Willy Brokamp

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. [ [http://www.voetbalstats.nl/nedxi/sp70.html "Voetbalstats.nl"] (Dutch)]

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. [ [http://mijnlimburg.web-log.nl/limburg/2007/06/willy_brokamp.html "Willy Brokamp"] "Mijn Limburg, june 2007" (Dutch) ] Since 1999, he also owns a bar there, named "In Kanne en Kruike".

Clubs

RKVV Chèvremont
MVV Maastricht
AFC Ajax Amsterdam

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