 Frits Purperhart in 1977 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frits Lambertus Purperhart | ||
| Date of birth | December 25, 1944[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Paramaribo, Surinam | ||
| Date of death | 29 September 2016 (aged 71) | ||
| Place of death | Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ajax | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1961 | Ajax | ? | (?) |
| 1961–1963 | NAKS | ? | (?) |
| 1963–1980 | Leo Victor | ? | (?) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1966–1979 | Suriname | 17 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978–1996 | Leo Victor | ||
| 1996–1997 | Suriname | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 17, 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 17, 2015 | |||
Frits Lambertus Purperhart (25 December 1944 – 29 September 2016) was a Surinamese football manager and player, a member of the Suriname Olympic Committee board of directors[2] as well as being a board member for the National broadcasting network Telesur in Suriname.[3]
As a player, he played in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse for Ajax, NAKS and S.V. Leo Victor, as well as playing for the Suriname national team. He has also managed both Leo Victor and the Suriname national team during the span of his career.
He is considered to be one of the greatest footballers in the history of the sport in Suriname, having finished as the league's top scorer twice, winning the Surinamese Footballer of the Year award on two occasions as well.[4]
- ^ Obituary
- ^ "SOC Bestuur". Suriname Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Telesur Jaaresverslag 2010" (PDF). Telesur. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "'Robinhood mi boi!'". Star Nieuws. Retrieved 18 December 2015.