Bennie Muller


Bennie Muller is a Dutch former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.
Muller was born in the Jewish Quarter of Amsterdam-East. His grandfather was a fruit seller named Levi Sluiter. Approximately 200 members of Muller's extended family were killed in the Holocaust.

Football career

Muller played club football for Ajax.
He also appeared for the Dutch national side on 43 occasions.

Personal life

Muller is Jewish, and was one of only five Jewish players to have played for Ajax – the others being Eddy Hamel, Johnny Roeg, Sjaak Swart and Daniël de Ridder.
Muller married on 27 September 1961. He has a daughter, Petra, and a son Danny, who is also a professional footballer. Muller later owned a cigar shop near Central Station.