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Johnny Rep
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Rep in 1974
Personal information
Full name John Nicholaas Rep
Date of birth (1951-11-25) 25 November 1951 (age 74)
Place of birth Zaandam, Netherlands
Position Right winger
Youth career
ZFC Zaandam
Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1975 Ajax 97 (41)
1975–1977 Valencia 55 (22)
1977–1979 Bastia 65 (33)
1979–1983 Saint-Étienne 131 (44)
1983–1984 PEC Zwolle 32 (5)
1984–1986 Feyenoord 43 (5)
1986–1987 Haarlem 5 (0)
Total 428 (150)
International career
1973–1981 Netherlands 42 (12)
Managerial career
1994–1996 De Zwarte Schapen
1996–2001 Omniworld
2002–2005 Texel'94
2005–2007 Omniworld (scout)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Image Netherlands
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up1974 West Germany
Runner-up1978 Argentina
European Championship
Third place1976 Yugoslavia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Nicholaas Rep (born 25 November 1951)[1] is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He holds the all-time record for FIFA World Cup goals for the Netherlands with 7.[2]

Playing career

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Rep played as a right-footed striker in the Dutch World Cup teams of 1974 (West Germany) and 1978 (Argentina). He scored the winning goal for Ajax Amsterdam against Juventus in the 1973 European Cup Final in Belgrade and also helped SC Bastia reach the finals of the 1978 UEFA Cup. His pairing with Rob Rensenbrink was seen as an offensive powerhouse.[3]

He said that his time at Valencia was not good and that the only thing they helped him do was "learn Spanish".[3] He claimed that SC Bastia suited him best.[3] After his time in Bastia, Rep joined AS Saint-Étienne[4] and was part of a side that included Michel Platini.

Personal life

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He said he liked to distract himself by reading books by Harold Robbins and by playing cards.[3]

Career statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Netherlands 197331
1974124
197500
197631
197742
197893
197930
198031
198150
Total4212
Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rep goal.
List of international goals scored by Johnny Rep[5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
12 May 1973Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, NetherlandsImage Spain1–03–2Friendly
215 June 1974Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, GermanyImage Uruguay1–02–01974 FIFA World Cup
32–0
423 June 1974Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, NetherlandsImage Bulgaria3–04–11974 FIFA World Cup
526 June 1974Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, GermanyImage Argentina3–04–01974 FIFA World Cup
622 May 1976Heysel Stadium, Brussels, BelgiumImage Belgium1–12–1UEFA Euro 1976 qualification
726 March 1977Bosuil Stadium, Antwerp, BelgiumImage Belgium1–02–01978 FIFA World Cup qualification
831 August 1977Goffertstadion, Nijmegen, NetherlandsImage Iceland3–04–11978 FIFA World Cup qualification
911 June 1978Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, ArgentinaImage Scotland2–32–31978 FIFA World Cup
1014 June 1978Estadio Córdoba, Córdoba, ArgentinaImage Austria3–05–11978 FIFA World Cup
114–0
1214 June 1980Stadio San Paolo, Naples, ItalyImage West Germany1–32–3UEFA Euro 1980

Honours

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Ajax

Bastia

Saint-Étienne

Netherlands

Individual

Trivia

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Rep is included in the "Classic Netherlands" team in the football video game Pro Evolution Soccer 6 under the name of "Rak".

Rep is the namesake of the Irish indie pop band Jonny Rep.

He also has a song named in his honour, written by French rock band Mickey 3D, who hail from Saint Etienne.[8] In 2024, Wilfred Genee released the single Johnny Rep, an adaptation of the single Johnny Däpp by Austrian DJ Lorenz Büffel.[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "Johan Derksen - Het leven van Johnny Rep is een film" [Johan Derksen - the life of Johnny Rep is like a movie]. Voetbal International (in Dutch). 18 October 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Topscorers Nederlands elftal". voetbalstats.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Se llama rep y vive del gol [It's called rep and it lives on goals], web: Goles Mundial, June 1978, Issue #1538, 1978, retrieved 13 March 2023
  4. ↑ "Johnny Rep: Les Verts and Oranje Legend". 21 June 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Johnny Rep - Interlands Nederlands Elftal" (in Dutch).
  6. ↑ "1978 Tournoi de Paris". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "France - Footballer of the Year". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "'Goudhaantje' Rep is 70 jaar: een ode aan de blonde engel" ['Gem' Rep turns 70 years old: an ode to the blond angel]. NOS (in Dutch). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "RTL Boulevard keihard over EK-lied Wilfred Genee: 'Muziek moet hij aan iemand anders overlaten'". Veronica Superguide (in Dutch). 22 May 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
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