Jan Mulder (footballer)
![]() Jan Mulder in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Johan Mulder | ||
Date of birth | 4 May 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Bellingwolde, Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1972 | Anderlecht | 145 | (91) |
1972–1975 | Ajax | 56 | (16) |
International career | |||
1967–1970 | Netherlands | 5 | (1) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Johan "Jan" Mulder (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈj(oːɦ)ɑm ˈmʏldər]; born 4 May 1945) is a Dutch former footballer, writer, columnist, and TV personality.
Early life
Johan Mulder was born on 4 May 1945 in Bellingwolde in the Netherlands.[1]
Football career

Mulder was a football striker and played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and AFC Ajax.[1] He also played five matches for the Netherlands, scoring once.[2] Mulder was topscorer of the 1966–67 season in the Belgian Eerste Klasse. His son Youri also grew up to become a football player, spending most of his career in the German Bundesliga at FC Schalke 04 until he retired in 2002.
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Honours
Anderlecht
- Belgian First Division: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1971–72[3]
- Belgian Cup: 1971–72
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runner-up: 1969–70[4]
Ajax
Individual
- Belgian First Division Top Scorer: 1966–67[5]
Writer and commentator
After his football career had ended, Mulder became a well-known writer, columnist and television-personality in the Netherlands, making his debut analysing a match of the Netherlands national football team broadcast by TV channel RTL 4 in 1996. From that point onwards he would frequently guest star in the RTL 4 shows by Frits Barend and Henk van Dorp, who presented both football-related programmes as well as talkshows concerning more political and social/public subjects. After having been a daily guest-star on the show Villa BvD, a football show during the 1998 World Cup in France (also hosted by Frits Barend and Henk van Dorp), Mulder made more and more TV appearances until finally becoming daily guest-star on the late-night talkshow Barend & Van Dorp since March 1999, until the show stopped in April 2006.
The final season of Barend & Van Dorp was shown on the channel Talpa, who had bought the programme from RTL 4 during the summer of 2005. Jan Mulder also frequently appeared on another show that was broadcast by Talpa; Eredivisie – De Wedstrijden, which aires several times a week and shows highlights of the Dutch Football League (the Eredivisie). After Barend & Van Dorp Mulder became a weekly side kick in De Wereld Draait Door.
Mulder has also written several works, ranging from ultra-short stories to novels. Most people will associate his name with CaMu, the partnership between Remco Campert (Ca) and Jan Mulder (Mu) that has been writing daily front-page columns for national newspaper de Volkskrant since 1995. These columns are traditionally bundled into books entitled CaMu Jaaroverzicht at the end of each year.
Bibliography
- 1978: Opmars der strafschopgebieden
- 1982: De eeuwige reserve
- 1984: Sportjournalistiek bestaat niet
- 1987: De toespraken
- 1988: Diva in Winschoten (short stories)
- 1992: De middagduivel
- 1994: De vuurspuger van Ootmarsum
- 1994: Fiebelekwinten
- 1994: La vase
- 1994: Spreek en vergissing (novel)
- 1996: Mobieliquette
- 1999: Familie-album
- 1999: Villa BvD
- 2000: Overwinningen & nederlagen
- 2001: Spelers en speelsters
- 2001: Hollandse Velden
- 2002: De vrouw als karretje
- 2002: Strafschopgebieden & Reserves
- 2002: Opkomst & Ondergang
- 2003: Iris
- 2009: De analyticus
- 2009: Labradoedel
- 2010: Chez Stans
- 2014: Tot u spreekt Jan Mulder
- 2016: Duivelskunstenaar
- 2018: Liefde en Aardbevingen
References
- ^ a b G.J. van Bork, "Mulder, Jan" (in Dutch), Schrijvers en dichters, 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2916.
- ^ Jan Mulder (in Dutch), Voetbalstats.nl. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares" (in Dutch). rsca.be. 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Anderlecht | De Geschiedenis Van De Club" (in Dutch). Anderlecht Online.
- ^ "Topscorer Eerste Klasse". voetbal.com (in Dutch). 8 January 2024.
External links
Media related to Jan Mulder (footballer) at Wikimedia Commons
- Stats (in Dutch)