Rob de Wit

Infobox Football biography
playername = Rob de Wit


fullname = Rob de Wit
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|09|08
cityofbirth = Utrecht
countryofbirth = Netherlands
currentclub =
position = Winger
youthyears =
youthclubs = FC Utrecht
years = 1982-1984 1984-1986
clubs = FC Utrecht Ajax
caps(goals) = ? (?) ? (?)
nationalyears = 1985-1986
nationalteam = Netherlands
nationalcaps(goals) = 8 (3)

Rob de Wit (born 1963-09-08 in Utrecht) is a former Dutch football player.

Career

De Wit made his debut for FC Utrecht in the 1982-83 season. He was transferred to Ajax Amsterdam two seasons later, July 1984, as successor of left wing attacker Jesper Olsen, who left to Manchester United. At Ajax, he quickly became a crowd favourite, and played nearly all of the matches, the 1984-1985 and 1985-1986 seasons. On 1985-05-01, still in his first season at Ajax, De Wit made his debut for the Netherlands national football team in a World Cup qualifier against Austria. Nearly two weeks later, De Wit scored the winning goal against Hungary (0-1 away win), which won the Netherlands a play-off match against Belgium for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

De Wit's career came to an abrupt end in 1986, due to a cerebral hemorrhage while on holiday in Spain. At first, the consequences didn't seem to be all that bad. De Wit's team mates at Ajax sent him a 'get well soon'-card with the words: "We didn't even know you had brains." After an unsuccessful treatment in Sweden, it became clear that Rob de Wit would never play professional football again. He sustained two more cerebral hemorrhages later in life: one in 1993 and one in January 2005. [cite news|url=http://www.trouw.nl/hetnieuws/sport/article38372.ece/Soms+gromt+De+Wit+even,+maar+dat+is+het|title=Soms gromt De Wit even, maar dat is het|publisher=Trouw|date=2005-11-19|accessdate=2007-04-28|language=Dutch]

De Wit played 103 matches in four seasons, scoring 23 goals.

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