Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus "Co" Prins (5 June 1938 – 26 September 1987) was a Dutch association football player. He played 184 matches for football club Ajax Amsterdam from 1959 to 1966 where he scored 60 goals. He played for the German football team 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the mid-sixties, being then one of the few foreign football professionals in Germany.
 Prins in 1965 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus Prins | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Date of death | 26 September 1987 (aged 49) | ||
| Place of death | Antwerp, Belgium | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1963 | AFC Ajax | 114 | (33) |
| 1963–1965 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 36 | (9) |
| 1965–1967 | AFC Ajax | 39 | (9) |
| 1967 | Pittsburgh Phantoms | 21 | (8) |
| 1968 | New York Generals | 27 | (5) |
| 1969–1971 | MVV Maastricht | 85 | (5) |
| 1971–1972 | Vitesse Arnhem | 17 | (2) |
| 1972–1974 | Helmond Sport | 23 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1960–1965 | Netherlands | 10 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1967 | Pittsburgh Phantoms | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Prins earned his first international cap on 30 November 1960, in the Netherlands' 4–0 friendly match defeat to Czechoslovakia in Prague and won his tenth and last cap in a 0–0 World Cup qualifying draw with Switzerland on 17 November 1965 in Amsterdam.[1]
As an actor, Prins played Dutch football player and Allied POW Pieter Van Beck in the film Escape to Victory in 1981.[2]
He died of a heart attack while playing in a match in 1987.[2]
Prins was married with Karin (who he met whilst playing for Kaiserslautern in Germany) and he had two kids with her (Andy and Ronny), who both played professional football in Belgium.[2][3]
Career statistics
editInternational career
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1960 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1962 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1963 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Prins goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 September 1962 | Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Netherlands Antilles | 3–0 | 8–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 8–0 | |||||
| 3 | 26 September 1962 | Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark | 1–2 | 1–4 | Friendly |
References
edit- ↑ Haisma, Marcel (2 July 2005). "Co Prins – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Kwajongen Prins gaf Ajax meer gif" [Rascal Prins injected more grit into Ajax]. Het Parool (in Dutch). 5 February 2010.
- ↑ "Ex-doelman Andy Prins overleden" [Former goalie Andy Prins dies]. HLN.be (in Dutch). 18 October 2016.
- 1 2 "Co Prins - Interlands Nederlands Elftal" (in Dutch).
External links
edit- Co Prins at National-Football-Teams.com