Frans Bouwmeester

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Personal information
Frans Bouwmeester
Full name	Frans Bouwmeester
Date of birth	May 19, 1940 (1940-05-19) (age 68)
Place of birth	Breda, Netherlands
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	NAC
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1956-1960 1960-1966 1966-1969 1969-1970 1970-1971	NAC Feijenoord NAC Racing White DFC	100 (25) 139 (44) 65 (4) 1 (0) ? (?)
National team²
1959-1968	Netherlands	5 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Frans Bouwmeester (born 19 May 1940 in Breda) is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a left winger and who is currently head scout at Feyenoord Rotterdam.

Bouwmeester started his career in his town of birth, Breda where he played for NAC. After three seasons at this team he made a switch towards Feijenoord. This turned out to be the most successful period in his career. In both 1961 and 1962 Feijenoord took the Eredivisie Championship. In 1965 Bouwmeester and Feijenoord won both the league and the KNVB Cup.

From 1959 to 1968 Bouwmeester was also called up to represent the Dutch national football team. He made his debut in a 7-0 loss versus Germany on 21 October 1959. In total he would play in five international matches.

After his career Bouwmeester became a scout at Willem II Tilburg from 1992 to 1994. After that he became head scout at Feijenoord.