Stanley Menzo
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stanley Purl Menzo | ||
| Date of birth | 15 October 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TWW Centrum | |||
| 1980–1983 | AVV Zeeburgia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1983–1994 | Ajax | 249 | (0) |
| 1984 | → Haarlem (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | PSV | 15 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Lierse | 73 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Ajax | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | AGOVV | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1992 | Netherlands | 6 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2003 | AGOVV | ||
| 2003–2004 | AFC | ||
| 2005–2006 | AGOVV | ||
| 2006–2008 | Volendam | ||
| 2008–2010 | Cambuur | ||
| 2010–2013 | Vitesse (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Lierse | ||
| 2014–2015 | AFC | ||
| 2016 | Ajax Cape Town (youth) | ||
| 2016– | Ajax Cape Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stanley Purl Menzo (born 15 October 1963) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and currently works as a manager of Ajax Cape Town in the South African Premier Soccer League.
Most of his professional career was spent at Ajax (ten full seasons), appearing in more than 300 official matches with the club and winning nine major titles.
Menzo represented the Dutch national team in one World Cup and one European Championship.
Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, Menzo arrived at Eredivisie giants Ajax Amsterdam at the age of 19, from amateurs A.V.V. Zeeburgia.
After two seasons deputising for Hans Galjé, and a loan to fellow league side HFC Haarlem, he became the starter for the 1985–86 campaign. Newly appointed manager Johan Cruyff believed that Menzo was one of the first goalkeepers who could also make his mark as a field player.
Menzo then proceeded to remain an undisputed starter for seven full seasons, helping Ajax to the 1989–90 national title, as well as the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1991–92 UEFA Cup. However, after a game in the latter competition the following season, a 2–4 loss at AJ Auxerre, during which he scored an own goal and was also directly related to another, he lost his place to youth graduate Edwin van der Sar, and never regained it.
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