Faas Wilkes
FullnameServaas Wilkes
Birth date13 October 1923
Birth placeRotterdam, Netherlands
Death date15 August 2006 (aged 82)
Death placeRotterdam, Netherlands
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
PositionForward
Youthyears 11933–1934
Youthclubs 1RSV HION
Youthyears 21934–1941
Youthclubs 2Xerxes Rotterdam
Years 11941–1949
Years 21949–1952
Years 31952–1953
Years 41953–1956
Years 51956–1958
Years 61958–1959
Years 71959–1962
Years 81962–1964
Clubs 1Xerxes Rotterdam
Clubs 2Inter Milan
Clubs 3Torino
Clubs 4Valencia
Clubs 5VVV
Clubs 6Levante
Clubs 7Fortuna '54
Clubs 8Xerxes Rotterdam
Caps 171
Goals 149
Caps 295
Goals 247
Caps 312
Goals 31
Caps 462
Goals 438
Caps 564
Goals 523
Caps 634
Goals 620
Caps 788
Goals 733
Caps 828
Goals 810
Totalcaps454
Totalgoals221
Nationalyears 11946–1961
Nationalteam 1Netherlands[1]
Nationalcaps 138
Nationalgoals 135

Servaas "Faas" Wilkes (faːs 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

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

Player

[3]

ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Xerxes Rotterdam1945–4631–31
1946–47198–198
1947–482419–2419
1948–492521–2521
Total71497149
Internazionale1949–50Serie A34173417
1950–51Serie A38233823
1951–52Serie A237237
Total95479547
Torino1952–53Serie A121121
Valencia1953–54La Liga28182818
1954–55La Liga159159
1955–56La Liga19111911
Total62386238
Venlo1956–57Eredivisie308308
1957–58Eredivisie34153415
Total64236423
Levante1958–59Segunda División34203420
Fortuna '541959–60Eredivisie30163016
1960–61Eredivisie275275
1961–62Eredivisie31123112
Total88338833
Xerxes Rotterdam1962–63208208
1963–648282
Total28102810
Total454221454221

International

Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wilkes goal.
List of international goals scored by Faas Wilkes
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
110 March 1946Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgLuxembourg1-06-2Friendly[4]
22-1
33-1
46-1
512 May 1946Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, NetherlandsBelgium1-16-3Friendly[5]
65-3
76-3
830 May 1946Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, BelgiumBelgium1-02-2Friendly[6]
92-0
1021 September 1947Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, NetherlandsSwitzerland2-16-2Friendly[7]
116-2
129 June 1948Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, NetherlandsSweden1-01-0Friendly[8]
1326 July 1948Fratton Park, Portsmouth, United KingdomRepublic of Ireland1-03-11948 Summer Olympics[9]
143-1
1531 July 1948Arsenal Stadium, London, United KingdomUnited Kingdom3-33-41948 Summer Olympics[10]
1623 April 1949De Kuip, Rotterdam, NetherlandsFrance4-14-1Friendly[11]
1712 June 1949Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, DenmarkDenmark2-12-1Friendly[12]
1819 May 1955De Kuip, Rotterdam, NetherlandsSwitzerland1-04-1Friendly[13]
194-0
206 June 1956Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, NetherlandsSAA3-13-2Friendly[14]
213 April 1957Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, NetherlandsWest Germany1-11-2Friendly[15]
2211 September 1957De Kuip, Rotterdam, NetherlandsLuxembourg2-15-21958 FIFA World Cup qualification[16]
2317 November 1957De Kuip, Rotterdam, NetherlandsBelgium3-05-2Friendly[17]
244-0
2513 April 1958Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, BelgiumBelgium5-17-2Friendly[18]
266-1
2723 April 1958De Kuip, Rotterdam, NetherlandsNetherlands Antilles1-08-1Friendly[19]
282-0
294 May 1958Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, NetherlandsTurkey1-01-2Friendly[20]
304 October 1959De Kuip, Rotterdam, NetherlandsBelgium3-09-1Friendly[21]
314-0
326-0
334 November 1959De Kuip, Rotterdam, NetherlandsNorway3-17-1Friendly[22]
347-1
3519 April 1961Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, NetherlandsMexico1-11-2Friendly[23]

Honours

Internazionale
Valencia
Levante

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Faas Wilkes". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
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  4. ^ "Luxembourg v Netherlands, 10 March 1946". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Netherlands v Belgium, 12 May 1946". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Belgium v Netherlands, 30 May 1946". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Netherlands v Switzerland, 21 September 1947". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Netherlands v Sweden, 09 June 1948". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Netherlands vs Rep. of Ireland* international football match report". EU Football.info. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Great Britain v Netherlands, 31 July 1948". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Netherlands v France, 23 April 1949". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Denmark v Netherlands, 12 June 1949". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Netherlands v Switzerland, 19 May 1955". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Netherlands v Saar, 06 June 1956". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Netherlands v Germany, 03 April 1957". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Luxembourg v Netherlands, 11 September 1957". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  17. ^ "Netherlands v Belgium, 17 November 1957". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Belgium v Netherlands, 13 April 1958". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Netherlands v Netherlands Antilles, 23 April 1958". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Netherlands v Turkey, 04 May 1958". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Netherlands v Belgium, 04 October 1959". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  22. ^ "Netherlands v Norway, 04 November 1959". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Netherlands v Mexico, 19 April 1961". 11v11. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Trofeo Concepción Arenal (Ferrol)"
  25. ^ "Faas Wilkes – Goals in International Matches"
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ "Plantilla del Valencia 1953–54"
  28. ^ "Plantilla del Valencia 1955–56"
  29. ^ "Plantilla del Levante 1958–59"