Klaas Bakker (22 April 1926 – 3 January 2016) was a Dutch footballer. He played as a

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and striker.

Club career

Bakker played for

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between 1943 and 1951, and later for

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until 1957. He was born in

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. Bakker died on 3 January 2016 in

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, aged 89.

Statistics for Ajax

References

*Evert Vermeer, Marcelle van Hoof. ''Ajax 100 Jaar Jubileumboek 1900-2000''. Amsterdam: Luitingh-Sijthoff, 1999. 1926 births 2016 deaths Footballers from Amsterdam Men's association football forwards Dutch men's footballers ASC De Volewijckers players AFC Ajax players 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub