Willy Brokamp (born 25 February 1946) is a former football player for MVV Maastricht in the 1960s and 1970s who recruited him from RKVV Chèvremont (in the community of Kerkrade). His nickname was "The blond arrow".
 Brokamp in 1973 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 February 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Chevremont, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| RKVV Chevremont | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1974 | MVV | 318 | (122) |
| 1974–1976 | Ajax | 48 | (20) |
| 1976–1978 | MVV | 37 | (17) |
| International career | |||
| 1970–1973 | Netherlands | 6 | (6) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He ranked highly in the Footballer of the Year classification for several times. In 1973, he shared the first place on the list of top scorers with 18 goals together with Cas Janssens.
Club career
editIn 1974, he transferred to Ajax Amsterdam, where he himself had two very good seasons (1974/75, 1975/76).
International career
editHe also played six games for the Dutch national team and scored six goals.[1]
Personal life
editBrokamp was not only a footballer. During his football career he started his own bar. For many years he was manager of the bar "Aux Pays-Bas" next to the Vrijthof and several other establishments in Maastricht.
He currently lives in Kanne, Belgium near Maastricht.[2] Since 1999, he also owns a bar there, named In Kanne en Kruike.[3]
Honours
editMVV
References
edit
- ^ "Willy Brokamp – 25 February 1946". Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Voetbalstats.nl (Dutch) - ^ Willy Brokamp. Mijn Limburg, June 2007 (Dutch)
- ^ Willy Brokamp: "Dit is niet netjes" 'Mister MVV' niet uitgenodigd voor eeuwfeest – Telegraaf (in Dutch)
- ^ "Een blik in de clubhistorie..." (in Dutch). MVV Maastricht. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
External links
edit- Willy Brokamp at National-Football-Teams.com