John Veldman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Veldman

Dutch footballer

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1968

Place of Birth: Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

John Fitzgerald Veldman (born 24 February 1968 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a defender.
He is the brother of Elfried Veldman, who died in the Surinam Airways Flight 764 crash.
John Veldman started his professional career for PSV Eindhoven, and then moved on to Willem II, Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax, Vitesse and RBC Roosendaal.
While at Sparta, he started in various defensive positions and helped the club reach the final of the KNVB Cup in 1996. In the Eredivisie Veldman played 297 matches, from 1986 to 2001.
He earned a single cap for the Netherlands national football team, which came on 24 April 1996 in a 1–0 loss to Germany, and he was included in the Dutch squad for Euro 1996.