 1960 – 7 June 1989) was a Surinamese football goalkeeper. During his career he served Elinkwijk, Vitesse, Excelsior Rotterdam and Ajax. He died at the age of 29, when on 7 June 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo.[1]
Doesburg lived in Lelystad and played his first professional football matches for Elinkwijk where he played until 1981. After this he was transferred to Vitesse where he played a total of five seasons[2] before joining Excelsior. From August 1987 he was purchased by Ajax to become their second goalkeeper behind Stanley Menzo after Fred Grim left the club. In total he would play five matches in the first team of Ajax.
