Henk Bosveld
- August 6, 1998
- 57 years
- heart attack
About Henk Bosveld
Henk Bosveld, 57, Dutch footballer, heart attack.
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Full Biography
|Hendrikus ("Henk") Johannes Bosveld (10 July 1941 – 6 August 1998) was a Dutch football midfielder, who was nicknamed Charly after Charles Chaplin due to a similar style of walking.
Club career
Born in Velp, he started playing football at local side VVO and was named best player of Vitesse in the twentieth century. He also played for Sportclub Enschede and left them for Sparta in 1964. He retired from professional football on 12 June 1979.
He later was manager of Arnhem amateur side VIJDO.
International career
Bosveld made his debut for the Netherlands in an October 1962 friendly match against Belgium. He won his second and final cap in an April 1964 friendly against Austria.
Death and legacy
He died in 1998 in Arnhem from a myocardial infarction, aged 57. The East Stand at Vitesse's GelreDome was named in his honour in 2016.
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