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Otto Bonsema

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Otto Bonsema
Personal information
Full name Johan Otto Bonsema
Date of birth (1909-11-03)3 November 1909
Place of birth Groningen, Netherlands
Date of death 27 March 1994(1994-03-27) (aged 84)
Place of death Groningen, Netherlands
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1937 Velocitas 1897
1937–1942 GVAV
International career
1932–1939 Netherlands 6 (3[1])
Managerial career
1945 SC Heerenveen
1948–1962 GVAV
1962–1966 BV Veendam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Otto Bonsema (3 November 1909 – 27 March 1994) was a Dutch football player and manager.

Club career

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Bonsema was born in Groningen. He played for the Velocitas 1897 senior team from the 1929–30 season and won the 1934 KNVB Cup with the club. He moved to city rival GVAV in 1937.[2]

International career

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Bonsema made his debut for the Netherlands in a May 1932 friendly against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of six caps, scoring three goals. His final international was an April 1939 friendly against Belgium.[3]

Managerial career

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Bonsema coached SC Heerenveen, GVAV[4] and BV Veendam.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Otto Bonsema, international footballer".
  2. ^ Profile - Voetbal Legends (in Dutch)
  3. ^ Intl career stats by KNVB Archived 22 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine - Ons Oranje (in Dutch)
  4. ^ "GVAV Stats - Alle GVAV statistieken tot 1971".
  5. ^ "Trainers - Veendam4-ever.nl". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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