Jan van Roessel, Dutch Olympic footballer (Willem II Tilburg) died he was , 86

Jan van Roessel was a Dutch football player died he was , 86.

(7 April 1925 – 3 June 2011)

Club career

A big striker and fierce header of the ball, Van Roessel was picked up at LONGA by Willem II in Tilburg in 1951, and won the 1952 Dutch (then still amateur) league title^[1] and in 1955 the first professional Eredivisie championship.^[2] He was reportedly linked to neighbours PSV Eindhoven and some Italian clubs, most notably Sampdoria and Torino.
Van Roessel was named Player of the Century of Willem II.^[3]

International career

Van Roessel made his debut for the Netherlands in a June 1949 friendly match against Finland and had earned a total of 5 caps, scoring 4 goals. He represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics^[4], where he scored against Brazil.
His final international was a May 1955 friendly match against Switzerland.^[5]

[edit] International goals

Scores and results list Holland's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 June 1949	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	1-0	4-1	Friendly match
2	16 June 1949	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	3-0	4-1	Friendly match
3	21 September 1952	Idraetsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	1-0	2-3	Friendly match
4	15 November 1952	Boothferry Park, Hull, England	England	1-0	2-2	Friendly match

Personal life and death

Van Roessel married Louisa van Laarhoven in 1956 and the couple had one daughter, who died of leukemia in 1988. In his later years, he suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Van Roessel passed away on 3 June 2011 of a lung disease at the age of 86.^[6]

Honours

• Netherlands Football League Championship: 2

1952, 1956

 

To see more of who died in 2010 click here