Willie Overtoom

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Willie Overtoom
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Overtoom playing for Cameroon in 2013
Personal information
Full name William Steve Overtoom
Date of birth (1986-09-02) 2 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Nanga Eboko, Cameroon
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Victoria Obdam
AZ
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2005–2007 AZ 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Telstar (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2008 HVV Hollandia 23 (6)
2008–2013 Heracles Almelo 144 (39)
2013–2014 AZ 17 (1)
2015–2016 Zulte Waregem 5 (0)
2016–2017 Al-Shamal 12 (8)
International career
2012–2013 Cameroon 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willie Overtoom (born 2 September 1986) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

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Early life

The son of a Dutch father and a Cameroonian mother, Overtoom lived the first three years of his life in Cameroon before moving to the Netherlands.[ citation needed ] Overtoom holds a Dutch passport.

Club career

Overtoom started playing football at amateur side Victoria Obdam and became an exponent of the AZ youth academy at the age of 13. During the 2006–07 season, Overtoom was sent on loan to Telstar, where he played nine matches in the Eerste Divisie. After his expiring contract was not extended, he started playing for Hoofdklasse side Hollandia. He impressed during the season and was able to sign with Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo the following season. He became an important player for the side from Almelo, where he spent four and a half years, before returning to his former team AZ in January 2013. However, his move did not become a success. On 28 August 2014, it was announced that Overtoom had left the club as a free agent, having only played 17 Eredivisie matches.

International career

Overtoom played for several Netherlands national youth squads without receiving an invitation for the senior national team. In 2011, he announced the application for a Cameroonian passport so he would be granted permission to represent Cameroon national team. [1] On 15 March 2012, Overtoom received his first call-up to the Indomitable Lions. [2]

He made his international debut in a friendly match against Guinea national football team on 26 May 2012.[ citation needed ]

Honours

AZ Alkmaar

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References

  1. ↑ "Overtoom gaat uitkomen voor Kameroen" (in Dutch). NuSport. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Communication, cameroun24.net - Master. "Cameroun, Guinée: La liste de 26 joueurs de Denis Lavagne". www.cameroun24.net (in French).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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