Gerrie Damen

Gerrie Damen
Personal information
Full name Grad Damen
Date of birth (1956-06-26)26 June 1956
Place of birth Vianen, Netherlands
Date of death 24 November 2004(2004-11-24) (aged 48)
Place of death Breda, Netherlands
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1970-1974 NAC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1982 NAC 81 (6)
International career
1977 Netherlands U21 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Grad "Gerrie" Damen (26 June 1956 - 24 November 2004) was a Dutch footballer who played in the Eredivisie for NAC as a midfielder.[1]

International career

Born in Vianen,[2] Damen played 2 games for the Netherlands national under-21 football team[3]

Personal life

His grandson called Grad as well is also a footballer, and another grandson also called Grad is a singer.[4][5]

Nicknamed Bolle, Damen passed away in his sleep in 2004.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Gerrie Damen". voetbal.com.
  2. ↑ "Bolle (Gerrie) Damen". Online Familieberichten (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  3. ↑ "Gerrie Damen". OnsOranje (Dutch FA) (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Grad Damen wil doorbreken bij NAC Breda en in de voetsporen van opa Grad Damen treden". Omroep Brabant. 5 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Voetbaltalenten, ze blijven maar komen". BN De Stem.
  6. ↑ "Gerrie Damen". De Rat (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 May 2026.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.