Gerrie Mühren

Gerrie Mühren

Personal information
Full name	Gerardus Dominicus Hyacinthus Mühren
Date of birth	(1946-02-02)2 February 1946
Place of birth	Volendam, Netherlands
Date of death	19 September 2013(2013-09-19) (aged 67)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Volendam
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1968	Volendam	52	(7)
1968–1976	Ajax	220	(54)
1976–1979	Real Betis	86	(13)
1979–1980	Volendam	33	(7)
1980–1981	MVV	26	(3)
1981–1982	Seiko	?	(?)
1982–1984	DS '79	18	(0)
1984–1985	Volendam	17	(0)
National team
1969–1973	Netherlands	10	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gerardus ("Gerrie") Dominicus Hyacinthus Mühren^[1] (2 February 1946 - 19 September 2013) was a Dutch footballer.^[2][3]

Mühren was born in Volendam North Holland. He was the older brother of Arnold Mühren, who also played for Netherlands national football team.^[2]

Club career

Mühren started his career at FC Volendam, before moving to play for Ajax between 1968 and 1976. Whilst at Ajax he won three European Cup winners medals.^[4][5][6] He scored Ajax' 1000th Eredivisie goal against Telstar and the winning goal of the 1972–73 European Cup semi-final second leg against Real Madrid.^[7]

He later played for Real Betis and Seiko in Hong Kong. While at Betis, they won the 1977 Copa del Rey but he was denied a winners medal since foreigners were not allowed to play in the cup competition.^[8]

In 1983 he won the Dutch Eerste Divisie title with DS '79,^[9] but the club was relegated from the Eredivisie the next year which prompted him to return for a final season to Volendam.^[10]

International career

He was capped by Holland on 10 occasions, his first cap coming against England in November 1969, and his last against Belgium in November 1973.^[2]

Retirement and death

After retiring as a player he worked as a scout for Ajax. He died of Myelodysplastic syndrome, aged 67, in his home town of Volendam.^[11]

Career honours

Club

Volendam

• Eerste Divisie: 1966–67

Ajax

• Dutch Championship: 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73
• Dutch Cup: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
• European Cup: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
• European Super Cup: 1972, 1973
• Intercontinental Cup: 1972

DS '79

• Eerste Divisie: 1982–83

Betis

• Spanish Cup: 1976–77

Seiko

• Hong Kong First Division League: 1981–82, 1982–83

References

External links

• Voetbal International Database
• Gerrie Mühren at National-Football-Teams.com
• BDFutbol profile