Janus van der Gijp


Janus van de Gijp was a professional footballer from Dordrecht for SC Emma. He played on the team alongside his brothers Cor, Wim, and Freek, and their cousin Jur. Janus played in the position of right-winger.

Football career

Player

In 1949, Van der Gijp scored the last goal in the 3–0 victory over FC Eindhoven in the Zilveren Bal tournament finals, where all goals were by the Van der Gijps. The Van der Gijp machine had previously knocked Feyenoord out in the semifinals. Also in 1949, Van der Gijp missed a penalty in friendly tryout game on the Dutch National Team against Sweden. Van der Gijp had a decisive contribution in the return of SC Emma to the Eerste Klasse in 1950.
In 1954, the Eerste Klasse turned professional with SC Emma and Janus van der Gijp in it. In the first round of professional football through the KNVB, SC Emma beat Roda Sport 2–1 with the Dordrecht goals shot by Cor and Janus van der Gijp. He also tried managing that year. For six weeks at the beginning of the 1954–55 season, he coached the Saturday amateur team of ASWH, then quit and concetrated again entirely on playing. In 1955–56, after Cor left, Janus was the top scorer of SC Emma, along with Wim van der Gaag. In 1957, when Van der Gijp was about 36, SC Emma sold Van der Gijp to DHC Delft.

Coach

From 1959, Janus van der Gijp became the manager of the amateur football clubs VV Zwaluwen, BEC Delft, VV BMT, NADO-Vooruitgang,SV WCR, RVV LMO, TDC Rotterdam, and VV Piershil.