- Ed Vijent
Football player infobox
playername= Ed Vijent
fullname = Eddy Vijent
nickname = "Eddy Love"
dateofbirth =March 3 ,1963
cityofbirth =Amsterdam
countryofbirth =Netherlands
dateofdeath = death date and age|2001|10|22|1963|3|3
cityofdeath =Amsterdam
countryofdeath =Netherlands
position =Midfielder
height =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ????-????
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1990-1991
clubs = AZ '67FC Volendam
Telstar
caps(goals) = ? (?)
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14 (0)Eddy "Ed" Vijent (
March 3 ,1963 inAmsterdam –October 22 ,2001 inAmsterdam ) was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served AZ '67,FC Volendam and Telstar. He died at the age of 38, when onOctober 22 ,2001 he was killed by a neighbour after some arguments about parked scooters. He was nicknamed "Eddy Love" and he is not related toFlorian Vijent .Vijent who was a lefty was able to play in either the defence, the midfield or the attack, but was mainly used as a midfielder. He made his professional debut at AZ but made a move towards
FC Volendam . With this team he promoted in 1987 from theEerste Divisie to theEredivisie , the highest level in Dutch football. He ended his career after playing a few seasons for Telstar.After his career Vijent lived in Amsterdam and played some football for amateur side
De Germaan . OnOctober 22 ,2001 Vijent was killed by a neighbour who lived a few homes away. The cause was a long term discussion about a parking spot in front of the house of the suspect. The spot used to be filled up with the car of their disabled father, but after the divorce of their parents his sons used it to park their scooters. When a truck driver wanted to park his truck at the spot Vijent decided to move the scooters, causing a fight with the brothers. Two police officers came in between, but later the suspects came back to Vijent to threaten him. When he opened the door Vijent was stabbed to death.References
* [http://krant.telegraaf.nl/krant/archief/20011024/teksten/spo.vyent.vertelt.man.louis.html Telegraaf report on his death] nl
* [http://krant.telegraaf.nl/krant/archief/20011025/teksten/spo.vyent.eddy.vader.ruzie.html Telegraaf report on the motive] nl
* [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/dbid=34121/typeofpage=40054/sc=fb554c VI FC Volendam Profile] nl
* [http://www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=40053/view=106417/dbid=34121/typeofpage=40054/sc=976b70 VI Telstar profile] nl
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