Bobby Vosmaer

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Bobby Vosmaer
Bobby Vosmaer in Haarlem, 1974 - 10.jpg
Bobby Vosmaer in 1974
Personal information
Full name Robert Vosmaer
Date of birth (1951-07-17) July 17, 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Surabaya, Indonesia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1972 VUC Den Haag
1972–1974 HFC Haarlem 54 (10)
1974–1978 AZ '67 51 (12)
1977–1978 → MVV Maastricht (loan) 25 (7)
1979–1980 VV Eijsden
1980 Philadelphia Fury 23 (7)
1981–1982 Montreal Manic 44 (3)
1981–1982 Montreal Manic (indoor) 16 (1)
1982–1983 Chicago Sting (indoor) 42 (10)
1983 FC Inter-Montréal
1983–1985 Pittsburgh Spirit (indoor) 67 (17)
1984 Charlotte Gold
1985–1987 Chicago Sting (indoor) 31 (21)
1987 Canton Invaders (indoor) 7 (2)
1987–1989 Milwaukee Wave (indoor) 18 (2)
International career
1971 Netherlands Olympic
1972 Netherlands U21
1975 Netherlands 2 (0)
Managerial career
1992 Montreal Supra
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Vosmaer (born 17 July 1951) is a former Dutch footballer who played as a forward and represented the Netherlands national football team.

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Early life

Vosmaer was born in 1951 in Indonesia, as his father was in the Royal Netherlands Navy, and moved to the Netherlands in 1954, at the age of 3. [1] He grew up playing "street soccer" with his friends and later competed for regional and national Dutch amateur teams. [1]

Playing career

Vosmaer began his career in the Netherlands, playing with amateur club VUC Den Haag from 1969 to 1972. [2] [3] During this time, he was called up to the national Olympic team to play qualifying matches for the 1972 Summer Olympics. [4]

In 1972, Vosmaer joined brought to HFC Haarlem in the Eredivise, where he played for coach Joop Brand. He was named MVP in his rookie season in the Eredivisie. [1] [5] In his time with Haarlem, he was called up to the Dutch U21 team. [4]

In 1974, Vosmaer followed coach Brand to AZ '67. [4] His first season in Alkmaar was very successful, scoring ten goals in 31 league games and earning a call-up to the Netherlands national team in April 1975. [4] He made his national team debut on 30 April 1975 against Belgium, as a substitute for Kees Kist. [4] A month later, he made his first national team start in a friendly match against Yugoslavia. [4]

He then struggled with injuries, eventually getting loaned to MVV Maastricht in 1977, [6] in the Eerste Divisie, where he helped then to a second-place finish and earning promotion. [4]

After tearing his Achilles tendon in 1978, he tore it in his first game back a year later, which marked the end of his European career [1] and he moved to a lower division team, VV Eijsden. [2]

In 1980, he went to North America, joining the Philadelphia Fury. [7] He continued to play in North America for the next decade, playing both indoor and outdoor football for Montreal Manic, Chicago Sting, FC Inter-Montréal, Pittsburgh Spirit, Charlotte Gold, Canton Invaders, and Milwaukee Wave. [8] [9]

Managerial career

After a 17-year professional career, he became the general manager of the Milwaukee Wave. [5] In 1992, he became the coach of Montreal Supra in the Canadian Soccer League, guiding them to the semi-finals in the playoffs. [5]

In 1994, he founded North Stars FC, in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, where he serves as president. [10]

In 2005, he became the boys varsity head coach at North Allegheny High School for 15 years, where he won the WPIAL Championship twice in 2016 and 2017. [11] [5] In 2016, he was named WPIAL Class AAAA Coach of the Year. [12] Coach Vosmaer resigned from the varsity head coaching position on January 27, 2022 for undisclosed reasons.

He holds the USSF "A" license as well as the Dutch coaching badge. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Merriman, Chris (13 July 2010). "North Allegheny coach feels Netherlands' pain". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .
  2. 1 2 "Bobby Vosmaer Stats". National Football Teams.
  3. ↑ "MO14 weet bij VUC net niet te vinden, O16 laat te veel kansen liggen" [MO14 just doesn't know where to find it at VUC, O16 misses too many opportunities]. ADO Den Haag (in Dutch). 30 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Robert 'Bobby' Vosmaer (1951)". Kent U Deze Nog. 23 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Meet the Dutch Soccer Management and NA Academy Staff". League Athletics.
  6. ↑ "Heracles against MVV (1st round KNVB) 1-0, Bobby Vosmaer (standing) plays his first ..." Nationaalar Chief. 9 October 1977.
  7. ↑ Holroyd, Steve (4 December 2015). "Exit the Fury: History of the Philadelphia Fury, Part Three". The Philly Soccer Page.
  8. ↑ "Bobby Vosmaer Stats". Stats Crew.
  9. ↑ "Bobby Vosmaer Stats". NASLJerseys.
  10. ↑ "Coaches". North Stars FC.
  11. ↑ "Notebook: Bobby Vosmaer expected to be named the new boys soccer coach at NA". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . 14 April 200.
  12. ↑ "Bobby Vosmaer named WPIAL Coach of the Year, 3 Tigers All-WPIAL". North Allegheny Sports Network. 18 November 2016.
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