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Full name
  
Jan van Alphen

Place of birth
  
Anvers (Belgium),


Name
  
John Alphen

Date of birth
  
(1914-06-17)17 June 1914

Date of death
  
19 December 1961(1961-12-19) (aged 47)

Height
  
1.69 m (5 ft 7 in), 68 kg

Playing position
  
Defender, Midfielder

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Jan "John" van Alphen (17 June 1914 – 19 December 1961) was a Belgian footballer, born in Anvers, Belgium.

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He played as a midfielder for Beerschot VAC. With the anversois, he twice won the Belgian Championship, in 1938 and 1939.

He played for the Diables Rouges from 1938 to 1944, with whom he played eleven games, including one at the 1938 World Cup.

Honours

  • International from 1938 to 1944 (11 caps)
  • First international match: Belgium-Netherlands, 1-1, 3 April 1938
  • Participation in the 1938 World Cup (Played one match)
  • Belgian Champion in 1938 and 1939 with Beerschot VAC
  • Belgian Vice-Champion in 1937 with Beerschot VAC
  • References

    John Van Alphen Wikipedia