Tonny van Ede

Tonny van Ede
Personal information
Full name Antonie van Ede
Date of birth (1924-12-22)22 December 1924
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 16 February 2011(2011-02-16) (aged 86)
Place of death Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
Playing position right winger
Youth career
1936–1940 Sparta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1963 Sparta 455 (?)
National team‡
1953 Netherlands 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 February 2011.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 February 2011

Tonny van Ede (22 December 1924 – 16 February 2011) was a Dutch football player.

Club career

Van Ede was a product of the Sparta Rotterdam youth system, joining the club at 11 and making his senior debut in 1947. During the Second World War he was sent to work in Germany but fled to England. He won the 1959 Dutch league title with Sparta and in the next season was part of the first Dutch football team that made it to the European Cup quarter finals. He scored the only goal in an away win at Glasgow Rangers but Sparta was eliminated on away goals, having lost the home leg 2-3.

In 1962 he won the KNVB Cup with Sparta.

International career

Van Ede also played for the Netherlands in friendly matches against Belgium and Norway[1] in April and September 1953.[2]

Retirement

After retiring, van Ede was named honorary member of Sparta and in 2010 the main stand at the Sparta stadium was named after him.

He died on 16 February 2011 at the age of 86.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Tonny van Ede - Voetbal International
  2. ↑ National team stats - Voetbalstats (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Tonny van Ede (86) overleden - De Telegraaf (Dutch)
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