About Gé van Dijk
Gé van Dijk was a notable figure. Dijk died in 2005 at the age of 81.
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Full Biography
|Gérard ("Gé") van Dijk (15 August 1923 in Amsterdam – 29 May 2005) was a Dutch football player and coach.
Club career
He played his entire career (1943–1957) for Ajax, winning two league titles (1947 and the first edition of the professional Eredivisie in 1957). He played 317 league matches and scored 80 goals and was the top goalscorer for the team in the 1950-51 season. He famously refused an offer to play for Italian side Novara in 1952 because he deemed it too rude to leave Ajax.
International career
He won two caps for the Netherlands national football team from 1947 to 1948, in friendlies against Switzerland and Belgium.
Personal life
Death
Van Dijk died in May 2005.
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