Frits Goodings

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playername= Frits Goodings
fullname = Frits Goodings
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dateofbirth = 10 October 1963
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dateofdeath = June 7, 1989 (aged 25)
cityofdeath = Zanderij Airport, Paramaribo
countryofdeath = Suriname
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youthclubs = FC Utrecht
years = ????-1989
clubs = FC Wageningen
caps(goals) = ? (?)

Frits Goodings (10 October 1963 - 7 June 1989, Paramaribo) was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served FC Utrecht and FC Wageningen. He died at the age of 25, when on June 7, 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo.

Goodings played in the youth of FC Utrecht alongside Edu Nandlal. His first professional contract was signed at FC Wageningen. He was invited by Sonny Hasnoe, the founder of the Colourful 11 to be part of the team and travel to Suriname to play in the "Boxel Kleurrijk Tournament" with three Surinamese teams. His friend Edu Nandlal was also invited and went as well. The Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashed during approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, killing 176 of the 187 on-board, including Goodings, making it the worst ever aviation disaster in Suriname's history. Among the deads were a total of 15 members of the Colourful 11, only three of them survived, Edu Nandlal was one of them.

Father Frits Goodings sr. only found his empty wallet in the woods around Paramaribo at the location of the crash. It was said the victims were robbed from their personal belongings just after the crash.Fact|date=September 2008

References

* [http://www.androknel.nl/elftal/goodings/index.htm Goodings at AndroKnel.nl] nl
* [http://www.ajax-usa.com/history/fifteen-years/1989/june-1989.html Crash report]
* [http://www.nu.nl/news/551855/951/Eindbestemming_Zanderij.html Eindbestemming Zanderij, nu.nl] nl
* Iwan Tol: Eindbesteming Zanderij; het vergeten verhaal van het Kleurrijk Elftal (ISBN 9020403664) nl