Willem Boerdam

Willem Boerdam
Personal information
Date of birth (1883 -11-02)2 November 1883
Place of birth Vlaardingen
Date of death 9 December 1966(1966-12-09) (aged 83)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908-1921 Sparta
National team
1909-1920 Netherlands 2 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Willem Boerdam (2 November 1883 – 9 December 1966) was a Dutch footballer. He was part of the Netherlands national football team, playing 2 matches.

Club career

An agile and stocky technician, he was nicknamed Willem de Springer (Willem the Jumper) because of his athletic footballing style.[1] He played the majority of his career for Sparta.

International career

He played his first match on 25 April 1909.[2] He was part of the Dutch team at the 1920 Summer Olympics, but because he didn't play he didn't get a bronze medal.

See also

References

  1. Profile - Voetbal Legends (Dutch)
  2. "Totaal Interlands" [Total Caps] (in Dutch). voetbalstats.nl. Retrieved 30 April 2016.


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