Sjaak Swart
Dutch footballer (born 1938)
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Jesaia Swart (born 3 July 1938), commonly known as Sjaak Swart,[1] is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger for Ajax. During his career at Ajax, he amassed a total of 603 official matches,[1] a record for the club.
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Swart in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesaia Swart | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1938[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Muiderberg, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| OVVO | |||
| Amsterdam | |||
| Ajax | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1973 | Ajax | 463 | (174) |
| International career | |||
| 1960–1972 | Netherlands | 31 | (10) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Biography
Swart is Jewish[3][4] and was born in Muiderberg, a fishing village about 20 kilometers east of Amsterdam.[5][6] His Jewish fisherman father sold herring at the market.[6][4] 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.[6]
Nicknamed Mr. Ajax, he played for Ajax a total of 603 official matches, a record for the club, starting in 1956.[4][5][7] He was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972, and 1973.[6]
Swart retired from football after the 1972–73 season and was honoured with a goodbye match between Ajax and Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam on 8 August 1973.[8]
International career
For the Netherlands national team, Swart earned 31 caps, scoring ten goals.[9]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League[10] | Cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Ajax | 1956–57 | Eredivisie | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1957–58 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 1958–59 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | ||
| 1959–60 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[c] | 4 | 34 | 18 | ||
| 1960–61 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 11 | ||
| 1961–62 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10[d] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | ||
| 1962–63 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3[e] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | ||
| 1963–64 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12 | ||
| 1964–65 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | ||
| 1965–66 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 13 | ||
| 1966–67 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 6[b] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 29 | ||
| 1967–68 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 14 | ||
| 1968–69 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 14[f] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 18 | ||
| 1969–70 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 10[g] | 6 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 20 | ||
| 1970–71 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 8[b] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 18 | ||
| 1971–72 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9[b] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 17 | ||
| 1972–73 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | 4[h] | 0 | 34 | 10 | ||
| Career total | 463 | 174 | 61 | 23 | 70 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 603 | 227 | ||
- Appearances in European Cup
- Appearances in Dutch play-offs for European football
- Eight Appearances in Intertoto Cup and two in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Appearances in Intertoto Cup
- Ten appearances in European Cup and four in Intertoto Cup
- Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
- Two appearances in European Super Cup, two appearances in Intercontinental Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1960 | 3 | 1 |
| 1961 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1962 | 6 | 4 | |
| 1963 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 5 | 3 | |
| 1967 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1968 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1969 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1970 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1971 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 10 | |
- Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Swart goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 July 1960 | Suriname Stadium, Paramaribo, Suriname |  Suriname | 1–0 | 4–3 | Friendly |
| 2 | 22 March 1961 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands |  Belgium | 4–2 | 6–2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 9 May 1962 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands |  Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 5 September 1962 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Netherlands Antilles | 5–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 6–0 | |||||
| 6 | 11 November 1962 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Switzerland | 2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 1964 qualification |
| 7 | 23 March 1966 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands |  West Germany | 1–2 | 2–4 | Friendly |
| 8 | 6 November 1966 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Czechoslovakia | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 9 | 30 November 1966 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands |  Denmark | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1968 qualification |
| 10 | 1 November 1967 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands |  Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Honours
- Eredivisie (8): 1956–57, 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; runner-up 1967–68
- European Cup: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73; runner-up: 1968–69
- Intertoto Cup: 1962
- European Supercup: 1972
- Intercontinental Cup: 1972
Individual[12]
