Jan Snoeks

Jan Snoeks

Snoeks in 1952
Personal information
Date of birth	(1932-03-31)31 March 1932
Place of birth	IJmuiden, Netherlands
Date of death	1 November 2022(2022-11-01) (aged 90)
Place of death	IJmuiden, Netherlands
Position(s)	Attacker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1957	IJ.V.V. Stormvogels
1957–19589	Ajax	31	(10)
1959–1962	IJ.V.V. Stormvogels	30	(3)
1962-1965	VV Hillegom
National team
	Netherlands B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jan Snoeks (31 March 1932 – 1 November 2022) was a Dutch football player, who played as an attacker.

Biography

Snoeks played for IJ.V.V. Stormvogels professionally between 1954 and 1957 in the 1954–55 Netherlands Football League Championship, 1955–56 Netherlands Football League Championship and Eerste Divisie. During this period he was also selected for the Netherlands national football B team. In the summer of 1957, at his own request, he was placed on the transfer list by Stormvogels, and he moved to AFC Ajax for an amount of 30,000 guilders. He made his debut for Ajax on 25 August 1957, in a 4–0 home match against MVV. He scored the third goal in the 64th minute. In his first season with Ajax, he scored three times in twelve games, in his second season seven times in nineteen games, including one in the 2–9 away win against SHS. In 1959 he was put on the transfer list by Ajax, and despite interest from Heracles and VSV, he returned to Stormvogels. He played here for three seasons, after which he played for the amateur football team VV Hillegom until 1965.

Snoeks became from 1965 trainer of VV Foreholte and later also of Vitesse '22 (1970–1975) and VSV (1975–1978)

Snoeks died in IJmuiden on 1 November 2022, at the age of 90.

Family

Snoeks was the son of Henk Snoeks and Aagje Pronk. He married to Ina Guijt on 18 December 1957. His older brother Henk also played for Stormvogels. Snoeks was the uncle of sports reporter Frank Snoeks.