Dutch football great Coen Moulijn passed away last night – but it’s a name few people in this country know which is a real shame.Anyone who has been to Feyenoord’s fantastic De Kuip stadium will have seen the statue outside the ground of the legendry left winger who is often considered to be the Dutch equivalent of Stanley Matthews.
I was there in March and snapped a couple of pictures of the statue and later on that trip I took a look around the great Feyenoord Museum where you simply can’t miss Coen.
Moulijn played for Feyenoord for an astonishing 17 seasons, joining at 18 and playing his last game for the club in 1972, just as Dutch football and the great Ajax side were at their pomp.
Unsurpringly he is known in Rotterdam as 'Mister Feyenoord'.
Moulijn scored four times in 38 games for the Dutch national side, but his last game was in 1969 and sadly for him, he was just ahead of his time in terms of obtaining the same sort of status that would fall on the shoulders of Johan Cruyff a decade later.
Moulijn died of a brain haemorrhage and his passing is massive news in Holland.
If you don’t know him, check out this footage - he’s number11.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q85dasl_4cA&feature=related
Moulijn scored four times in 38 games for the Dutch national side, but his last game was in 1969 and sadly for him, he was just ahead of his time in terms of obtaining the same sort of status that would fall on the shoulders of Johan Cruyff a decade later.
Moulijn died of a brain haemorrhage and his passing is massive news in Holland.
If you don’t know him, check out this footage - he’s number11.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q85dasl_4cA&feature=related
Altogether now:
Coentje! Coentje! Coentje!
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