Willy Brokamp (born 25 February 1946) 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 (age 78)
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)
International career
1970–1973 Netherlands 6 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

International career

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

Personal life

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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]

Honours

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MVV

References

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  1. ^ "Willy Brokamp – 25 February 1946". Archived from the original on 15 September 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2007.{{cite web}}: 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)
  4. ^ "Een blik in de clubhistorie..." (in Dutch). MVV Maastricht. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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