Piet Huyg

{{Short description|Dutch footballer (1951–2019)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

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| name = Piet Huyg

| image = Jensen scoort voor Ajax het eerste doelpunt, rechts Huyg van Haarlem, Bestanddeelnr 930-4917.jpg

| caption = Huyg (right) challenging Henning Jensen of AFC Ajax in a KNVB Cup match, 1979

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|3|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Netherlands

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|12|6|1951|3|19|df=y}}

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| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1970–1984 | clubs1 = HFC Haarlem | caps1 = | goals1 =

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Piet Huyg (19 March 1951 – 6 December 2019) was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender. He played 349 games with HFC Haarlem, mostly in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Haarlem qualified for the 1982–83 UEFA Cup and Huyg scored the team’s only goal in the second round match against Spartak Moscow.{{cite news |url= https://nos.nl/artikel/2313928-oud-voetballer-en-haarlem-icoon-huijg-68-overleden.html |title= Oud-voetballer en Haarlem-icoon Huijg (68) overleden |language=Dutch |publisher= Nederlandse Omroep Stichting |date=2019-12-06}}

In 1976, Huyg opened a sporting goods store in Haarlem which he operated until turning it over to his daughter.{{cite news |url= https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/piet-huijg-van-overal-uitschuifbaar-tot-volledig-in-zichzelf-gekeerd~bb5499b6/ |title= Piet Huijg: van overal uitschuifbaar tot volledig in zichzelf gekeerd |language=Dutch |newspaper=Volkskrant |date=2019-08-13}}

Huyg died on 6 December 2019 at the age of 68. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.