Jan van Roessel

Jan van Roessel (7 April 1925 – 3 June 2011) was a Dutch football player.

Jan van Roessel
Jan van Roessel in 1952
Personal information
Full name Joannes Cornelis Christianus van Roessel
Date of birth (1925-04-07)7 April 1925
Place of birth Tilburg, Netherlands
Date of death 3 June 2011(2011-06-03) (aged 86)
Place of death Tilburg, Netherlands
Playing position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
LONGA
1951–1957 Willem II 168 (152)
1957–1958 LONGA
National team‡
1949–1955 Netherlands 6 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 June 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2011

Club career

A big striker and fierce header of the ball, Van Roessel was picked up at LONGA by local rivals 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 formed a potent strike force with Toon Becx and Piet de Jong and was reportedly linked to neighbours PSV Eindhoven and some Italian clubs, most notably Sampdoria and Torino, but Czech coach František Fadrhonc convinced him to stay in Tilburg.[3]

Van Roessel was named Player of the Century of Willem II.[4]

International career

Van Roessel made his debut for the Netherlands in a June 1949 friendly match against Finland and had earned a total of 6 caps, scoring 5 goals. He represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics,[5] where he scored against Brazil.

His final international was a May 1955 friendly match against Switzerland.[6]

International goals
Scores and results list Holland's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 June 1949Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Finland
1–0
4–1
Friendly
2
3–0
316 July 1952Kupittaa, Turku, Finland Brazil
1–0
1–5
1952 Summer Olympics
421 September 1952Idraetsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark Denmark
1–0
2–3
Friendly
515 November 1952Boothferry Park, Hull, England England Amateurs
1–0
2–2

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 died on 3 June 2011 of a lung disease at the age of 86.[7]

Honours
1951–52, 1954–55
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References
  1. Netherlands - Champions - RSSSF
  2. Netherlands 1954/55 - RSSSF
  3. Jan van Roessel, ooit een roemruchte midvoor - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  4. In memoriam: Jan van Roessel (1925-2011) Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine - Willem II (in Dutch)
  5. Netherlands roster - FIFA
  6. National team stats - Voetbalstats (in Dutch)
  7. Jan van Roessel (86) overleden - NOS (in Dutch)
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