Sjaak Swart

Swart in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Jesaia Swart
Date of birth	( 1938-07-03 ) 3 July 1938 (age 85)
Place of birth	Muiderberg , Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	OVVO
	Amsterdam
	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls )
1956?1973	Ajax	461	(170)
International career
1960?1972	Netherlands	31	(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesaia Swart (born 3 July 1938), commonly known as Sjaak Swart , is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger for Ajax . During his career at Ajax, he amassed a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club.

Biography [ edit ]

Swart is Jewish ^{[2] [3]} and was born in Muiderberg , a fishing village about 20 kilometers east of Amsterdam . ^{[4] [5]} His Jewish fisherman father sold herring at the market. ^{[5] [3]} 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 . ^[5]

Nicknamed Mr. Ajax , he played for Ajax a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club, starting in 1956. ^{[3] [4] [6]} He was part of their European Cup victories in 1971 , 1972 , 1973 . ^[5]

For the Netherlands national team , Swart earned 31 caps, scoring ten goals. ^[7]

Career statistics [ edit ]

Honours [ edit ]

Ajax

• Eredivisie (7): 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
• European Cup : 1970?71 , 1971?72 , 1972?73
• Intertoto Cup : 1962
• European Supercup : 1972 , 1973
• Intercontinental Cup : 1972

See also [ edit ]

• List of Jewish footballers
• List of select Jewish association football players

References [ edit ]

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