Leo Canjels

Leo Canjels
	Canjels in 1973
Personal information
Full name	Leonard Canjels
Date of birth	1 April 1933
Place of birth	Breda, Netherlands
Date of death	26 May 2010 (aged 77)
Place of death	Breda, Netherlands
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1955–1956	Baronie
1956–1963	NAC
International career
1959	Netherlands
Managerial career
1968–1971	NAC
1971–1973	Club Brugge
1973–1975	MVV
1975–1977	Patro Eisden
1977–1979	Beringen
1979–1982	Cercle Brugge
1982–1985	KV Mechelen
1985–1987	Eendracht Aalst
1987–1989	Patro Eisden
1989–1990	FC Boom
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonard Canjels (1 April 1933 – 26 May 2010) was a Dutch international footballer who played for NAC Breda.

Playing career

Club

Canjels started playing football at Breda side VV Baronie. He made his debut for NAC in the 1956/1957 season and played seven years for the club before retiring. As a NAC Breda player, Canjels twice won the Eredivisie top goalscorers award, in 1958 and 1959.^[1]

Canjels was nicknamed Het Kanon (the Gun) because of his powerful shooting.^[2]

International

Canjels made his debut for the Netherlands in a May 1959 friendly match against Turkey and earned a total of 3 caps, scoring 2 goals. He won his other caps in friendlies against Bulgaria and Scotland in the same year.^[3]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, Canjels became a coach, first at amateur sides Dongen and Baronie and later managed NAC Breda, as well as Club Brugge and Cercle Brugge among others in Belgium.^[4] With Brugge he won the Belgian league title in 1973.^[5]

He retired from coaching in 1990.

He died on 26 May 2010^[6] after a long illness.

References

^ Afscheid van Esso-held Leo Canjels - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
^ NAC-icoon Leo Canjels overleden - Omroep Brabant (in Dutch)
^ Intl career stats - EUFootball
^ Profile Archived 20 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine - Club Brugge
^ Brugse kampioenencoach Leo Canjels overleden - Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)
^ Leo Canjels (77) overleden - NOS (in Dutch)

External links

Leo Canjels at National-Football-Teams.com
Player profile at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
Player profile at VoetbalStats.nl at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 June 2008) (in Dutch)
Leo Canjels at WorldFootball.net
Biography at Club Brugge K.V. official site at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 December 2010) (in French)

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[1] Afscheid van Esso-held Leo Canjels - Voetbal International (in Dutch)

[2] NAC-icoon Leo Canjels overleden - Omroep Brabant (in Dutch)

[3] Intl career stats - EUFootball

[4] Profile Archived 20 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine - Club Brugge

[5] Brugse kampioenencoach Leo Canjels overleden - Nieuwsblad (in Dutch)

[6] Leo Canjels (77) overleden - NOS (in Dutch)

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