Tonny van Ede

Tonny van Ede (22 December 1924 – 17 February 2011) was a Dutch football player.

Tonny van Ede

van Ede in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Antonie van Ede
Date of birth	(1924-12-22)22 December 1924
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	16 February 2011(2011-02-16) (aged 86)
Place of death	Zwijndrecht, Netherlands
Position(s)	right winger
Youth career
1936–1940	Sparta
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1963	Sparta	455	(?)
International career‡
1953	Netherlands	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 February 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 February 2011

Club career

Van Ede was a product of the Sparta Rotterdam youth system, joining the club at 11 and making his senior debut in 1947. During the Second World War he was sent to work in Germany but fled to England, where he became a member of the Princess Irene Brigade.^[1] He won the 1959 Dutch league title with Sparta and in the next season was part of the first Dutch football team that made it to the European Cup quarter finals. He scored the only goal in an away win at Rangers but Sparta were eliminated when they lost the play-off.

In 1962 he won the KNVB Cup with Sparta.

International career

Van Ede also played for the Netherlands in friendly matches against Belgium and Norway^[2] in April and September 1953.^[3]

Retirement

After retiring, van Ede was named honorary member of Sparta and in 2010 the main stand at the Sparta stadium was named after him.^[4]

He died on 17 February 2011 at the age of 86.^[5]