Leo Canjels

Leonard "Leo" Canjels (1 April 1933 – 26 May 2010) was a Dutch international footballer who played for NAC Breda.

Leo Canjels
Canjels in 1973
Personal information
Full name Leonard Canjels
Date of birth (1933-04-01)1 April 1933
Place of birth Breda, Netherlands
Date of death 26 May 2010(2010-05-26) (aged 77)
Place of death Breda, Netherlands
Playing position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1956 Baronie
1956–1963 NAC 149 (114)
National team
1959 Netherlands 3 (2)
Teams managed
1968–1971 NAC
1971–1973 Club Brugge
1973–1975 MVV
1975–1977 Patro Eisden
1977–1979 Beringen
1979–1982 Cercle Brugge
1982–1985 KV Mechelen
1985–1987 Eendracht Aalst
1987–1989 Patro Eisden
1989–1990 FC Boom
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Canjels started playing football at Breda side VV Baronie. He made his debut for NAC in the 1956/1957 season and played seven years for the club before retiring. As a NAC Breda player, Canjels twice won the Eredivisie top goalscorers award, in 1958 and 1959.[1]

Canjels was nicknamed Het Kanon (the Gun) because of his powerful shooting.[2]

International

Canjels made his debut for the Netherlands in a May 1959 friendly match against Turkey and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring 2 goals. He won his other caps in friendlies against Bulgaria and Scotland in the same year.[3]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Canjels became a coach, first at amateur sides Dongen and Baronie and later managed NAC Breda, as well as Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge among others in Belgium.[4] With Brugge he won the Belgian league title in 1973.[5]

He retired from coaching in 1990.

He died on May 26, 2010[6] after a long illness.

References
  1. Afscheid van Esso-held Leo Canjels - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  2. NAC-icoon Leo Canjels overleden - Omroep Brabant (in Dutch)
  3. Intl career stats - EUFootball
  4. Profile Archived 2017-04-20 at the Wayback Machine - Club Brugge
  5. Brugse kampioenencoach Leo Canjels overleden - Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)
  6. Leo Canjels (77) overleden - NOS (in Dutch)


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