Steve van Dorpel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Steve van Dorpel

Dutch footballer

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1965

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 07-Jun-1989

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Steven ("Steve") van Dorpel (13 December 1965 in Amsterdam – 7 June 1989 in Paramaribo) was a Dutch-Surinamese footballer.
During his career he played for FC Volendam. He died at the age of 23, killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo on 7 June 1989.
He was nicknamed "De parel van de Bijlmer" (The pearl of the Bijlmer), named after the Bijlmer district in Amsterdam where he lived.
He was the nephew of fellow professional footballers Kevin Bobson and Etiënne Esajas and went to the same high school as Ortwin Linger, who also died in the crash.