Johan Neeskens
Johannes Jacobus Neeskens
Dutch football manager and player (1951–2024) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Born
- 15 September 1951
- Died
- 6 October 2024
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1968–1991
Clubs RCH · AFC Ajax · FC Barcelona · New York Cosmos · FC Groningen · Kansas City Comets · Fort Lauderdale Sun · Zug 94
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
458
Club league goals
88
International caps
49
International goals
17
League goals / match
0.19
International goals / cap
0.35
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCHClub | 1968–1970 | League | 68 | 1 |
| AFC AjaxClub | 1970–1974 | League | 124 | 33 |
| Netherlands national association football teamNational team | 1970–1981 | Full caps | 49 | 17 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 1974–1979 | League | 140 | 35 |
| New York CosmosClub | 1979–1984 | League | 94 | 17 |
| FC GroningenClub | 1984–1985 | League | 7 | 0 |
| Fort Lauderdale SunClub | 1985 | League | 1 | 1 |
| Kansas City CometsClub | 1985–1986 | League | 23 | 1 |
| Zug 94Club | 1990–1991 | League | 1 | 0 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×3
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1970–71 · AFC Ajax
- 1971–72 · AFC Ajax
- 1972–73 · AFC Ajax
- ×2
Eredivisie
Domestic
- 1971–72 · AFC Ajax
- 1972–73 · AFC Ajax
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 1972 · AFC Ajax
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
No dated individual awards from the catalog are recorded for this player in the current sources. This may reflect incomplete source data rather than an absence of awards; editors can add sourced entries.
Career timeline
1968
- Joins RCH — Until 1970
1970
- Senior international debut: Netherlands national association football team — Until 1981
- Joins AFC Ajax — Until 1974
1971
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1970–71 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1972
- Eredivisie winner — 1971–72 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1971–72 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 1972 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1973
- Eredivisie winner — 1972–73 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1972–73 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1974
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 1979
1979
- Joins New York Cosmos — Until 1984
1984
- Joins FC Groningen — Until 1985
1985
- Joins Fort Lauderdale Sun — Until 1985
- Joins Kansas City Comets — Until 1986
1990
- Joins Zug 94 — Until 1991
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
37.6
Rank #91
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 0% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence35.3+10.59 points
- Best window
- 1969–1973
- Individual award points in window
- 0
- Award availability in window
- 0.508
- Team honor points in window
- 30.5
- Peak index
- 15.25
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence50.7+12.69 points
- League goals per match
- 0.192 → 42.64
- International goals per cap
- 0.347 → 84.39
- International caps per year
- 4.08 → 46.11
Individual accoladesFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Contemporary award points
- 0
- Award availability coverage
- 0.695
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 0
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence53.6+8.04 points
- Team honor points
- 30.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.667
- Intercontinental Cup (1972)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1970–71)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1971–72)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1972–73)
- 8
- Eredivisie (1971–72)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1972–73)
- 2
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence62.8+6.28 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 24 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 3 → 27
- International career length (years)
- 12 → 78
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Johan Neeskens (Q233819)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Johan Neeskens 1974.jpgCC BY-SA 3.0 nl · retrieved 27 October 2026