Nico Bouvy Explained

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]

Club career

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.

International career

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nico Bouvy . Olympedia . 24 May 2021.
  2. http://www.voetballegends.nl/profile.php?id=20 Profile
  3. Hamburger Anzeiger, 19 May 1924, p. 8
  4. http://staging.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/11/55797780-2aa69634-433953 Intl career stats