Clifton Sandvliet

Clifton Sandvliet
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-18) August 18, 1977
Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 SNL 24 (27)
2003–2004 Transvaal 24 (10)
2004–2012 WBC 83 (57)
National team‡
2000–2008 Suriname 30 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 1, 2008
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 15, 2008

Clifton Sandvliet (born August 18, 1977) is a retired Surinamese professional footballer. He played for SV Transvaal, Walking Boys Company and the National Army. Sandvliet won three top scorer standings of the league SVB. Sandvliet's record with the national football team of Suriname is 30 caps and 9 goals. He is the all-time top scorer of the national team.[1][2]

Club career

For all of his three clubs; Sportvereniging Nationaal Leger, SV Transvaal and Walking Boys Company he has scord a massive 94 goals. He has played senior first-team club football since 2000.

International career

Sandvliet played from 2000 until 2008 for the Surinamese football team. After a brief interruption from 2006, he returned to the team on June 14, 2008 during the World Cup qualifying match against Guyana. In this game he made the only goal.

Player statistics

season Club country Competition matches Goals
2001/2002SNLSurinameHoofdklasse2427[3]
2002/2003SNLSurinameHoofdklasse??
2003/2004SV TransvaalSurinameHoofdklasse2410
2004/2005Walking Boys CompanySurinameHoofdklasse2320
2005/2006Walking Boys CompanySurinameHoofdklasse2527
2006/2007Walking Boys CompanySurinameHoofdklasse163
2007/2008Walking Boys CompanySurinameHoofdklasse197
2008/2009Walking Boys CompanySurinameHoofdklasse??
2009/2010Walking Boys CompanySurinameHoofdklasse??
2010/2011Walking Boys CompanySurinameHoofdklasse??
2011/2012Walking Boys CompanySurinameHoofdklasse??
Updated to June 21, 2009Total13194

Honours and awards

Club (4)

Walking Boys Company

Individual (12 awards)

  • Hoofdklasse Top Scorer (2): 2001/2002, 2005/06
  • Top scorer of Suriname: 9 Goals
  • Most caps of Suriname: 30 Caps
  • Hoofdklasse Best player (2): 2005, 2006[4]
  • Hoofdklasse Golden Shoe (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006[5]
  • All-Time Scorers in Hoofdklasse since 1999 (unofficial data)[6]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=829798/index.html
  2. ↑ http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/suriname/players/cliftonsandvliet.html
  3. ↑ "Clifton Sandvliet". National-Football-Teams.com.
  4. ↑ nl:SVB-hoofdklasse#Beste spelers
  5. ↑ nl:SVB-hoofdklasse#Beste spelers
  6. ↑ Hoofdklasse (Suriname)#All-Time Scorers


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