Career
During his career he served Arizona "67, Football Club Volendam and Telstar. He died at the age of 38, when on 22 October 2001 he was killed by a neighbour after some arguments about parked scooters. He was nicknamed "Eddy Love" and he is not related to Florian Vijent.
Vijent who was a lefty was able to play in either the defence, the midfield or the attack, but was mainly used as a midfielder.
He made his professional debut at Arizona but made a move towards Football Club Volendam. With this team he promoted in 1987 from the Eerste Divisie to the Eredivisie, the highest level in Dutch football.
He ended his career after playing a few seasons for Telstar. After his career Vijent lived in Amsterdam and played some football for amateur side De Germaan.
On 22 October 2001 Vijent was killed by a neighbour who lived a few homes away.
The cause was a long term discussion about a parking spot in front of the house of the suspect. When a truck driver wanted to park his truck at the spot Vijent decided to move the scooters, causing a fight with the brothers. Two police officers came in between, but later the suspects came back to Vijent to threaten him.
When he opened the door Vijent was stabbed to death.