Clifton Sandvliet

Clifton Sandvliet

Personal information
Date of birth	(1977-08-18) August 18, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2003	SNL	24	(27)
2003–2004	Transvaal	24	(10)
2004–2012	WBC	83	(57)
International career^‡
2000–2008	Suriname	30	(9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 1, 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 15, 2008

Clifton Sandvliet (born August 18, 1977) is a Surinamese retired professional footballer. He played for SV Transvaal, Walking Boys Company and the National Army. Sandvliet won three top scorer standings of the league SVB.

His record with the national football team of Suriname is 30 caps and 9 goals.[1][2]

Club career

For all of his three clubs; Sportvereniging Nationaal Leger, SV Transvaal and Walking Boys Company he has scored a massive 94 goals. He has played senior first-team club football since 2000.

International career

Sandvliet played from 2000 until 2008 for the Surinamese football team. After a brief interruption from 2006, he returned to the team on June 14, 2008 during the World Cup qualifying match against Guyana. In this game he made the only goal.

Player statistics

season	Club	country	Competition	matches	Goals
2001/2002	SNL	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	24	27[3]
2002/2003	SNL	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
2003/2004	SV Transvaal	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	24	10
2004/2005	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	23	20
2005/2006	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	25	27
2006/2007	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	16	3
2007/2008	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	19	7
2008/2009	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
2009/2010	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
2010/2011	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
2011/2012	Walking Boys Company	Suriname	Hoofdklasse	?	?
Updated to June 21, 2009			Total	131	94

Honours and awards

Club (4)

Walking Boys Company

• Hoofdklasse: 2005/06, 2008/09
• Suriname President's Cup: 2006, 2009
• Beker van Suriname: 2004 (Runner up)

Individual (12 awards)

• Hoofdklasse Top Scorer (2): 2001/2002, 2005/06
• Top scorer of Suriname: 9 Goals
• Most caps of Suriname: 30 Caps
• Hoofdklasse Best player (2): 2005, 2006[4]
• Hoofdklasse Golden Shoe (5): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006[5]
• All-Time Scorers in Hoofdklasse since 1999 (unofficial data)[6]

References

1. FIFA.com
2. "Clifton Sandvliet – Suriname – Caribbean Football | caribbeanfootballdatabase". October 3, 2017.
3. "Clifton Sandvliet". National-Football-Teams.com.
4. nl:SVB-hoofdklasse#Beste spelers
5. nl:SVB-hoofdklasse#Beste spelers
6. Hoofdklasse (Suriname)#All-Time Scorers

External links

• Clifton Sandvliet – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Clifton Sandvliet at National-Football-Teams.com