Erik Willaarts
Personal information
Date of birth (1961-08-25) 25 August 1961
Place of birth Woudenberg, Netherlands
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
VV Woudenberg
VV Scherpenzeel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986-1987 FC Utrecht 28 (25)
1987-1988 Borussia Mönchengladbach 11 (2)
1988-1990 FC Utrecht 43 (17)
1990-1992 Dordrecht'90 (7)
1992-1993 Go Ahead Eagles 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erik Willaarts (born 25 August 1961 in Woudenberg) is a Dutch retired footballer.[1][2][3][4][5]

Career

Willaarts shot to fame when he scored a remarkable 25 goals for FC Utrecht in the 1986-87 Eredivisie season, after only having joined them from a sixth-tier amateur side at the start of that season. He finished runner-up to the great Marco van Basten in that season's top goalscorers list which earned him a move to German Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach.[6] He scored a club record 5 hattricks for Utrecht.[7]

He later played for Dordrecht’90 and SVV/Dordrecht’90[8] and Go Ahead Eagles but injuries cut short his career.

Personal life

Willaarts is an uncle of Ricky van Wolfswinkel,[9] who played for clubs in Portugal, France en England. After retiring is as a player, Willaarts became a kitchen salesman.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Willaarts van Bomber naar Absturz bij Gladbach goal.com
  2. ↑ Hoe is het met...Erik Willaarts ? home.zonnet.nl (Archived)
  3. ↑ Exact 50 jaar geleden ging Nederland stiekem van de Bundesliga houden nos.nl
  4. ↑ Topschutter Erik Willaarts deed alles op intuïtie exprofs.nl
  5. ↑ Paspoort van Erik Willaarts exprofs.nl
  6. ↑ "Doelpuntenmachine Erik Willaarts blikt terug op gouden tijd: "Alles ging erin. Ik kon niet missen."". ESPN (in Dutch). 29 March 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Bart Ramselaar produceert 32ste FC Utrecht-hattrick". FC Utrecht (in Dutch). 1 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "Historische spelers van FC Dordrecht & FC Utrecht". FC Dordrecht (in Dutch).
  9. ↑ "Willaarts: dubbel gevoel bij transfer neef Van Wolfswinkel". Parool (in Dutch). 6 June 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  10. ↑ 'Bij de eerste keukens die ik verkocht, was het alsof ik een doelpunt scoorde' Volkskrant.nl (Archived)
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