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Sjaak Swart

シャーク・スワルト　/　しゃーく・すわると

Association football player from Netherlands

July 3, 1938 (age 87)　・　Muiderberg, North Holland, Netherlands

North Holland
association football player

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.

Overview

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 603 official matches, a record for the club.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 87)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Tiger
Origin: Muiderberg, North Holland, Netherlands
Blood type: Private
Height: 174 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88

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