Willy Brokamp
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Willy Brokamp (Kerkrade, February 25, 1946) is a former footballplayer 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”.
He ranked high in the Footballplayer of the year-classification for several times. In 1973 he shared the first place on the list of top scorers with 18 goals.
In 1974 he made a transfer to Ajax Amsterdam, where he himself had 2 very good seasons (1974/1975, 1975/1976) (without him Ajax would have sunk deeper that period). He also played 6 games for the Dutch national team and scored 6 goals.[1]
Brokamp was not only a footballplayer. Already 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.
[edit] Clubs
RKVV Chèvremont
MVV Maastricht
AFC Ajax Amsterdam
[edit] References
- ^ Voetbalstats.nl (Dutch)
- ^ Willy Brokamp Mijn Limburg, june 2007 (Dutch)
