Jan Linssen (19 January 1913 – 2 November 1995) was a Dutch footballer who was active as a forward. Linssen played his whole career at

Feijenoord Feijenoord () is a borough of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, south of the Nieuwe Maas. Feyenoord football club was formed there, but now play in the neighbouring township of IJsselmonde. It was a centre of shipbuilding in the nineteenth century, ...

and is known as the player who has never made a single foul. The only referee that fouled him during a match was Dirk Nijs who did this as a joke and to become the only referee that ever fouled Linssen. Linssen played once for the

Netherlands national football team The Netherlands national football team ( or simply ''Het Nederlands elftal'') has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNV ...

, in 1938 against the

Dutch Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945. Following the Indonesian War of Independe ...

and also scored a goal, however the match was not officially recognized as such.

Honours

* 1935-36 :

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

winner with Feijenoord * 1937-38 :

winner with Feijenoord * 1939-40 :

winner with Feijenoord

References

Profile from fr-fanatic.com
1913 births 1995 deaths Dutch men's footballers Feyenoord players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub