Piet Schrijvers

Piet Schrijvers

Schrijvers in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-12-15)15 December 1946
Place of birth	Jutphaas, Netherlands
Date of death	7 September 2022(2022-09-07) (aged 75)
Position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1965	HVC	0	(0)
1965–1968	DWS	40	(0)
1968–1974	FC Twente	190	(0)
1974–1983	Ajax	269	(1)
1983–1985	Zwolle	62	(0)
Total		563	(1)
International career
1971–1984	Netherlands	46[1]	(0)
Managerial career
1987–1989	FC Wageningen
1991–1993	TOP Oss
1993–1994	AZ
1995–1996	FC Zwolle
Medal record Men's football Representing  Netherlands FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1974 Runner-up 1978 European Championship 1976
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pieter "Piet" Schrijvers (15 December 1946 – 7 September 2022)^[2] was a Dutch professional football manager and player who played as a goalkeeper.^[3]

At club level, he spent nine years with AFC Ajax, winning five Eredivisie titles and two KNVB Cups.^[4]

At international level, he was a member of the Netherlands squads which finished runner up in both the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups. In addition, he was selected in the Dutch squads for UEFA Euro 1976 and 1980.

Death

Schrijvers died in September 2022 from complications of Alzheimer's disease.^[3]

Nicknames

Schrijvers earned his first nickname at Ajax, as De Beer van De Meer (meaning The Bear of De Meer, the stadium where Ajax used to play its home games).^[5] Later, he earned several other (rhyming) nicknames, such as De Bolle van Zwolle (The Fatty from Zwolle).^[5] Most names alluded to his stature as he used to be heavy.^[4] Schrijvers himself said in interviews he was only proud of his nickname at Ajax.^[4]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[1]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Netherlands	1971	1	0
	1972	0	0
	1973	3	0
	1974	1	0
	1975	4	0
	1976	4	0
	1977	2	0
	1978	8	0
	1979	7	0
	1980	5	0
	1981	3	0
	1982	1	0
	1983	6	0
	1984	1	0
Total		46	0

Honours

Ajax^[4][6]

• Eredivisie: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83
• KNVB Cup: winner 1978–79, 1982–83; runner-up 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81

Netherlands^[5]

• FIFA World Cup: runner-up 1974, 1978
• UEFA European Football Championship: third place 1976

Individual

• Tonny van Leeuwen Award (best goalkeeper of the season): 1971-72^[5]
• Dutch Golden Boot winner: 1983^[7]

References

1. "Piet Schrijvers – Interlands Nederlands elftal". voetbalstats.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
2. "Voormalig Oranje-doelman Piet Schrijvers (75) overleden | Voetbal | Telegraaf.nl". 8 September 2022.
3. "Oud-doelman van Ajax en Oranje Piet Schrijvers (75) overleden" [Former goalkeeper for Ajax and Dutch national team Piet Schrijvers (75) dies]. NOS (in Dutch). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
4. Willem Vissers (8 September 2022). "Legendarische doelman Piet Schrijvers blijft in de herinnering toch altijd de Beer van de Meer" [Legendary goalie Piet Schrijvers will always be remembered as de Beer van de Meer]. De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
5. "Bolle van Zwolle, Beer van de Meer; Schrijvers was topkeeper met vele bijnamen" [Fatty of Zwolle, Bear in De Meer; Schrijvers was a top goalie with many nicknames]. NOS (in Dutch). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
6. "Voormalig Ajax-doelman Piet Schrijvers (75) overleden" [Former goalkeeper Piet Schrijvers (75) dies]. ajax.nl (in Dutch). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
7. Hans Woudstra (21 May 1983). "Hazes stal show op groots Telesport-gala met imponerend 'Bedankt Beer'" [Hazes shines at huge Telesport-gala with impressive 'Thanks Bear']. De Telegraaf (in Dutch). Delpher.nl. Retrieved 25 November 2025.

External links

• Piet Schrijvers at National-Football-Teams.com