Cor van der Hart

Cor van der Hart
Personal information
Full name Cor van der Hart[1]
Date of birth (1928-01-25)25 January 1928
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 12 December 2006(2006-12-12) (aged 78)
Place of death Netherlands
Playing position Defender
Youth career
0000–1946 Ajax Amsterdam
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1950 Ajax[1] 55 (1)
1950–1954 Lille[1] 114 (5)
1954–1966 Fortuna '54[1] 331 (14)
Total 500 (20)
National team
1955–1961 Netherlands[1] 44 (2)
Teams managed
1966–1971 Holland Sport
1971–1973 AZ
1973–1974 The Netherlands (assistant)
1974–1976 Standard de Liège
1976–1977 Fortuna Sittard
1977–1978 AZ
1978–1980 FC Amsterdam
1980 Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1980–1981 MVV
1981–1983 ADO Den Haag
1983–1984 FC Volendam
1984/85–1987 Ajax (assistant)
1987–1988 Telstar
1988–1989 WAC Casablanca
1989–1990 Sarıyer
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Cor van der Hart (25 January 1928 – 12 December 2006) was a Dutch footballer. He is known as one of the best defenders of the Dutch national team in history, who was physically strong, who read the game very well and who had a quality kicking technique.[2]

Playing career

Van der Hart was born in Amsterdam and as a youngster he tried to become part of the famous youth academy of Ajax Amsterdam. He attended a special young talents day held at the club and out of 300 players only two were chosen to represent the club, Van der Hart and Rinus Michels. He made his Ajax debut in 1947 and won the Eredivisie title in the same year.[2]

Cor van der Hart in 1966

After Faas Wilkes as the third player in Dutch history moved abroad to become a professional football player more and more players decided it was time to leave the country and create a job out of their hobby.[3] Van der Hart was one of these players as he moved to France to play for Lille OSC, where he became one of the first professional footballers of his country.[2][3] The KNVB, which suspended all players that left the country to play professional football also suspended Van der Hart.[3]

Van der Hart was one of the players participating in the Watersnoodwedstrijd of 12 March 1953.[2] This was a match played in the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris and was played in honour of the victims of the North Sea flood of 1953, which happened several weeks before the match.[4] Van der Hart, who still played as a professional in France these days, together with several others like Bram Appel, Theo Timmermans, Bertus de Harder and Kees Rijvers stated in 2003 that he heard the news over the radio and realised his country was in panic.[4] The KNVB who still did not want to be connected with the professionals forbid the match in the first place, but due to a personal rejection from Prince Bernhard the match was played.[3] 8,000 Dutch fans travelled to Paris to witness the match and saw their team beating the strong French team 2–1 with goals scored by De Harder and Appel. The match was the breakthrough to introduce professional football in the Netherlands. The players showed the audience in 90 minutes time how much better players could become when they were focussing on the sport professionally.[3] Only 17 months later the first professional match in the country was played.[3]

When professional football started in the Netherlands Van der Hart returned to his native country to play for Fortuna '54, which in these years was one of the main teams in the country.[2] With this team he won the KNVB Cup in 1957.[2] They also finished second in the Eredivisie behind Ajax.[5]

In 1955 he made his debut for the Dutch national team in a match versus Denmark.[5] In total he gained 44 caps for "Oranje" and was captain in 26 of these matches. He was able to score two international goals.[2] One of the most memorable international matches where he participated in was the 1–2 away win versus World Champions Germany in 1956.[5] He played his last international match in 1961.[6]

Coaching career

Cor van der Hart as a coach in 1972

After his playing career he became a football manager and started in 1966 at Holland Sport.[5] He also managed AZ '67, Standard Liège, Fortuna Sittard, Fort Lauderdale Strikers, FC Amsterdam, MVV, FC Den Haag, FC Volendam, Telstar, WAC Casablanca, the Ajax youth academy (1985 and following years) and Sariyerspor.[2][7] In 1978, he finished third with AZ'67 in the Dutch league and the Dutch Cup (KNVB-Cup) was won (Final AZ'67-Ajax 1–0). In 1973 was added to the staff of the Dutch national team as an assistant manager next to Frantisek Fadrhonc.[2] During the 1974 FIFA World Cup he was the assistant of Rinus Michels when the Dutch national team lost the final to Germany.[2][5] In 1980 he coached Fort Lauderdale to the NASL's American Conference title, and a runner-up finish in Soccer Bowl '80.

In 1999 Van der Hart was wearing the orange shirt one more time, when he was part of the so-called "Oranje of the Century team".[2] Van der Hart died on 12 December 2006 at the age of 78. In the UEFA Cup 2006-07 Ajax played their match versus Zulte Waregem wearing black armbands in his memory.[5]

Statistics

Netherlands national football team statistics
first team starts44Played minutes3892European Qualification0European Championships0
Wins22Team captain26World Cup Qualification5World Cup Championships0
Draws8Penalties2Sub in0Summer Olympics0
Losts14Own goals1Sub out2Friendly matches39
Goals2Yellow cards0Red cards0Mini World Cup0
Date Match – Match Score Type GS in out Y R
13 March 1955Netherlands NetherlandsDenmark Denmark1–1Friendly0XX00
3 April 1955Netherlands NetherlandsBelgium Belgium1–0Friendly0XX00
1 May 1955Republic of Ireland IrelandNetherlands Netherlands1–0Friendly0XX00
19 May 1955Netherlands NetherlandsSwitzerland Switzerland4–1Friendly0XX00
16 October 1955Netherlands NetherlandsBelgium Belgium2–2Friendly0XX00
6 November 1955Netherlands NetherlandsNorway Norway3–0Friendly0XX00
16 November 1955Saar Protectorate SaarlandNetherlands Netherlands1–2Friendly1XX00
14 March 1956Germany GermanyNetherlands Netherlands1–2Friendly(og)XX00
8 April 1956Belgium BelgiumNetherlands Netherlands0–1Friendly0XX00
10 May 1956Netherlands NetherlandsRepublic of Ireland Ireland1–4Friendly0XX00
6 June 1956Netherlands NetherlandsSaar Protectorate Saarland3–2Friendly0XX00
15 September 1956Switzerland SwitzerlandNetherlands Netherlands2–3Friendly0XX00
14 October 1956Belgium BelgiumNetherlands Netherlands2–3Friendly0XX00
4 November 1956Denmark DenmarkNetherlands Netherlands2–2Friendly0XX00
30 January 1957Spain SpainNetherlands Netherlands5–1Friendly0XX00
20 March 1957Netherlands NetherlandsLuxembourg Luxembourg4–1WC Qualification0XX00
4 April 1957Netherlands NetherlandsGermany Germany1–2Friendly0XX00
28 April 1957Netherlands NetherlandsBelgium Belgium1–1Friendly0XX00
26 May 1957Austria AustriaNetherlands Netherlands3–2WC Qualification0XX00
11 September 1957Luxembourg LuxembourgNetherlands Netherlands2–5WC Qualification0XX00
25 September 1957Netherlands NetherlandsAustria Austria1–1WC Qualification0XX00
17 November 1957Netherlands NetherlandsBelgium Belgium5–2Friendly0X68'00
13 April 1958Belgium BelgiumNetherlands Netherlands2–7Friendly0XX00
23 April 1958Netherlands NetherlandsCuraçao Curaçao8–1Friendly0XX00
4 May 1958Netherlands NetherlandsTurkey Turkey1–2Friendly0XX00
28 September 1958Belgium BelgiumNetherlands Netherlands2–3Friendly1XX00
15 October 1958Netherlands NetherlandsDenmark Denmark5–1Friendly0XX00
2 November 1958Netherlands NetherlandsSwitzerland Switzerland2–0Friendly0XX00
19 April 1959Netherlands NetherlandsBelgium Belgium2–0Friendly0XX00
10 May 1959Turkey TurkeyNetherlands Netherlands0–0Friendly0XX00
13 May 1959Bulgaria BulgariaNetherlands Netherlands3–2Friendly0XX00
27 May 1959Netherlands NetherlandsScotland Scotland1–2Friendly0XX00
4 October 1959Netherlands NetherlandsBelgium Belgium9–1Friendly0XX00
21 October 1956Germany GermanyNetherlands Netherlands7–0Friendly(og)XX00
4 November 1959Netherlands NetherlandsNorway Norway7–1Friendly0XX00
18 May 1960Switzerland SwitzerlandNetherlands Netherlands3–1Friendly0XX00
26 June 1960Mexico MexicoNetherlands Netherlands3–1Friendly0XX00
29 June 1960Netherlands Antilles Netherlands AntillesNetherlands Netherlands0–0Friendly0XX00
3 July 1960Suriname SurinameNetherlands Netherlands3–4Friendly0X46'00
2 October 1960Belgium BelgiumNetherlands Netherlands1–4Friendly0XX00
30 October 1960Czech Republic CzechoslovakiaNetherlands Netherlands4–0Friendly0XX00
22 March 1961Netherlands NetherlandsBelgium Belgium6–2Friendly0XX00
19 April 1961Netherlands NetherlandsMexico Mexico1–2Friendly0XX00
30 April 1961Netherlands NetherlandsHungary Hungary0–3WC Qualification0XX00

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cor van der Hart". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Cor van der Hart overleden Archived 15 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine., nos.nl
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cor van der Hart en de Watersnood, nu.nl
  4. 1 2 Een sentimenteel feest van herkenning, nos.nl
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cor van der Hart overleden, nu.nl
  6. ↑ Cor van der Hart interlands Archived 27 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine., voetbalstats.nl
  7. ↑ http://www.mackolik.com/Antrenor/2939/Cor-Van-Der-Hart
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