Anton Janssen (born 10 August 1963) is a Dutch former

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and

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. He is mostly known for his tenure as a player for

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where he was part of their

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victory in 1988.

Playing career

In his youth, Janssen played for SV Leones from Beneden-Leeuwen, where he made his debut in the first team at the age of seventeen. Janssen played professional football from 1982 to 2000 with, in chronological order, NEC,

Fortuna Sittard Fortuna Sittard (; li, Fortuna Zitterd ) is a football club in Sittard, Netherlands. The club currently plays its football in the 12,500 capacity Fortuna Sittard Stadion and features in the Eredivisie. The club was established through a merger ...

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, again Fortuna and finally again with NEC. His greatest personal achievement was the victory of the Europa Cup I with PSV in 1988 when he scored the decisive penalty-kick in the final against Benfica, after coming on as a substitute.

Honours

Player

PSV *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

: 1987–88, 1988–89 *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. O ...

: 1987–88, 1988–89 *

: 1987–88

References

1963 births Living people People from Tiel Dutch men's footballers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Belgian Pro League players PSV Eindhoven players NEC Nijmegen players Fortuna Sittard players K.V. Kortrijk players Dutch football managers NEC Nijmegen managers De Treffers managers {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub Men's association football midfielders Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Gelderland