Faas Wilkes
![]() Wilkes in 1960 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Servaas Wilkes | ||
Date of birth | 13 October 1923 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 15 August 2006 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1933–1934 | RSV HION | ||
1934–1941 | Xerxes Rotterdam | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1941–1949 | Xerxes Rotterdam | 71 | (49) |
1949–1952 | Inter Milan | 95 | (47) |
1952–1953 | Torino | 12 | (1) |
1953–1956 | Valencia | 62 | (38) |
1956–1958 | VVV | 64 | (23) |
1958–1959 | Levante | 34 | (20) |
1959–1962 | Fortuna '54 | 88 | (33) |
1962–1964 | Xerxes Rotterdam | 28 | (10) |
Total | 454 | (221) | |
International career | |||
1946–1961 | Netherlands[1] | 38 | (35) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Servaas "Faas" Wilkes (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfaːs ˈʋɪlkəs], 13 October 1923 – 15 August 2006) was a Dutch football forward, who earned a total of 38 caps for the Netherlands 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. He also played for the Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career
[edit]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. He held the record of most goals scored for the Netherlands national team from 1959 until 1998.
The Dutch cartoon character Kick Wilstra was named in part after Faas Wilkes (Wilstra was also named after two other Dutch men's footballers, Kick Smit and Abe Lenstra).
Career statistics
[edit]Player
[edit]Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 | Serie A | 34 | 17 | 34 | 17 | ||||||
1950–51 | Serie A | 38 | 23 | 38 | 23 | |||||||
1951–52 | Serie A | 23 | 7 | 23 | 7 | |||||||
Total | 95 | 47 | 95 | 47 | ||||||||
Torino | 1952–53 | Serie A | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||||||
Valencia | 1953–54 | La Liga | 28 | 18 | 28 | 18 | ||||||
1954–55 | La Liga | 15 | 9 | 15 | 9 | |||||||
1955–56 | La Liga | 19 | 11 | 19 | 11 | |||||||
Total | 62 | 38 | 62 | 38 | ||||||||
Venlo | 1956–57 | Eredivisie | 30 | 8 | 30 | 8 | ||||||
1957–58 | Eredivisie | 34 | 15 | 34 | 15 | |||||||
Total | 64 | 23 | 64 | 23 | ||||||||
Levante | 1958–59 | Segunda División | 34 | 20 | 34 | 20 | ||||||
Fortuna '54 | 1959–60 | Eredivisie | 30 | 16 | 30 | 16 | ||||||
1960–61 | Eredivisie | 27 | 5 | 27 | 5 | |||||||
1961–62 | Eredivisie | 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 |
International
[edit]- Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wilkes goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 10 March 1946 | Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | ![]() |
1-0 | 6-2 | Friendly | [4] |
2 | 2-1 | ||||||
3 | 3-1 | ||||||
4 | 6-1 | ||||||
5 | 12 May 1946 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
1-1 | 6-3 | Friendly | [5] |
6 | 5-3 | ||||||
7 | 6-3 | ||||||
8 | 30 May 1946 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium | ![]() |
1-0 | 2-2 | Friendly | [6] |
9 | 2-0 | ||||||
10 | 21 September 1947 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
2-1 | 6-2 | Friendly | [7] |
11 | 6-2 | ||||||
12 | 9 June 1948 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
1-0 | 1-0 | Friendly | [8] |
13 | 26 July 1948 | Fratton Park, Portsmouth, United Kingdom | ![]() |
1-0 | 3-1 | 1948 Summer Olympics | [9] |
14 | 3-1 | ||||||
15 | 31 July 1948 | Arsenal Stadium, London, United Kingdom | ![]() |
3-3 | 3-4 | 1948 Summer Olympics | [10] |
16 | 23 April 1949 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
4-1 | 4-1 | Friendly | [11] |
17 | 12 June 1949 | Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark | ![]() |
2-1 | 2-1 | Friendly | [12] |
18 | 19 May 1955 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
1-0 | 4-1 | Friendly | [13] |
19 | 4-0 | ||||||
20 | 6 June 1956 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
3-1 | 3-2 | Friendly | [14] |
21 | 3 April 1957 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
1-1 | 1-2 | Friendly | [15] |
22 | 11 September 1957 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
2-1 | 5-2 | 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification | [16] |
23 | 17 November 1957 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
3-0 | 5-2 | Friendly | [17] |
24 | 4-0 | ||||||
25 | 13 April 1958 | Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium | ![]() |
5-1 | 7-2 | Friendly | [18] |
26 | 6-1 | ||||||
27 | 23 April 1958 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
1-0 | 8-1 | Friendly | [19] |
28 | 2-0 | ||||||
29 | 4 May 1958 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
1-0 | 1-2 | Friendly | [20] |
30 | 4 October 1959 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
3-0 | 9-1 | Friendly | [21] |
31 | 4-0 | ||||||
32 | 6-0 | ||||||
33 | 4 November 1959 | De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
3-1 | 7-1 | Friendly | [22] |
34 | 7-1 | ||||||
35 | 19 April 1961 | Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
1-1 | 1-2 | Friendly | [23] |
Honours
[edit]- Internazionale
- Valencia
- La Liga Third Place: 1953–54
- Concepción Arenal Trophy: 1954[24]
- Levante
- Segunda División Runner-up: 1958–59
Individual
- Netherlands All-Time Top Scorer: 1959–1998[25]
- Spanish Player of the Year: 1954[26]
- Internazionale Top Scorer: 1950–51[27]
- Valencia Top Scorer: 1953–54, 1955–56[28][29]
- Levante Top Scorer: 1958–59[30]
References
[edit]- ^ "Faas Wilkes – Goals in International Matches". Retrieved 13 November 2008.
- ^ "Faas Wilkes". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ Faas Wilkes at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Luxembourg v Netherlands, 10 March 1946". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Belgium, 12 May 1946". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Belgium v Netherlands, 30 May 1946". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Switzerland, 21 September 1947". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Sweden, 09 June 1948". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands vs Rep. of Ireland* international football match report". EU Football.info. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Great Britain v Netherlands, 31 July 1948". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v France, 23 April 1949". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Denmark v Netherlands, 12 June 1949". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Switzerland, 19 May 1955". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Saar, 06 June 1956". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Germany, 03 April 1957". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Luxembourg v Netherlands, 11 September 1957". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Belgium, 17 November 1957". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Belgium v Netherlands, 13 April 1958". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Netherlands Antilles, 23 April 1958". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Turkey, 04 May 1958". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Belgium, 04 October 1959". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Norway, 04 November 1959". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Netherlands v Mexico, 19 April 1961". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Trofeo Concepción Arenal (Ferrol)".
- ^ "Faas Wilkes – Goals in International Matches".
- ^ "Faas Wilkes, futbolista holandés". El País. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
En 1954 fue elegido jugador del año, por encima de Kubala y Di Stéfano, los grandes del momento, con los que coincidió.
- ^ "Italy 1950/51".
- ^ "Plantilla del Valencia 1953–54".
- ^ "Plantilla del Valencia 1955–56".
- ^ "Plantilla del Levante 1958–59".
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Faas Wilkes at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- Faas Wilkes at BDFutbol
- Faas Wilkes at Wereld van Oranje (archived) (in Dutch)
- In memorial for Faas Wilkes Archived 16 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine (Dutch)
- 1923 births
- 2006 deaths
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Eredivisie players
- Serie A players
- XerxesDZB players
- Inter Milan players
- Torino FC players
- La Liga players
- Valencia CF players
- VVV-Venlo players
- Levante UD footballers
- Fortuna Sittard players
- Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
- Footballers from Rotterdam