Henk Bosveld

Henk Charly Bosveld

Henk Bosveld in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Hendrikus Johannes Bosveld
Date of birth	(1941-07-10)10 July 1941
Place of birth	Velp, Netherlands
Date of death	6 August 1998(1998-08-06) (aged 57)
Place of death	Arnhem, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	VVO
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1964	SC Enschede	86	(43)
1964–1968	Sparta	128	(64)
1968–1969	Vitesse	33	(15)
1969–1973	Sparta	77	(30)
1973–1979	Vitesse	191	(57)
International career
1962–1964	Netherlands	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hendrikus ("Henk") Johannes Bosveld (10 July 1941 – 6 August 1998) was a Dutch football midfielder, who was nicknamed Charly after Charles Chaplin due to a similar style of walking.^[1]

Born in Velp, he started playing football at local side VVO and was named best player of Vitesse in the twentieth century.^[2] He also played for Sportclub Enschede and Sparta and retired from professional football on 12 June 1979.

Bosveld made his debut for the Netherlands in an October 1962 friendly match against Belgium. He won his second and final cap in an April 1964 friendly against Austria.^[3]

He died in 1998 in Arnhem from a myocardial infarction, aged 57. The East Stand at Vitesse's GelreDome was named in his honour in 2016.^[4]

• Henk Bosveld at National-Football-Teams.com
• (in Dutch) Profile - Vitesse (in Dutch)
• 60 Jaar Betaald Voetbal profile - NOS (in Dutch)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Clemens Westerhof	Vitesse Arnhem Manager alongside Janusz Kowalik 1985 – 1986	Succeeded by Hans Dorjee

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