Willy Brokamp

Willy Brokamp (born 25 February 1946 in Kerkrade) 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".

Willy Brokamp
Brokamp in 1973
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-02-25) 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)
National team
1970–1973 Netherlands 6 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

In 1974, he transferred to Ajax Amsterdam, where he himself had two very good seasons (1974/75, 1975/76).

International career

He also played six games for the Dutch national team and scored six goals.[1]

Personal life

Brokamp 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]

References
  1. "Willy Brokamp – 25 February 1946". Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2007.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Voetbalstats.nl (Dutch)
  2. Willy Brokamp. Mijn Limburg, June 2007 (Dutch)
  3. Willy Brokamp: "Dit is niet netjes" 'Mister MVV' niet uitgenodigd voor eeuwfeest - Telegraaf (in Dutch)
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