Jan Villerius (8 February 19397 May 2013) was a Dutch football player.

Club career

A big defender or midfielder, Villerius played for Xerxes with future Feyenoord-legend Coen Moulijn before making his debut for Sparta in December 1958. He won the 1958–59 Eredivisie league title with them in his first year when he played alongside Sparta greats Tonny van Ede and Tinus Bosselaar.

Jan Villerius

He later moved to ADO, whom he captained and for whom he played over 300 matches and was part of the ADO side that played as San Francisco Gales in the United Soccer Association in 1967, Dick Advocaat being one of his teammates.

Jan Villerius

International career

Villerius earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in an October 1962 friendly match against Belgium.

Jan Villerius

Retirement and death

After his playing career, he became an amateur football coach. Villerius died after a long battle against cancer on 7 May 2013 at the age of 74.

References

External links

Career stats - Voetbal International

Biography - Haagsche Voetbalhistorie

1939 births

2013 deaths

Footballers from Rotterdam

Men's association football midfielders

Dutch men's footballers

Netherlands men's international footballers

Sparta Rotterdam players

ADO Den Haag players

San Francisco Golden Gate Gales players

Dutch expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States

Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands

United Soccer Association players