Johannes Hermanus Petrus "Jan" Lohman (born 18 February 1959) is a Dutch former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He played as a central midfielder, and represented his country at under-21 level. Born in Dussen,

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

, Lohman played for several Belgian and Dutch clubs, and also spent five seasons in English football with

Watford Watford () is a town and non-metropolitan district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hertfordshire, England, northwest of Central London, on the banks of the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a smal ...

Playing career

Lohman started his career at Sporting Lokeren in Belgium, and was subsequently loaned to Dutch sides

Vlaardingen Vlaardingen () is a large town and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is located on the north bank of the Nieuwe Maas river at the confluence with the Oude Maas. The municipality admin ...

and

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion ...

. In September 1981, Lohmann transferred to English

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team

, for a fee of £35,000. In doing so he became the first player to join from outside the Home Nations in the club's 100 year history. Lohman scored in his first Football League game, and Watford were promoted at the end of 1981–82, reaching the

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for the very first time. Injury restricted Lohman's appearances over the next four years, and by 1986 he had played 81 times for Watford in all competitions, scoring 10 goals. Lohman was released by Watford at the end of the 1985–86 season, joining Belgian club Germinal Ekeren on a free transfer, before finishing his career with SVV Schiedam and Cappellen FC. He is now retired from football, and works as a barman in

Roosendaal Roosendaal () is both a city and a municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Towns/villages of the municipality * Roosendaal (population: 66,760) * Wouw (4,920) * Heerle (1,900) * Nispen (1,440) * Wouwse ...

in the Netherlands.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lohman, Jan 1959 births Living people People from Dussen Fortuna Vlaardingen players NEC Nijmegen players Watford F.C. players English Football League players Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Royal Cappellen F.C. players Men's association football midfielders Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in England Footballers from North Brabant Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 20th-century Dutch sportsmen