Full name Rob de Wit 1982–1984 FC Utrecht Name Rob Wit | Playing position Role Football player Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1963-09-08) 8 September 1963 (age 52) | ||
Place of birth Utrecht, Netherlands | ||
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Rob de Wit (born 8 September 1963) is a Dutch former football player.
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- Top 10 goals rob de wit
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- Career
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Docu sport rob de wit made in utrecht ma 17 apr 2017 07 10 uur rtv utrecht
Career
De Wit made his debut for FC Utrecht in the 1982–83 season. He was a member of the Dutch squad at the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was transferred to Ajax Amsterdam two seasons later, July 1984, as successor of left wing attacker Jesper Olsen, who left to Manchester United. At Ajax, he quickly became a crowd favourite, and played nearly all of the matches, the 1984–1985 and 1985–1986 seasons. On 1985-05-01, still in his first season at Ajax, De Wit made his debut for the Dutch national team in a World Cup qualifier against Austria. Nearly two weeks later, De Wit scored the winning goal against Hungary (0–1 away win), which won the Netherlands a play-off match against Belgium for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
De Wit's career came to an abrupt end in 1986, due to a cerebral hemorrhage while on holiday in Spain. At first, the consequences didn't seem to be serious. After an unsuccessful treatment in Sweden, it became clear that Rob de Wit would never play professional football again. He sustained two more cerebral hemorrhages later in life: one in 1993 and one in January 2005.
De Wit played 103 league matches in four seasons, scoring 23 goals.