Kees Rijvers

Kees Rijvers

Addition to playing career

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In 1950 Rijvers became one of the first Dutch players to turn professional with his transfer to AS Saint-Étienne.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-07 |title=Rijvers (95) kijkt niet naar Oranje: 'Ik hou niet van schuifie-schuifie-voetbal' |url=https://nos.nl/collectie/13781/artikel/2384005-rijvers-95-kijkt-niet-naar-oranje-ik-hou-niet-van-schuifie-schuifie-voetbal |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}} The [[Royal Dutch Football Association|KNVB]] suspended him from playing in the national team in response because at the time they didn't allow professional players to play in the national team{{Cite web |date=2016-05-13 |title=Eindelijk is er de biografie van voetbalpionier Kees Rijvers |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2104806-eindelijk-is-er-de-biografie-van-voetbalpionier-kees-rijvers |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}} and it wasn't until 1957 he would play in the national team again.{{Cite web |title=Het Gouden Binnentrio |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/binnentrio-intl.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=[[RSSSF]]}}
In 1950 Rijvers became one of the first Dutch players to turn professional with his transfer to AS Saint-Étienne.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-07 |title=Rijvers (95) kijkt niet naar Oranje: 'Ik hou niet van schuifie-schuifie-voetbal' |url=https://nos.nl/collectie/13781/artikel/2384005-rijvers-95-kijkt-niet-naar-oranje-ik-hou-niet-van-schuifie-schuifie-voetbal |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}} The [[Royal Dutch Football Association|KNVB]] suspended him from playing in the national team in response because at the time they didn't allow professional players to play in the national team{{Cite web |date=2016-05-13 |title=Eindelijk is er de biografie van voetbalpionier Kees Rijvers |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2104806-eindelijk-is-er-de-biografie-van-voetbalpionier-kees-rijvers |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}} and it wasn't until 1957 he would play in the national team again.{{Cite web |title=Het Gouden Binnentrio |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/binnentrio-intl.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=[[RSSSF]]}}

Together with other Dutch professional players from foreign leagues, Rijvers was one of the players to play the ''{{ill|Watersnoodwedstrijd|nl}}'' on 12 March 1953,{{cite web|url=https://www.bndestem.nl/regiosport/bredanaar-kees-rijvers-speelde-mee-in-de-watersnoodwedstrijd-uitschot-schittert-in-parijs~a84d5c6d/|title=Bredanaar Kees Rijvers speelde mee in de watersnoodwedstrijd: 'uitschot' schittert in Parijs|date=16 March 2018|website=bndestem.nl|language=nl|author=Robert Daniels}} a match played in the [[Parc des Princes]] stadium in Paris to raise money for the victims of the [[North Sea flood of 1953]].[http://www.nos.nl/archief/nieuws/index.html#@http://www.nos.nl/archief/nieuws/dossiers/watersnood/algemeen/achtergrondartikelen/watersnood_wedstrijd.html Een sentimenteel feest van herkenning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205065939/http://www.nos.nl/archief/nieuws/index.html#@http://www.nos.nl/archief/nieuws/dossiers/watersnood/algemeen/achtergrondartikelen/watersnood_wedstrijd.html |date=5 February 2007 }}, nos.nl While the KNVB, which still did not want to be connected to the professional players in any way, forbade the match, it went ahead after a personal intervention from [[Prince Bernhard]].{{cite web |url=https://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/oranje/nederlands-elftal/17384/watersnoodwedstrijd-leidt-profvoetbal |title=Watersnoodwedstrijd leidt profvoetbal in |website=knvb.nl |language=nl |date=22 March 2016 }} 8,000 Dutch fans travelled to Paris to attend the fixture and saw their team beat a strong [[France national football team|France national team]] 2–1. The match played a crucial role in introducing professional football in the Netherlands; in 90 minutes, the players showed the spectators how much further players could improve when they played the sport professionally.{{cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/jurryt/915073/cor-van-der-hart-en-de-watersnood.html| title=Cor van der Hart en de Watersnood|website=nu.nl|language=nl|author=Jurryt van der Vooren|date=13 December 2006}} Only 17 months later, the first professional match in the Netherlands was played.


Following the death of [[Marcelino Campanal]] in May 2020, Rijvers became the final surviving player (and the first ever Dutch player) who received at least one vote during the inaugural edition ([[1956 Ballon d'Or|1956]]) of the [[Ballon d'Or]].{{cite web|url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/voetbalwereld-rouwt-om-overlijden-van-pionier-kees-rijvers|title=Voetbalwereld rouwt om overlijden van pionier Kees Rijvers|date=4 March 2024|access-date=23 April 2026|website=vi.nl|language=nl|trans-title=}}
Following the death of [[Marcelino Campanal]] in May 2020, Rijvers became the final surviving player (and the first ever Dutch player) who received at least one vote during the inaugural edition ([[1956 Ballon d'Or|1956]]) of the [[Ballon d'Or]].{{cite web|url=https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/voetbalwereld-rouwt-om-overlijden-van-pionier-kees-rijvers|title=Voetbalwereld rouwt om overlijden van pionier Kees Rijvers|date=4 March 2024|access-date=23 April 2026|website=vi.nl|language=nl|trans-title=}}
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Rijvers was born in [[Breda]] on 27 May 1926. He died on 4 March 2024, at the age of 97.{{cite news |title=PSV-legende Kees Rijvers op 97-jarige leeftijd overleden |url=https://www.bd.nl/eindhoven/psv-legende-kees-rijvers-op-97-jarige-leeftijd-overleden~ad1f2503/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.deathlist.net%2F&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F |language=nl|access-date=4 March 2024 |publisher=BD |date=4 March 2024}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-03-04 |title=Met Rijvers verdwijnt het laatste lid van het 'Gouden Binnentrio' van Oranje |url=https://www.nu.nl/voetbal/6259459/met-rijvers-verdwijnt-het-laatste-lid-van-het-gouden-binnentrio-van-oranje.html |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=NU |language=nl}}{{cite web |title=Former Netherlands player and coach Rijvers dies aged 97 |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/former-netherlands-player-coach-rijvers-dies-aged-97-2024-03-04/ |access-date=2024-04-05|website=reuters.com|date=4 March 2024}}
Rijvers was born in [[Breda]] on 27 May 1926. He died on 4 March 2024, at the age of 97.{{cite news |title=PSV-legende Kees Rijvers op 97-jarige leeftijd overleden |url=https://www.bd.nl/eindhoven/psv-legende-kees-rijvers-op-97-jarige-leeftijd-overleden~ad1f2503/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fforums.deathlist.net%2F&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F |language=nl|access-date=4 March 2024 |publisher=BD |date=4 March 2024}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-03-04 |title=Met Rijvers verdwijnt het laatste lid van het 'Gouden Binnentrio' van Oranje |url=https://www.nu.nl/voetbal/6259459/met-rijvers-verdwijnt-het-laatste-lid-van-het-gouden-binnentrio-van-oranje.html |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=NU |language=nl}}{{cite web |title=Former Netherlands player and coach Rijvers dies aged 97 |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/former-netherlands-player-coach-rijvers-dies-aged-97-2024-03-04/ |access-date=2024-04-05|website=reuters.com|date=4 March 2024}}
In the weekend after Rijvers' death, all matches in Dutch professional football observed a [[moment of silence#Association football|one-minute silence]] prior to kick-off.{{cite web|url=https://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/organisatie/berichten/68781/betaald-voetbal-herdenkt-kees-rijvers-met-een-minuut-stilte|title= Betaald voetbal herdenkt Kees Rijvers met een minuut stilte|website=knvb.nl|language=nl|date= 5 March 2024}}
In the weekend after Rijvers' death, all matches in Dutch professional football observed a [[moment of silence#Association football|one-minute silence]] prior to kick-off.{{cite web|url=https://www.knvb.nl/nieuws/organisatie/berichten/68781/betaald-voetbal-herdenkt-kees-rijvers-met-een-minuut-stilte|title= Betaald voetbal herdenkt Kees Rijvers met een minuut stilte|website=knvb.nl|language=nl|date= 5 March 2024}}

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{cite web|url=https://www.voetbalstats.nl/spelerlandnedxi.php?persid=420| title= Kees Rijvers - Interlands Nederlands Elftal |language=nl}}
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="15"|[[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
|1946||3||2
|-
|1947||4||2
|-
|1948||7||0
|-
|1949||1||0
|-
|1950||4||1
|-
|1951||0||0
|-
|1952||0||0
|-
|1953||0||0
|-
|1954||0||0
|-
|1955||0||0
|-
|1956||0||0
|-
|1957||2||1
|-
|1958||0||0
|-
|1959||6||2
|-
|1960||6||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!33!!10
|}

:''Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Neeskens goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Kees Rijvers
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 10 March 1946 || [[Stade Josy Barthel|Stade Municipal]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg|| {{fb|LUX}} || align="center"|4–1 || align="center"|6–2 || [[Exhibition game#International football|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 12 May 1946 || [[Olympic Stadium (Amsterdam)|Olympisch Stadion]], [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands|| {{fb|BEL}} || align="center"|4–3 || align="center"|6–3 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|3 || rowspan="2" | 21 September 1947 || rowspan="2" | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands || rowspan="2" | {{fb|SWI}} || align="center"|3–1 || rowspan="2" align="center" |6–2 || rowspan="2" | Friendly
|-
| align="center"|4 || align="center"|5-2
|-
| align="center"|5 ||15 October 1950 || [[Stadion Rankhof]] [[Basel]], Switzerland || {{fb|SWI}} || align="center"|3–2 || align="center"|5–7 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|6 ||11 September 1957|| [[De Kuip]], [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands || {{fb|LUX}} || align="center"|5–1 || align="center"|5–2 || [[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|7 || 4 October 1959 || De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands || {{fb|BEL}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"| 9–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|8 ||4 November 1959 || De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands || {{fb|NOR}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|7–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|9 ||24 April 1960 || [[Bosuilstadion]], [[Antwerp]], Belgium|| {{fb|BEL}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–2 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|10 ||18 May 1960 || [[Letzigrund]], [[Zurich]], Switzerland || {{fb|SWI}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–3 || Friendly
|}


==Honours==
==Honours==