Johan Derksen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Johannes Gerrit Derksen 31 January 1949 Heteren, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Sports journalist, pundit and analyst Publisher, editor-in-chief, author, columnist, television presenter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Known for | Voetbal International (magazine) Voetbal International (TV show) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johannes Gerrit "Johan" Derksen (born 31 January 1949) is a Dutch sports journalist and former football player. He played professional football between 1966 and 1978 for six clubs: Go Ahead Eagles, Cambuur, Veendam, HFC Haarlem, SV Meppen and MVV Maastricht. During and after his footballing career, he became a sports journalist, specialising in football. He was the editor-in-chief of Voetbal International, the Netherlands' most prominent football magazine, from 2000 until his retirement in 2013. Derksen was while working at Voetbal International and after his retirement a television football pundit on RTL7's Voetbal International and Veronica Inside on Veronica TV. His current TV talkshow is Vandaag Inside on SBS6.[1]