Jan Villerius
{{Short description|Dutch footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jan Villerius
| image = JanVillerius1966.jpg
| fullname = Johannes Villerius
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|02|08|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|5|07|1939|02|08|df=yes}}
| death_place = Netherlands
| height = {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Defender or Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1948–1957
| youthclubs1 = Xerxes
| years1 = 1957–1958
| clubs1 = Xerxes
| years2 = 1958–1961
| clubs2 = Sparta
| caps2 = 37
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1961–1968
| clubs3 = ADO
| caps3 = 206
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 1968–1969
| clubs4 = RCH
| nationalyears1 = 1962
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 =
| pcupdate = 5 April 2013
| ntupdate = 5 April 2013
}}
Jan Villerius (8 February 1939{{spaced ndash}}7 May 2013) was a Dutch football player.
Club career
A big defender or midfielder, Villerius played for Xerxes with future Feyenoord-legend Coen Moulijn before making his debut for Sparta in December 1958. He won the 1958–59 Eredivisie league title with them in his first year when he played alongside Sparta greats Tonny van Ede and Tinus Bosselaar.[https://archive.today/20130703151952/http://www.sparta-rotterdam.nl/Nieuws/Default.aspx?id=7257 Jan Villerius overleden] - Sparta Rotterdam {{in lang|nl}}
He later moved to ADO, whom he captained and for whom he played over 300 matches and was part of the ADO side that played as San Francisco Gales in the United Soccer Association in 1967, Dick Advocaat being one of his teammates.[http://adodenhaag.nl/nieuws/laatste-nieuws/news/detail/5292_news Necrologie Jan Villerius (74)] - ADO Den Haag {{in lang|nl}}
International career
Villerius earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in an October 1962 friendly match against Belgium.[http://www.voetbalstats.nl/spelernedxi.php?persid=525 National team stats] - Voetbalstats {{in lang|nl}}
Retirement and death
After his playing career, he became an amateur football coach. Villerius died after a long battle against cancer on 7 May 2013 at the age of 74.[http://www.elfvoetbal.nl/nieuws/266409_oud-international-villerius-overleden Oud-international Villerius overleden] - Elf Voetbal {{in lang|nl}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?dbid=13870&typeofpage=84137 Career stats] - Voetbal International
- [http://www.dehaagsevoetbalhistorie.nl/?pid=23&clubs Biography] - Haagsche Voetbalhistorie {{in lang|nl}}
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Category:Footballers from Rotterdam
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Netherlands men's international footballers
Category:Sparta Rotterdam players
Category:San Francisco Golden Gate Gales players
Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands