Pleun Strik
Dutch footballer (1944–2022)
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Pleun Strik (27 May 1944 – 14 July 2022) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a defender.[1]
Date of birth
27 May 1944
Place of birth
Rotterdam, Reichskommissariat Niederlande (now Netherlands)
Date of death
14 July 2022 (aged 78)
Position
Defender
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Strik in 1974 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 27 May 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rotterdam, Reichskommissariat Niederlande (now Netherlands) | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 July 2022 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| VCS Den Haag | |||||||||||||||||
| Feijenoord | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1964–1967 | Go Ahead Eagles | 69 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1976 | PSV Eindhoven | 270 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1978 | FC Eindhoven | 53 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978–1982 | NEC Nijmegen | 105 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | VVV-Venlo | 47 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 544 | (32) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1974 | Netherlands | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Career
Strik played two matches for the Netherlands national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament,[1] and he made the Dutch squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup,[2] although he did not play in the tournament.[1]
Strik played club football with PSV Eindhoven for over eight years in the late 1960s and 1970s, and made a total of 28 appearances for them in UEFA club competitions. This included four games in the 1975–76 European Cup, although he did not play in the semi-final matches against Saint-Étienne.[3]
Career statistics
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Netherlands | 1969 | 2 | 0 |
| 1970 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1971 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1973 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1974 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Strik goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 May 1974 | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Argentina | 3–1 | 4–1 | Friendly |
