Willem van der Ark (born November 13, 1963 in Groningen) is a former Dutch football (soccer) striker, who played for Aberdeen in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of 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 Strikers, also known as forwards and attackers, are the players on a team in Association football (soccer in the row nearest to the opposing Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons, The Reds and The Dandies) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 He was one of a series of Dutch players signed for the Scottish side during this time and Van der Ark was bought as a striker and noted for his height (6 foot, 5 inches). Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
During his time at Aberdeen he made 77 appearances (38 of them as substitute), scoring 17 goals and securing 2 winners medals – the 1989/90 Skol Cup and 1989/90 Scottish Cup. The Scottish Football League Cup is an Association football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national football cup competition of Scotland He also played for Cambuur Leeuwarden, FC Utrecht and Willem II Tilburg