II would not cooperate. Haatrecht would not play professional football for two seasons and joined amateur side VV Neerlandia '31 where is nephew and brother were also playing. In 1988, he returned to professional football as he was awarded to sign a contract at SC Heerenveen. In 1989 Winnie was invited by Sonny Hasnoe, the founder of the Colourful 11 to be part of the team and travel to Suriname to play in the "Boxel Kleurrijk Tournament" with three Surinamese teams. However Winnie withdrew from the squad close to the deadline as he had to play with his team in the play-offs. As a result, brother Jerry was asked to join the team instead of Winnie, which he immediately accepted. During the flight Jerry switched seats with Edu Nandlal. The Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashed during approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, killing 176 of the 187 on board, including Haatrecht, making it the worst ever aviation disaster in Suriname's history. Among the dead were a total of 15 members of the Colourful 11, only three of them survived. Nandlal was one of the survivors and was rescued first when Haatrecht was still alive, but died shortly after. One of the other survivors was his friend Sigi Lens. Winnie Haatrecht was totally shocked by the disaster and his brother's death. However three days after the accident he played with SC Heerenveen in the play-offs and a minute of silence was held. All eyes were on Haatrecht and his emotions were easily seen. The health of their mother who was fighting against cancer became worse after the disaster and she died in 1991. He felt guilty and he decided it was better to move from all the media attention and signed a contract with FC La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss second division. The spell in Switzerland was no success as the team got into financial trouble with Haatrecht being one of the most expensive players in the squad and he had to leave and moved to Cambuur Leeuwarden. In his final years of his career he played for TOP Oss. Coach Hans Dorjee wanted him seriously and even let him help him selecting other players for the team. Gus Uhlenbeek, Paul Nortan and Stanley MacDonald were signed on advice of Haatrecht and TOP Oss played a great season. After his career more and more players asked him to help them with their