Piet Huyg
Huyg (right) challenging Henning Jensen of AFC Ajax in a KNVB Cup match, 1979
Personal information
Date of birth (1951-03-19)19 March 1951
Place of birth Netherlands
Date of death 6 December 2019(2019-12-06) (aged 68)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1984 HFC Haarlem
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Piet Huyg (19 March 1951 – 6 December 2019) was a Dutch footballer who played as a defender. He played 349 games with HFC Haarlem, mostly in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Haarlem qualified for the 1982–83 UEFA Cup and Huyg scored the team’s only goal in the second round match against Spartak Moscow.[1]

In 1976, Huyg opened a sporting goods store in Haarlem which he operated until turning it over to his daughter.[2]

Huyg died on 6 December 2019 at the age of 68. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Oud-voetballer en Haarlem-icoon Huijg (68) overleden" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 2019-12-06.
  2. ↑ "Piet Huijg: van overal uitschuifbaar tot volledig in zichzelf gekeerd". Volkskrant (in Dutch). 2019-08-13.


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