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{{short description|Surinamese footballer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Clifton Sandvliet
| fullname = 
| image = 
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1977|8|18}}
| birth_place = [[Paramaribo]], Suriname
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1= 
| youthclubs1=
| years1 = 2000–2003 | years2 = 2003–2004 | years3 =2004–2012
| clubs1 = [[Sportvereniging Nationaal Leger|SNL]] | clubs2 = [[SV Transvaal|Transvaal]] | clubs3 =[[Walking Boys Company|WBC]]
| caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 27  | caps2 = 24 | goals2 = 10  | caps3 = 83 | goals3 = 57
| nationalyears1= 2000–2008
| nationalteam1= [[Suriname national football team|Suriname]]
| nationalcaps1= 33 | nationalgoals1 = 12 
| pcupdate = January 1, 2008
| ntupdate = November 15, 2008
}}

'''Clifton Sandvliet''' (born August 18, 1977) is a Surinamese retired professional [[association football|footballer]]. He played for [[SV Transvaal]], [[Walking Boys Company]] and the National Army. Sandvliet won three top scorer standings of the league SVB.

His record with the national football team of Suriname is 33 caps and 12 goals.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130630094529/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=829798/index.html FIFA.com]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/suriname/players/cliftonsandvliet.html|title=Clifton Sandvliet – Suriname – Caribbean Football &#124; caribbeanfootballdatabase|date=October 3, 2017}}</ref>

==Club career==
For all of his three clubs; [[Sportvereniging Nationaal Leger]], [[SV Transvaal]] and [[Walking Boys Company]] he has scored a massive 94 goals. He has played senior first-team club football since 2000.

==International career==
Sandvliet played from 2000 until 2008 for the Surinamese football team. After a brief interruption from 2006, he returned to the team on June 14, 2008 during the World Cup qualifying match against [[Guyana national football team|Guyana]]. In this game he made the only goal.

== Player statistics ==
{| Class = "wikitable"
!season
!Club
!country
!Competition
!matches
!Goals
|-
|2001/2002 ||[[SV SNL|SNL]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|24||align="center"|27<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6328.html |title=Clifton Sandvliet |website=National-Football-Teams.com |access-date=}}</ref>
|-
|2002/2003 ||[[SV SNL|SNL]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|?||align="center"|?
|-
|2003/2004 ||[[SV Transvaal]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|24||align="center"|10
|-
|2004/2005 ||[[Walking Boys Company]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|23||align="center"|20
|-
|2005/2006 ||[[Walking Boys Company]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|25||align="center"|27
|-
|2006/2007 ||[[Walking Boys Company]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|16||align="center"|3
|-
|2007/2008 ||[[Walking Boys Company]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|19||align="center"|7
|-
|2008/2009||[[Walking Boys Company]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|?||align="center"|?
|-
|2009/2010||[[Walking Boys Company]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|?||align="center"|?
|-
|2010/2011||[[Walking Boys Company]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|?||align="center"|?
|-
|2011/2012||[[Walking Boys Company]]|| [[Suriname]]||[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]||align="center"|?||align="center"|?
|-
! colspan="3" | <small>Updated to June 21, 2009</small> !! Total !! 131 !! 94
|}

==Honours and awards==

===Club (4)===
; '''Walking Boys Company''':
*'''[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]]''': 2005/06, 2008/09
*'''[[Suriname President's Cup]]''': 2006, 2009
*'''[[Beker van Suriname]]''': 2004 (Runner up)

===Individual (12 awards)===
*'''[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]] Top Scorer (2)''': 2001/2002, 2005/06
*'''Top scorer of Suriname''': 9 Goals
*'''Most caps of Suriname''': 30 Caps
*'''[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]] Best player (2)''': 2005, 2006<ref>[[:nl:SVB-hoofdklasse#Beste spelers]]</ref>
*'''[[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]] Golden Shoe (5)''': 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006<ref>[[:nl:SVB-hoofdklasse#Beste spelers]]</ref>
*'''All-Time Scorers in [[Surinamese League|Hoofdklasse]] since 1999 (unofficial data)'''<ref>[[Hoofdklasse (Suriname)#All-Time Scorers]]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIFA}}
* {{NFT}}

{{Surinamese Footballer of the Year}}
{{Surinamese Golden Boot Winner}}
{{SVB Hoofdklasse top scorers}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Footballers from Paramaribo]]
[[Category:Surinamese men's footballers]]
[[Category:Suriname men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Sportvereniging Nationaal Leger players]]
[[Category:S.V. Transvaal players]]
[[Category:S.V. Walking Boyz Company players]]
[[Category:SVB Eerste Divisie players]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]