Willy Carbo
.jpg) Carbo in 1981 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Willy Carbo | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Utrecht, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VV Utrecht | |||
| FC Utrecht | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1983 | FC Utrecht | 106 | (43) |
| 1983–1984 | Club Brugge | 7 | (0) |
| 1984 | → Feyenoord (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1984–1987 | FC Twente | 44 | (17) |
| 1986–1987 | → RKC (loan) | 18 | (5) |
| 1987–1988 | NEC | 28 | (9) |
| 1988–1990 | Cambuur | 40 | (17) |
| Total | 249 | (91) | |
| International career | |||
| 1979 | Netherlands U21 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Willy Carbo (born 14 August 1959 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
[edit]He made his professional debut and scored the first goal for hometown club FC Utrecht in the game against Go Ahead Eagles on 16 March 1980. He moved abroad to play in Belgium for Club Brugge, only to be loaned to Feyenoord in the second half of the season and winning the Dutch Eredivisie in a team containing Johan Cruyff and Ruud Gullit. With Brugge he played in the 1983 Belgian Cup Final, losing to Beveren.[1]
He later played for FC Twente, RKC, NEC[2] and Cambuur where he finished his career.[3]
Backheel goal
[edit]Carbo is mostly remembered for his famous backheel goal when he played for FC Twente against Go Ahead Eagles in September 1984.[4]
Honours
[edit]- Feyenoord Rotterdam
References
[edit]- ^ Profile - Club Brugge (in Dutch)
- ^ Profile - NEC Archief
- ^ Career stats - Feyenoord
- ^ 60 jaar Eredivisie: De hakbal van Willy Carbo - FOX Sports (in Dutch)
External links
[edit]- Willy Carbo at WorldFootball.net
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Utrecht (city)
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Utrecht players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Feyenoord players
- FC Twente players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- NEC Nijmegen players
- SC Cambuur players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Dutch football forward stubs