John Veldman

Who is John Veldman?

John Fitzgerald Veldman is a former Dutch football player in the defender role. He is the borther of Elfried Veldman, who died in the Surinam Airways Flight 764 crash. John Veldman started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven, and then moved on to Willem II, Sparta Rotterdam, AFC Ajax, Vitesse and RBC Roosendaal. While at Sparta, he started in various defensive positions and helped the club reach the final of the KNVB Cup in 1996.

In the Eredivisie Veldman played 297 matches, from 1986 to 2001. He earned a single cap for the Netherlands national football team, which came on 24 April 1996 in a 1-0 loss to Germany, and he was in the squad for Euro 1996.