John Nicholaas Rep (born 25 November 1951) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He holds the all-time record for FIFA World Cup goals for the Netherlands with 7.
Playing career
Rep played as a right-footed striker in the Dutch World Cup teams of 1974 (West Germany) and 1978 (Argentina). He scored the winning goal for
Ajax Amsterdam against
Juventus in the 1973 European Cup Final in
Belgrade and also helped
SC Bastia reach the finals of the 1978 UEFA Cup. His pairing with
Rob Rensenbrink was seen as an offensive powerhouse.
He said that his time at Valencia was not good and that the only thing they helped him do was "learn Spanish".
Personal life
He said he liked to distract himself by reading books by
Harold Robbins and by playing cards.
Honours
Ajax
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Eredivisie: 1971–72, 1972–73
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European Cup: 1971–72, 1972–73
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European Super Cup: 1972, 1973
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Intercontinental Cup: 1972
Bastia
Saint-Étienne
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French League Championship: 1980–81
Netherlands
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FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1974, 1978
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UEFA European Championship third place: 1976
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Tournoi de Paris: 1978
Individual
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French Division 1 Foreign Player of the Year: 1977–78
Trivia
Rep is included in the "Classic Netherlands" team in the football video game
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 under the name of "Rak".
Rep is the namesake of the Irish indie pop band Jonny Rep. He also has a song in his honour, written by French rock band Mickey 3D, who hail from Saint Etienne.
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