Photo: Paul Luberti / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Loyalty is rare in modern football, which is why Sjaak Swart fascinates me. Six hundred and three official matches for Ajax, a club record, is not just a statistic, it is a love story between a player and one shirt. He played the wing during the golden age of Dutch football, the kind of grafting flank work that rarely gets the spotlight but wins matches. Born in 1938 and still with us, he feels like a living thread back to a romantic era of the game. I have huge respect for one-club devotion, and Swart is its quiet patron saint.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sjaak Swart
- Name (Japanese)
- シャーク・スワルト
- Reading
- しゃーく・すわると
- Born
- July 3, 1938 (age 88)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
- Origin
- Muiderberg, North Holland, Netherlands
- Height
- 174 cm
- Occupation
- association football player
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Sjaak Swart born?
Born July 3, 1938 (age 88).
Where is Sjaak Swart from?
Sjaak Swart is from Muiderberg, North Holland, Netherlands.
What does Sjaak Swart do?
Sjaak Swart works as association football player.
How tall is Sjaak Swart?
Sjaak Swart is 174 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.