Martin Koeman

Martinus Cornelis Koeman (26 July 1938 – 18 December 2013) was a Dutch footballer who played as a centre-back.

Martin Koeman

Koeman with Blauw-Wit in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Martinus Cornelis Koeman
Date of birth	(1938-07-26)26 July 1938
Place of birth	Purmerend, Netherlands
Date of death	18 December 2013(2013-12-18) (aged 75)
Place of death	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1953–1957	Purmersteijn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1960	KFC [nl]
1960–1963	Blauw-Wit	56	(23)
1963–1971	GVAV	250	(23)
1971–1973	FC Groningen	52	(4)
1973–1974	SC Heerenveen	37	(1)
Total		395	(51)
International career
1964	Netherlands[1]	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Koeman played professional football with KFC of Koog aan de Zaan from 1955 to 1960, Blauw-Wit Amsterdam from 1960 to 1963, GVAV/Groningen^[2] from 1963 to 1973 and SC Heerenveen until his retirement. He was selected regularly for the Netherlands national team but only played one match, against Austria on 12 April 1964.^[1]

On 18 December 2013, at the age 75, Koeman died from cardiac arrest.^[3]