Vic Gonsalves

Vic Gonsalves (20 October 1887 – 29 August 1922) was a Dutch amateur football (soccer) player. Between 1906 and 1923 he played 86 matches for HBS Craeyenhout. He was nicknamed "de Prins" (the Prince) and known as a midfielder with a decent pass.[1]

He made his debut for the Netherlands in 1909 away to Belgium, which the Dutch won 1-4.[2] A month later he received his second cap in a 4-0 home loss against England.[3] His third and final cap was a 3-2 defeat against Belgium in 1910.[4][5] Gonsalves was a part of the Dutch Olympic team which won the bronze medal in the 1912 tournament; however, since he was a reserve player and did not play in a match, he was not given a medal.[6][7][8]

He suffered with health problems and died at the age of 35.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 V.A. (Vic) 'de prins' Gonsalves, hbs-craeyenhout.nl
  2. ↑ "Belgie-Nederland, 21 March 1909, on". Iffhs.de.
  3. ↑ KNVB.nl
  4. ↑ Vic Gonsalves caps, voetbalstats.nl
  5. ↑ "Belgie-Nederland 13 March 1910, on". Iffhs.de.
  6. ↑ Sergey-63. "bigsoccer.com". bigsoccer.com.
  7. ↑ "IFFHS Magazines". Iffhs.de.
  8. ↑