Wim Suurbier
Wilhelmus Lourens Johannes Suurbier
Dutch footballer (1945-2020) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Born
- 16 January 1945
- Died
- 12 July 2020
- Position
- Unavailable
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1964–1987
Clubs AFC Ajax · Schalke 04 · FC Metz · Los Angeles Aztecs · Sparta Rotterdam · San Jose Earthquakes · Tampa Bay Rowdies · AS Monaco FC
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
641
Club league goals
22
International caps
60
International goals
3
League goals / match
0.03
International goals / cap
0.05
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC AjaxClub | 1964–1977 | League | 392 | 16 |
| Netherlands national association football teamNational team | 1966–1978 | Full caps | 60 | 3 |
| Schalke 04Club | 1977–1978 | League | 12 | 0 |
| FC MetzClub | 1978–1979 | League | 24 | 0 |
| Los Angeles AztecsClub | 1979–1981 | League | 73 | 3 |
| Sparta RotterdamClub | 1980–1982 | League | 33 | 3 |
| San Jose EarthquakesClub | 1982–1983 | League | 46 | 0 |
| San Jose EarthquakesClub | 1982–1983 | League | 51 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay RowdiesClub | 1986–1987 | League | 10 | 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
- ×7
Eredivisie
Domestic
- 1965–66 · AFC Ajax
- 1966–67 · AFC Ajax
- 1967–68 · AFC Ajax
- 1969–70 · AFC Ajax
- 1971–72 · AFC Ajax
- 1972–73 · AFC Ajax
- 1976–77 · AFC Ajax
- ×3
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1970–71 · AFC Ajax
- 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
1964
- Joins AFC Ajax — Until 1977
1966
- Senior international debut: Netherlands national association football team — Until 1978
- Eredivisie winner — 1965–66 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1967
- Eredivisie winner — 1966–67 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1968
- Eredivisie winner — 1967–68 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
1970
- Eredivisie winner — 1969–70 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
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)
1977
- Eredivisie winner — 1976–77 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
- Joins Schalke 04 — Until 1978
1978
- Joins FC Metz — Until 1979
1979
- Joins Los Angeles Aztecs — Until 1981
1980
- Joins Sparta Rotterdam (loan) — Until 1980
1981
- Joins Sparta Rotterdam — Until 1981
1982
- Joins San Jose Earthquakes — Until 1982
- Joins San Jose Earthquakes — Until 1982
- Joins San Jose Earthquakes — Until 1983
- Joins Sparta Rotterdam — Until 1982
1983
- Joins San Jose Earthquakes — Until 1983
1986
- Joins Tampa Bay Rowdies — Until 1987
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 →
Provisional estimate
38.6
Rank pending: 4 of 5 categories have evidence
Provisional4/5 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 evidence36.5+10.95 points
- Best window
- 1969–1973
- Individual award points in window
- 0
- Award availability in window
- 0.508
- Team honor points in window
- 32.5
- Peak index
- 16.25
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 performanceUnavailableUnavailableno contribution
Primary position unknown; position-specific rules cannot be applied.
Individual accoladesFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Contemporary award points
- 0
- Award availability coverage
- 0.616
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 0
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence65.3+9.80 points
- Team honor points
- 40.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.864
- 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 (1965–66)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1966–67)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1967–68)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1969–70)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1971–72)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1972–73)
- 2
- Eredivisie (1976–77)
- 2
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence81.7+8.17 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 24 → 100
- Documented elite seasons
- 8 → 66
- International career length (years)
- 13 → 85
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: Wim Suurbier (Q544364)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Persdag bij Ajax. Wim Suurbier, Bestanddeelnr 928-6997.jpgCC0 · retrieved 27 October 2026