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Latest revision as of 12:14, 6 December 2025
Dutch footballer (1938–2024)
Muller in 1961 |
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| Date of birth | 14 August 1938 | ||
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| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Date of death | 17 January 2024 (aged 85) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1970 | Ajax | 341[1] | (31) |
| 1970–1971 | Holland Sport | 24[1] | (0) |
| 1971–1972 | Blauw-Wit | ||
| Total | 365 | (31) | |
| 1960–1968 | Netherlands | 43 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bernardus (“Bennie”) Muller (14 August 1938 – 17 January 2024)[2] was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Ajax, Holland Sport, and the Netherlands national team.
Muller was born in the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam-East.[3] His grandfather was a fruit seller named Levi Sluiter.[4] His mother was incarcerated in Westerbork transit camp during World War II.[3] Approximately 200 members of Muller’s extended family were killed in the Holocaust.[5]
Muller played club football for Ajax beginning in 1958, and was its captain.[6][3] He made his debut for Ajax against MVV and played 426 official matches for the club.[7] He won five league titles and three domestic cups with them.[8]
International career
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Muller made his debut for the Netherlands national team in an April 1960 friendly match against Bulgaria, earning 43 caps in total, and also serving as captain.[9][3] His final international was an October 1968 World Cup qualification match against Bulgaria.[10]
Muller was Jewish,[11][12][13]
Muller married on 27 September 1961. He had a daughter, Petra,[14] and a son Danny, who was also a professional footballer.[15] Muller later owned a cigar shop near Amsterdam Centraal station.[5]
Bennie Muller died on 17 January 2024, at the age of 85.[16][17]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1960 | 5 | 0 |
| 1961 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1962 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1963 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1965 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 7 | 1 | |
| 1967 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1968 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list the Netherlands’ goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Muller goal.
- ^ a b “Bennie Muller – Speler Eredivisie”. voetbalstats.nl (in Dutch).
- ^ “Bennie Muller bij Ajax” [Bennie Muller at Ajax]. afc-ajax.info (in Dutch).
- ^ a b c d Foer, Franklin; Tracy, Marc (30 October 2012). Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 9781455516117 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kuper, Simon (11 September 2012). Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe’s Darkest Hour. PublicAffairs. ISBN 9781568587233 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Winner, David (29 July 2008). Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer. Overlook Press. ISBN 9781590208021 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kuper, Simon (11 September 2012). Ajax, the Dutch, the War: The Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe’s Darkest Hour. PublicAffairs. ISBN 9781568587240 – via Google Books.
- ^ “Voormalig Ajax-middenvelder Bennie Muller (85) overleden”. Ajax (in Dutch). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ “Clubicoon Ajax en oud-international Bennie Muller (85) overleden”. AD (in Dutch). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ “Bennie Muller – International Appearances”. RSSSF. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ “Bennie Muller, international football player”. EU-football. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Franklin Foer; Marc Tracy (30 October 2012). Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame. Grand Central Publishing. pp. 130–. ISBN 978-1-4555-1611-7.
- ^ “ÓÐÏÒÔ – Центральный Еврейский Ресурс. Сайт русскоязычных евреев всего мира. Еврейские новости. Еврейские фамилии”. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ “Anne Frank and antisemitism: The unwelcome focus of European soccer”. The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 16 June 2018.
- ^ Aankomst Ajax op Schiphol, Bennie Muller werd op Schiph begroet door zijn dochtertje Petra. Nationaal Archief 2010–2013
- ^ Yoeri van den Busken (17 January 2024). “Bennie Muller, de Ajax-icoon die de Europese gloriejaren nét misliep” [Bennie Muller, the Ajax icon that just missed the European years of glory]. Voetbal International (in Dutch).
- ^ “Ajacied Bennie Muller (1938-2024) voelde zich een slachtoffer van de verzakelijking van het voetbal”. Volkskrant (in Dutch). 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ “Voormalig Ajax en Oranje-voetballer Bennie Muller (85) overleden”. NOS (in Dutch). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ a b “Bennie Muller – Interlands Nederlands Elftal” (in Dutch).
