Co Prins
Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus "Co" Prins (5 June 1938 – 26 September 1987) was a Dutch association football player. He played 184 matches for football club Ajax Amsterdam from 1959 to 1966 where he scored 60 goals. He played for the German football team 1.
Co Prins

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- Name
- Co Prins
- Born
- 5 June 1938
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Died
- 26 September 1987
- Place of death
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
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Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus "Co" Prins (5 June 1938 – 26 September 1987) was a Dutch association football player. He played 184 matches for football club Ajax Amsterdam from 1959 to 1966 where he scored 60 goals. He played for the German football team 1.
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FC Kaiserslautern in the mid-sixties, being then one of the few foreign football professionals in Germany. Prins earned his first international cap on 30 November 1960, in the Netherlands' 4–0 friendly match defeat to Czechoslovakia in Prague and won his tenth and last cap in a 0–0 World Cup qualifying draw with Switzerland on 17 November 1965 in Amsterdam. He died of a heart attack while playing in a match in 1987. Prins was married with Karin (whom he met whilst playing for Kaiserslautern in Germany) and he had two kids with her (Andy and Ronny), who both played professional football in Belgium.

Dutch footballer Co Prins on stadium of Feyenoord
Eric Koch for Anefo Co_Prins,_Pierre_Kerkhoffs_1965.jpg: NL-HaNA, ANEFO / neg. stroken, 1945-1989, 2.24.01.05, item number 917-6158 derivative work: Misiek2 · This file was derived from: Co Prins, Pierre Kerkhoffs 1965.jpg
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• Name — Co Prins • Fullname — Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus Prins • Born — 5 June 1938 • Birthplace — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Died — 26 September 1987 • Place of death — Antwerp, Belgium • Position — Striker • Years1 — 1959–1963 • Years2 — 1963–1965 • Years3 — 1965–1967 • Years4 — 1967 • Years5 — 1968 • Years6 — 1969–1971 • Years7 — 1971–1972 • Years8 — 1972–1974 • Clubs1 — AFC Ajax • Clubs2 — 1. FC Kaiserslautern • Clubs3 — AFC Ajax • Clubs4 — Pittsburgh Phantoms • Clubs5 — New York Generals • Clubs6 — MVV Maastricht • Clubs7 — Vitesse Arnhem • Clubs8 — Helmond Sport • Caps1 — 114 • Caps2 — 36 • Caps3 — 39 • Caps4 — 21 • Caps5 — 27 • Caps6 — 85 • Caps7 — 17 • Caps8 — 23 • Goals1 — 33 • Goals2 — 9 • Goals3 — 9 • Goals4 — 8 • Goals5 — 5 • Goals6 — 5 • Goals7 — 2 • Goals8 — 1 • Nationalyears1 — 1960–1965 • Nationalteam1 — Netherlands • Nationalcaps1 — 10 • Nationalgoals1 — 3 • Manageryears1 — 1967 • Managerclubs1 — Pittsburgh Phantoms
International career
International career
Appearances and goals by national team and year • National team — Year — Apps — Goals • Netherlands — 1960 — 1 — 0 • 1961 — 0 — 0 • 1962 — 7 — 3 • 1963 — 0 — 0 • 1964 — 0 — 0 • 1965 — 2 — 0 • Total — 10 — 3 • Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Prins goal. List of international goals scored by Co Prins • No. — Date — Venue — Opponent — Score — Result — Competition • 1 — 5 September 1962 — Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands — 3–0 — 8–0 — Friendly • 2 — 8–0 • 3 — 26 September 1962 — Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark — 1–2 — 1–4 — Friendly
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Co Prins died at Antwerp.
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- 1.Co Prins sterft op het voetbalveld. "Het Parool". Amsterdam, 28-09-1987. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 15-01-2026, https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010831173:mpeg21:p015
- 2.Andy Prins overleden, ATV.be, 17 oktober 2016.
- 3.VOETBALLER SLOEG SCHOONVADER NEER Ko Prins probeerde zoontje te ontvoeren. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1967-01-16.
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