Johannes Wijbrandus Mathias "Jeu" van Bun (10 December 1918 – 21 December 2002) was a Dutch

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who played as a

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for

MVV Maastricht Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eers ...

and the Netherlands national team. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Van Bun played football at the highest level in the

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for nineteen years, mainly as a

. He played seventeen years as unpaid amateur for

. During his period at MVV, he gained eleven caps for the Netherlands national team between 1947 and 1949. In 1948, as a member of the national team, he took part at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he was part of the team beating

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3–1 in the preliminary round. Jeu retired from football in the 1953–54 season. After his career as a football player, he was active as a football coach at various

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amateur clubs. His nephew, also named Jeu van Bun, played for MVV between 1956 and 1960 and also appeared for

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and

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top fligh ...

References

1918 births 2002 deaths Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers Olympic footballers of the Netherlands Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Association football defenders MVV Maastricht players Footballers from Maastricht {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub