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???? -1989 7 june 1989 zanderij airport , paramaribo , suriname willem ii tilburg venlo , netherlands ? 8 ? 0 200 defender 4 january 1967 ruben kogeldans.jpg ruben kogeldans
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ruben kogeldans

ruben kogeldans -lrb- 4 january 1967 in venlo -- 7 june 1989 in paramaribo -rrb- was a dutch-surinamese footballer .
during his career he served vvv-venlo and willem ii tilburg .
he died at the age of 22 , when on 7 june 1989 he was killed in the surinam airways flight py764 air crash in paramaribo .
his father was also a footballer and was played for the suriname national football team .
one of his passions off the pitch were the drums .
with his father as his idol kogeldans was determined to succeed as a professional footballer .
he was talented and was able to sign his first professional contract with vvv-venlo .
media and fans were not convinced of his qualities and he received a lot of criticism from the media , but every time he was able to response with his feet .
he was a strong defender with a lot of professional discipline in both the matches as on the training pitch .
among the willem ii fans he was a popular player and his status was still growing .
kogeldans left vvv-venlo and moved to willem ii tilburg .
here he was no key player , but was occasionally used in their line-ups in which he performed well and again was able to response on criticism with his efforts on the pitch .
he 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 .
the surinam airways flight py764 crashed during approach to paramaribo-zanderij international airport , killing 176 of the 187 on board , including kogeldans , making it the worst ever aviation disaster in suriname 's history .
among the deads were a total of 15 members of the colourful 11 , only three of them survived .
ruben 's parents still are in a process against the surinam airways .
due to the mistakes made at the company they were not satisfied with the fact that they blamed the crew for their mistakes that caused the disaster .
