Jos Jonker (born 23 April 1951) is a Dutch former professional

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. A midfielder, he played for Vitesse '22,

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and

AZ '67 Alkmaar Zaanstreek (), better known internationally as AZ Alkmaar, or simply and most commonly as AZ () in the Netherlands, is a Dutch professional football club from Alkmaar and the Zaan district. The club plays in the Eredivisie, the highest ...

during his career. He also gained two caps for the Netherlands national team.

Football career

Jonker began his career with Vitesse '22 from his hometown

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. From 1970, Jonker played eight years for

. After the club suffered relegation from the

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in the 1977–78 season, he moved to

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alongside Ton Wickel. According to journalist Jan-Hermen de Bruijn, these signings meant that then head coach Piet de Visser rejected the transfer of

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to Den Haag, as the club had enough midfielders. This was subsequently denied by De Visser, who stated that Maradona was already hugely popular in Argentina at the time, and would have cost too much for the club. Nevertheless, Jonker experienced his breakthrough at the club, and after two seasons in

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, he signed with

in 1980 at the age of 29. The club from

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was already a top club in the second half of the 1970s, but had not yet won the national title, and Jonker was a welcome reinforcement in midfield in 1980. Jonker played for AZ for three seasons and retired from professional football after the 1982–83 season, instead choosing to return to Vitesse '22 at amateur level. Jonker played 19 matches in the

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on behalf of AZ '67, and was part of the successful team which convincingly won the Eredivisie with a goal difference of +71, and reached the final of the

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in the 1980–81 season, in which he scored in the return leg. He gained two caps for the Netherlands national team, in which he played against

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and

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Honours

AZ *

: 1980–81 *

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: 1980–81, 1981–82 *

runner-up: 1980–81

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jonker, Jos 1951 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers People from Castricum Men's association football midfielders Eredivisie players SC Telstar players ADO Den Haag players AZ Alkmaar players Footballers from North Holland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen