Nico Bouvy | |
Fullname: | Nicolaas Jan Jerôme Bouvy |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1892 |
Death Place: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1910–1913 |
Years2: | 1913–1914 |
Clubs2: | Altona 1893 |
Years3: | 1914–1923 |
Clubs3: | HFC |
Nationalyears1: | 1912–1913 |
Nationalteam1: | Netherlands |
Nationalcaps1: | 9 |
Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
Nicolaas Jan Jerôme "Nico" Bouvij (11 July 1892 – 14 June 1957) was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]
Bouvy was born in Banda Neira, Banda Islands. He started playing football at DFC, playing alongside his three brothers. He made his senior debut in 1910, had a season in Germany with Altona 1893 Hamburg and played the remainder of his career for HFC.[2]
In May 1924, when Victoria Hamburg played Cardiff City in a friendly (2–2), Nico Bouvy was invited to strengthen Vicky´s side which he did under a special DFB one-off licence.[3] His brother, Dolf Bouvy, had been a regular Victoria player in 1906.
He died in The Hague, Netherlands.
Bouvy made his debut for the Netherlands in a March 1912 friendly match against England and earned a total of nine caps, scoring four goals.[4] His final international was a November 1913 friendly match against England. He won the bronze medal with the Dutch at the 1912 Summer Olympics football tournament.