Wim Suurbier

Wim Suurbier

Suurbier in 1978
Personal information
Full name	Wilhelmus Lourens Johannes Suurbier
Date of birth	(1945-01-16)16 January 1945
Place of birth	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Date of death	12 July 2020(2020-07-12) (aged 75)
Place of death	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1977	Ajax	392	(16)
1977–1978	Schalke 04	12	(0)
1978–1979	Metz	24	(0)
1979–1981	Los Angeles Aztecs	73	(3)
1980–1981	→ Sparta Rotterdam (loan)	11	(1)
1982	San Jose Earthquakes	23	(0)
1982	Tung Sing	4	(0)
1982–1983	Golden Bay Earthquakes (indoor)	28	(0)
1986–1987	Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor)	10	(0)
Total		577	(20)
International career
1966–1978[1]	Netherlands	60	(3)
Managerial career
1983	Golden Bay Earthquakes (assistant)
1984	Tulsa Roughnecks
1986	Los Angeles Heat
1986–1987	Tampa Bay Rowdies
1988	Fort Lauderdale Strikers
1989	Miami Sharks
1994	St. Petersburg Kickers
2017	Kerala Blasters (assistant)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Netherlands FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1974 West Germany Runner-up 1978 Argentina European Championship 1976 Yugoslavia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilhelmus Lourens Johannes Suurbier (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɪm ˈsyːrbiːr]; 16 January 1945 – 12 July 2020) was a Dutch professional footballer and among others assistant coach of the Albania national team. He played as a right back and was part of the Netherlands national team and AFC Ajax teams of the 1970s.