Leo Canjels
 Canjels in 1973 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard Canjels | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Breda, Netherlands | ||
| Date of death | 26 May 2010 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Breda, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1956 | Baronie | ||
| 1956–1963 | NAC | 149 | (114) |
| International career | |||
| 1959 | Netherlands | 3 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 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 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leonard Canjels (1 April 1933 – 26 May 2010) was a Dutch international footballer who played for NAC Breda.
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 26 May 2010[6] after a long illness.
References
- ^ Afscheid van Esso-held Leo Canjels - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- ^ NAC-icoon Leo Canjels overleden - Omroep Brabant (in Dutch)
- ^ Intl career stats - EUFootball
- ^ Profile Archived 20 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine - Club Brugge
- ^ Brugse kampioenencoach Leo Canjels overleden - Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)
- ^ Leo Canjels (77) overleden - NOS (in Dutch)
External links
- Leo Canjels at National-Football-Teams.com
- Player profile at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- Player profile at VoetbalStats.nl at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 June 2008) (in Dutch)
- Leo Canjels at WorldFootball.net
- Biography at Club Brugge K.V. official site at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 December 2010) (in French)