Klaas Bakker

{{Short description|Dutch footballer (1926–2016)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Klaas Bakker |image = Klaas Bakker (1954).jpg |caption = Klaas Bakker in 1954 |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|4|22}} |birth_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|1|3|1926|4|22}} |death_place = Amstelveen, Netherlands |position = Striker, midfielder |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 1943–1951 | clubs1 = De Volewijckers | caps1 = | goals1 = |years2 = 1951–1957 | clubs2 = Ajax | caps2 = 169 | goals2 = 37 }} '''Klaas Bakker''' (22 April 1926 – 3 January 2016) was a Dutch footballer. He played as a midfielder and striker.

==Club career== Bakker played for De Volewijckers between 1943 and 1951, and later for Ajax until 1957. He was born in Amsterdam, North Holland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.online-familieberichten.nl/zoeken.asp?command=show&id=1369872|title=Overlijdensadvertenties Overleden: Klaas Bakker|work=online-familieberichten.nl|date=7 January 2016|accessdate=9 January 2016|language=Dutch}}</ref> His last season was the first of the newly-formed Eredivisie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ererat.nl/asp/ererat_spelerpaspoort.asp?spelerid=1918|title=Klaas Bakker|website=Ererat|accessdate=17 April 2026|language=nl}}</ref>

Bakker died on 3 January 2016 in Amstelveen, aged 89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1441/Ajax/article/detail/4220441/2016/01/07/Ex-Ajacied-Klaas-Bakker-90-overleden.dhtml|title=Ex-Ajacied Klaas Bakker (90) overleden|work=Algemeen Dagblad|date=7 January 2016|accessdate=8 January 2016|language=Dutch}}</ref>

== Statistics for Ajax ==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;" |- !rowspan="2" width="100"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Total |- !width="40"|Apps !width="40"|Goals !width="40"|Apps !width="40"|Goals !width="40"|Apps !width="40"|Goals |- |rowspan="6"|'''Ajax''' |1951/52<ref>Vermeer, van Hoof p. 159</ref> |29||11||-||-||29||11 |- |1952/53<ref>Vermeer, van Hoof p. 163</ref> |24||2||-||-||24||2 |- |1953/54<ref>Vermeer, van Hoof p. 166</ref> |25||7||-||-||25||7 |- |1954/55<ref>Vermeer, van Hoof p. 169</ref> |24||3||-||-||24||3 |- |1955/56<ref>Vermeer, van Hoof p. 172</ref> |33||12||-||-||33||11 |- |1956/57<ref>Vermeer, van Hoof p. 175</ref> |34||2||3||0||37||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !169!!37!!3!!0!!172!!37 |}

==References== {{Reflist}} *Evert Vermeer, Marcelle van Hoof. ''Ajax 100 Jaar Jubileumboek 1900-2000''. Amsterdam: Luitingh-Sijthoff, 1999. {{ISBN|90-245-3497-6}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bakker, Klaas}} Category:1926 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Footballers from Amsterdam Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Dutch men's footballers Category:ASC De Volewijckers players Category:AFC Ajax players Category:Eredivisie players Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen