Jesaia Swart (born 3 July 1938), commonly known as Sjaak Swart, is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger for Ajax. During his career at Ajax, he amassed a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club. Biography Swart is Jewish and was born in Muiderberg, a fishing village about 20 kilometers east of Amsterdam. His Jewish fisherman father sold herring at the market. As a child, he and his father concealed themselves as non-Jews during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945, hiding from Germans and Dutch colluders, who rounded up any Jews; nearly 75 per cent of the Dutch Jewish population was killed in those years. Nicknamed Mr. Ajax, he played for Ajax a total of almost 600 matches, a record for the club, starting in 1956. He was part of their European Cup victories in 1971, 1972, 1973. For the Netherlands national team, Swart earned 31 caps, scoring ten goals. Career statistics Honours Ajax Eredivisie (7): 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73 KNVB Cup: 1960–61, 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72 European Cup: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73 Intertoto Cup: 1962 European Supercup: 1972, 1973 Intercontinental Cup: 1972 See also List of Jewish footballers List of select Jewish association football players References 1938 births Living people Footballers from Amsterdam Association football wingers Dutch footballers Jewish footballers Dutch sports agents Association football agents Dutch Jews Netherlands international footballers Jewish Dutch sportspeople Eredivisie players AFC Ajax players UEFA Champions League winning players