Gus Uhlenbeek

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Gustav "Gus" Uhlenbeek (born 20 August 1970 in Paramaribo) is a Dutch footballer. Uhlenbeek was born in the former Dutch colony Suriname, but grew up in Amsterdam. He has spent more than a decade in English football, and currently plays for Halifax Town.

Uhlenbeek plays on the right side of midfield, or as a right-back. He began his career at Ajax, but only played twice for the first team and left the club in 1992. He later played first division football for Cambuur Leeuwarden and TOP Oss, before joining English side Ipswich in 1995.

In his first two seasons at Portman Road, Uhlenbeek was a regular, but he lost his place in the team, and joined Fulham in 1998. After two years at Fulham, he joined Sheffield United in 2000. He spent two seasons at Bramall Lane, later playing for Walsall, Bradford City, Chesterfield and Wycombe Wanderers. Uhlenbeek was offered a new contract by Wycombe in the summer of 2005, but joined Mansfield instead as it was closer to his home in the Sheffield area.

Uhlenbeek had a fine but somewhat inconsistent season at Mansfield, where he was one of the few veterans in an otherwise very young team. His contract expired at the end of the 2005-06 season, and Uhlenbeek was subsequently released. After his release he added to the force of Halifax Town.

On 2nd December 2006 Uhlenbeek scored his first goal for Halifax against Woking.

[edit] Playing Career


Halifax Town A.F.C. - Current Squad

1 Mawson | 2 Haslam | 3 Doughty | 4 Young | 5 Quinn | 6 Kearney | 7 Forrest | 8 Foster | 9 Smeltz | 10 Killeen | 11 Sugden | 12 Toulson | 13 Hedge | 14 Wright | 15 Senior | 16 Roberts | 17 Jacobs | 18 Thompson | 20 Torpey | 21 Campbell | 22 Uhlenbeek | 23 Gray | 24 Butler | 25 Matthews | Manager: Wilder
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