Peet Petersen was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 soccer player who played for AFC Ajax en NAC Breda

NAC Breda

NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...

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Petersen came from the club De Volewijckers from Amsterdam-North and got a contract with Ajax in 1960. His debut for the first team was on 17 August 1960 against V.V. Zeist, but he did not get a regular spot as a left winger on the first team until the 1961-1962 season. He played four matches for the Dutch National team (taking the place of Coen Moulijn

Coen Moulijn

Coenraadt "Coen" Moulijn OON was a Dutch footballer who played for Feyenoord from 1955 to 1972 and was part of their European Cup victory in 1970.- Club career :...

) and scored one goal--the winning goal in 1963 that beat reigning world champion Brazil, 1-0.

In 1964-1965, new Ajax coach Rinus Michels

Rinus Michels

Marinus Jacobus Hendricus Michels OON was a Dutch association football player and coach...

 changed tactics and moved Piet Keizer

Piet Keizer

Petrus Johannes Keizer was a Dutch professional football player. Having played 364 matches for Ajax, from 1961 to 1974, he is the fourth most capped player for Ajax . He played on left-wing and with Ajax won the European Cup three consecutive times , having lost the 1969 final to A.C...

 to Petersen's spot, who left in 1965 for NAC.

Outside of his soccer career, Petersen taught physical education at the Parelschool in Amsterdam-East. He was a participant in the 1963 movie Mensen van Morgen ("People of Tomorrow") made by Kees Brusse

Kees Brusse

Kees Brusse is a Dutch actor and film director. He has appeared in 47 films and television shows since 1936. He starred in the 1975 film Dokter Pulder zaait papavers, which was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival....

, in which young people discuss their life and their hopes for the future. Petersen died at age 39 of a terminal disease.