Johnny Rep

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Personal information
Johnny Rep

Full name	John Nicholaas Rep
Date of birth	25 November 1951 (1951-11-25) (age 57)
Place of birth	Zaandam, Netherlands
Playing position	right wing attacker
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth career
	ZFC Zaandam Ajax Amsterdam
Senior career¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1971-1975 1975-1977 1977-1979 1979-1983 1983-1984 1984-1986 1986-1987 1971-1987	Ajax Amsterdam Valencia CF SC Bastia AS Saint-Etienne PEC Zwolle Feyenoord Rotterdam HFC Haarlem Total	97 (41) 55 (22) 65 (33) 131 (44) 32 (5) 43 (5) 5 (0) 428 (150)
National team²
1973-1981	Netherlands	42 (12)
Teams managed
1994-1996 1996-2001 2002-2005 2005-2007	Zwarte Schapen FC Omniworld Texel'94 FC Omniworld (scout)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

John Nicholaas "Johnny" Rep (born 25 November 1951 in Zaandam, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch football striker. He currently holds the all time record for FIFA World Cup goals for the Netherlands with 7. He admitted to making a 'schalbe' i.e. diving to fool the referee, when the Netherlands were awarded a penalty against Scotland in the group game between the two countries at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.

[edit] Playing career

He played as a right-sided forward in the Dutch World Cup teams of 1974 (West Germany) and 1978 (Argentina). Rep scored the winning goal for Ajax Amsterdam against Juventus in the 1973 European Cup final in Belgrade. He also helped SC Bastia reach the finals of the 1978 UEFA Cup.

[edit] Trivia

Rep is included in the 'Classic Netherlands' team in Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6 under the name of 'Rak'.

v • d • e Netherlands squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Geels • 2 Haan • 3 van Hanegem • 4 van Ierssel • 5 Israël • 6 Jansen • 7 de Jong • 8 Jongbloed • 9 Keizer • 10 R. van de Kerkhof • 11 W. van de Kerkhof • 12 Krol • 13 Neeskens • 14 Cruijff • 15 Rensenbrink • 16 Rep • 17 Rijsbergen • 18 Schrijvers • 19 Strik • 20 Suurbier • 21 Treijtel • 22 Vos • Coach: Michels

v • d • e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1976 Third Place

1 Schrijvers • 2 Suurbier • 3 Rijsbergen • 4 Van Kraay • 5 Krol • 6 Neeskens • 7 Jansen • 8 Rep • 9 Cruijff • 10 W. van de Kerkhof • 11 Rensenbrink • 12 Van Hanegem • 13 Geels • 14 Peters • 15 R. van de Kerkhof • 16 Arntz • 17 Ruiter • 18 Jongbloed • 19 Kist • 20 Meutstege • Coach: Knobel

v • d • e Netherlands squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

1 Schrijvers • 2 Poortvliet • 3 Schoenaker • 4 van Kraay • 5 Krol • 6 Jansen • 7 Wildschut • 8 Jongbloed • 9 Haan • 10 R. van de Kerkhof • 11 W. van de Kerkhof • 12 Rensenbrink • 13 Neeskens • 14 Boskamp • 15 Hovenkamp • 16 Rep • 17 Rijsbergen • 18 Nanninga • 19 Doesburg • 20 Suurbier • 21 Lubse • 22 Brandts • Coach: Happel

v • d • e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1980

1 Schrijvers • 2 Wijnstekers • 3 Van de Korput • 4 Hovenkamp • 5 Krol • 6 Poortvliet • 7 R. van de Kerkhof • 8 W. van de Kerkhof • 9 Kist • 10 Haan • 11 Otto • 12 Rep • 13 Nanninga • 14 Koster • 15 Stevens • 16 Doesburg • 17 Vreijsen • 18 Thijssen • 19 Zondervan • 20 van Breukelen • 21 Brandts • 22 Metgod • Coach: Zwartkruis