Willem van der Ark
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willem van der Ark | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Groningen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| GVAV Rapiditas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984-1987 | Cambuur | 119 | (46) |
| 1988 | Willem II Tilburg | 14 | (7) |
| 1989-1991 | Aberdeen | 64 | (13) |
| 1991-1992 | FC Utrecht | 26 | (5) |
| 1993 | FC Den Haag | 10 | (4) |
| 1993-1994 | FC Utrecht | 31 | (6) |
| 1994-1996 | Cambuur | 7 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.
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).
Club career
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. He also played for Cambuur Leeuwarden, FC Utrecht and Willem II Tilburg He left Utrecht to return to Cambuur in summer 1994.[1]
Retirement
Van der Ark now works as a real estate agent in Leeuwarden.[2]
References
- ↑ FC Utrecht koopt Peter Hofstede en verkoopt Van der Ark - Trouw (Dutch)
- ↑ Medwerkers - Makelaardij Hoekstra(Dutch)
External links
- Articles with Dutch-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Groningen (city)
- Association football forwards
- Dutch footballers
- SC Cambuur players
- Willem II Tilburg players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- FC Utrecht players
- ADO Den Haag players
- Eredivisie players
- Scottish Football League players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
