Servaas ("Faas") Wilkes (October 13, 1923, Rotterdam — August 15, 2006, Rotterdam) was a Dutch football (soccer) striker, who earned a total number of 38 caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored 35 goals (average 0,92). Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rotterdam (pronounced) is the 2nd-largest City by population in the Netherlands, located in the province of Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Rotterdam (pronounced) is the 2nd-largest City by population in the Netherlands, located in the province of The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association However, during a prolonged period of his career, between 1949 and 1956, he was considered not eligible for the Dutch National team as the then current rules did not allow for professional players.
Wilkes played with Xerxes Rotterdam, then arrived at Inter Milan in the summer of 1949. Football Club Internazionale Milano, most commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, or Inter, is an Italian professional football club Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He played with Inter 95 matches scoring 47 goals. After the Inter period ended in the 1952 he played one season with Torino and at the age of 30 he moved to La Liga for Valencia, scoring with los Ches a total of 38 goals in 62 appearances between 1953-54 and 1955-56 making him the first foreign idol of the Valencian club. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Torino Football Club 1906, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont The Primera División of the es Liga de Fútbol Profesional ( Professional Football League) commonly known as La Liga or Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia or Los Che) is a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia He also played for Levante and Hion. Levante Unión Deportiva ( ''Spanish'') also known as Llevant Unió Esportiva ( ''Valencian'') is a Spanish football club based in He died of a cardiac arrest, aged 82. A cardiac arrest, also known as cardiorespiratory arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest, is the abrupt cessation of normal circulation of
He is considered as one of the best football players the Netherlands ever had. Wilkes was the 4th Dutch player (after Gerrit Keizer, Bep Bakhuys and Gerrit Vreken) who played abroad. Gerard Pieter (Gerrit Keizer ( August 8, 1910 – December 5, 1980) also known as Gerard Keyser, was a Dutch football Elisa Hendrik Bakhuijs ( 16 April 1909 - 7 July 1982) was a Dutch football player who scored 28 goals in 23 games for
The Dutch cartoon character Kick Wilstra was named in part after Faas Wilkes (Wilstra was also named after two other Dutch footballers, Kick Smit and Abe Lenstra). Johannes Chrishostomos "Kick" Smit (born 3 November 1911 at Bloemendaal &ndash died 1 July 1974 at Haarlem) Abe Lenstra ( November 27, 1920 in Heerenveen &ndash September 2, 1985) was a Dutch football player and national
Clubs
- 1940-1949: Xerxes
- 1949-1952: Internazionale
- 1952-1953: Torino FC
- 1953-1956: Valencia
- 1956-1958: VVV
- 1958-1959: Levante
- 1959-1962: Fortuna '54
- 1962-1964: Xerxes
External links
- In memorial for Faas Wilkes (Dutch)
- Faas Wilkes profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)
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