Jacobus Theodorus Wilhelmus "Co" Prins (5 June 1938 – 26 September 1987) was a Dutch association football player. He played 184 matches for football club Ajax Amsterdam from 1959 to 1966 where he scored 60 goals. He played for the German football team 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the mid-sixties, being then one of the few foreign football professionals in Germany.
Prins earned his first international cap on 30 November 1960, in the Netherlands' 4–0 friendly match defeat to Czechoslovakia in Prague and won his tenth and last cap in a 0–0 World Cup qualifying draw with Switzerland on 17 November 1965 in Amsterdam.
As an actor, Prins played Dutch football player and Allied POW Pieter Van Beck in the film Escape to Victory in 1981.
He died of a heart attack while playing in a match in 1987.
Prins was married with Karin (whom he met whilst playing for Kaiserslautern in Germany) and he had two kids with her (Andy and Ronny), who both played professional football in Belgium.
Career statistics International career + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNetherlands196010196100196273196300196400196520Total103
Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Prins goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Co PrinsNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 5 September 1962 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands 3–0 8–0 Friendly2 8–0 3 26 September 1962 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark 1–2 1–4 Friendly
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