their UEFA Cup tie with FC Barcelona, whose coach was Dutchman Rinus Michels and whose star player (although he did not figure in the match) was Johan Cruijff. (Nice would go on to win the tie 3–2 on aggregate.) In 1974, Van Dijk joined Real Murcia in Spain, and a year later ended his football career. International career Meanwhile, Van Dijk had made his international debut on 26 March 1969 in a match for the Dutch national team against Luxembourg. Van Dijk scored once in a 4–0 victory. On 10 October 1971 Van Dijk played his seventh and final international match against East Germany. Personal life He was married to Wanda Kerbaum. After his playing career, he went back to Nice, working as a broker and living in nearby Saint-Paul-de-Vence. Death In 1997, he died suddenly at 51 years of age from acute endocarditis, a bacterial infection of the heart valves. In his memory, a benefit match was organized on 12 October 1997 between ONA Gouda and the Ajax of the Europe Cup I-finals from 1971. In May 2017, 20 years after his death, another matched was staged in his memory between former Ajax players and Nice. Honours Club Ajax Eredivisie: 1969–70, 1971–72 KNVB Cup: 1966–67, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72 European Cup: 1970–71, 1971–72 Individual Eredivisie top scorer: 1968–69 References External links Obituary - NRC Dick van Dijk at Voetbal International 1946 births 1997 deaths Footballers from Gouda, South Holland Association football forwards Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers SV SVV players FC Twente players AFC Ajax players OGC Nice players Real Murcia players Eredivisie players Ligue 1 players La Liga players Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Spain Infectious disease deaths in France UEFA Champions League winning players