Johnny Rep

Johnny Rep

Personal information
Full name	John Nicholaas Rep
Date of birth	(1951-11-25) 25 November 1951
Place of birth	Zaandam, Netherlands
Playing position	Right winger
Youth career
	ZFC Zaandam
	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1975	Ajax	97	(41)
1975–1977	Valencia	55	(22)
1977–1979	Bastia	65	(33)
1979–1983	Saint-Étienne	131	(44)
1983–1984	PEC Zwolle	32	(5)
1984–1986	Feyenoord	43	(5)
1986–1987	Haarlem	5	(0)
Total		428	(150)
National team
1973–1981	Netherlands	42	(12)
Teams managed
1994–1996	De Zwarte Schapen
1996–2001	Omniworld
2002–2005	Texel'94
2005–2007	Omniworld (scout)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

John Nicholaas "Johnny" Rep (born 25 November 1951 in Zaandam, North Holland) is a former Dutch footballer. He currently holds the all-time record for FIFA World Cup goals for the Netherlands with 7.

Playing career

He played as a right-footed striker in the Dutch World Cup teams of 1974 (West Germany) and 1978 (Argentina). Rep scored the winning goal for Ajax Amsterdam against Juventus in the 1973 European Cup final in Belgrade. He also helped SC Bastia reach the finals of the 1978 UEFA Cup.

After his time in Bastia, Rep joined St-Etienne and was part of a side that included Michel Platini.

Honours

• Ajax
  • Eredivisie: (2) 1971–72, 1972–73
  • European Cup: (2) 1971-72, 1972–73
  • European Super Cup: (2) 1972, 1973
  • Intercontinental Cup: 1972
• Bastia
  • UEFA Cup:
    • Runner-up: 1978
• Saint-Etienne
  • French League Championship: 1980-81
• Netherlands
  • FIFA World Cup:
    • Runner-up: (2) 1974, 1978
  • UEFA European Championship:
    • Third Place: 1976
• Individual
  • French Division 1 Foreign Player of the Year:
    • 1977-78^[1]

Trivia

Rep is included in the 'Classic Netherlands' team in Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6 under the name of 'Rak'.

Rep is the namesake of a Cork, Ireland indie-pop band, Jonny Rep. He also has a song in his honour, written by French rock band, Mickey 3D, who hail from Saint Etienne.

References

External links

• Johnny Rep at Voetbal International (Dutch)
• Johnny Rep at BDFutbol.com (Spanish)
• Johnny Rep – FIFA competition record

Netherlands squads
Netherlands squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Geels 2 Haan 3 Van Hanegem 4 Van Ierssel 5 Israël 6 Jansen 7 De Jong 8 Jongbloed 9 Keizer 10 R. van de Kerkhof 11 W. van de Kerkhof 12 Krol 13 Neeskens 14 Cruijff (c) 15 Rensenbrink 16 Rep 17 Rijsbergen 18 Schrijvers 19 Strik 20 Suurbier 21 Treijtel 22 Vos Coach: Michels Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1976 Third Place 1 Schrijvers 2 Suurbier 3 Rijsbergen 4 Van Kraay 5 Krol 6 Neeskens 7 Jansen 8 Rep 9 Cruijff (c) 10 W. van de Kerkhof 11 Rensenbrink 12 Van Hanegem 13 Geels 14 Peters 15 R. van de Kerkhof 16 Arntz 17 Ruiter 18 Jongbloed 19 Kist 20 Meutstege Coach: Knobel Netherlands squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Schrijvers 2 Poortvliet 3 Schoenaker 4 Van Kraay 5 Krol (c) 6 Jansen 7 Wildschut 8 Jongbloed 9 Haan 10 R. van de Kerkhof 11 W. van de Kerkhof 12 Rensenbrink 13 Neeskens 14 Boskamp 15 Hovenkamp 16 Rep 17 Rijsbergen 18 Nanninga 19 Doesburg 20 Suurbier 21 Lubse 22 Brandts Coach: Happel Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1980 1 Schrijvers 2 Wijnstekers 3 Van de Korput 4 Hovenkamp 5 Krol (c) 6 Poortvliet 7 R. van de Kerkhof 8 W. van de Kerkhof 9 Kist 10 Haan 11 Otto 12 Rep 13 Nanninga 14 Koster 15 Stevens 16 Doesburg 17 Vreijsen 18 Thijssen 19 Zondervan 20 Van Breukelen 21 Brandts 22 Metgod Coach: Zwartkruis