Faas Wilkes

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Dutch footballer

A.K.A.

Servaas "Faas" Wilkes

Gender:

Male

Places:

Netherlands

Is:

Athlete Football player Association football player

Work field:

Sports

Birth:

13 October 1923(Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Death:

15 August 2006(Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Star sign:

Libra

The details

Biography

Introduction

Servaas "Faas" Wilkes ([ˈfaːs ˈʋɪlkəs], 13 October 1923 – 15 August 2006) was a Dutch football forward, who earned a total of 38 caps for the Dutch national team, in which he scored 35 goals (average 0.92 goals per game). However, for a prolonged period of his career, June 1949 through till March 1955, he was banned from the national team since the KNVB did not allow professional players to participate.

Career

Wilkes played for Xerxes Rotterdam, before moving to Internazionale in the summer of 1949. There he played 95 matches, scoring 47 goals. After his stay in Milan ended in 1952, he had a one season spell at Torino. At age 30 he moved to Valencia in Spain, scoring a total of 38 goals in 62 appearances between 1953–54 and 1955–56, making him the first foreign idol of the club. He also played for VVV, Levante, and Fortuna '54. He died of a cardiac arrest in 2006, aged 82.

He is considered one of the best footballers the Netherlands ever produced, being especially known for his creative style of play and brilliant dribbling. Wilkes was the 4th Dutch player (after Gerrit Keizer, Bep Bakhuys and Gerrit Vreken) who moved to play abroad.

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).

Honours

Club

Internazionale

Serie A Runner-up: 1950–51
Serie A Third Place: 1949–50, 1951–52

Valencia

La Liga Third Place: 1953–54
Concepción Arenal Trophy: 1954

Levante

Segunda División Runner-up: 1958–59

Individual

Netherlands All-Time Top Scorer: 1959–1998
Spanish Player of the Year: 1954
Internazionale Top Scorer: 1950–51
Valencia Top Scorer: 1953–54, 1955–56
Levante Top Scorer: 1958–59

Career statistics

Player

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Xerxes Rotterdam	1945–46	3	1			–				3	1
	1946–47	19	8			–				19	8
	1947–48	24	19			–				24	19
	1948–49	25	21			–				25	21
	Total	71	49							71	49
Internazionale	1949–50	34	17							34	17
	1950–51	38	23							38	23
	1951–52	23	7							23	7
	Total	95	47							95	47
Torino	1952–53	12	1							12	1
Valencia	1953–54	28	18							28	18
	1954–55	15	9							15	9
	1955–56	19	11							19	11
	Total	62	38							62	38
Venlo	1956–57	30	8							30	8
	1957–58	34	15							34	15
	Total	64	23							64	23
Levante	1958–59	34	20							34	20
Fortuna '54	1959–60	30	16							30	16
	1960–61	27	5							27	5
	1961–62	31	12							31	12
	Total	88	33							88	33
Xerxes Rotterdam	1962–63	20	8							20	8
	1963–64	8	2							8	2
	Total	28	10							28	10
Total		454	221							454	221

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