• Born on 13 October 1923 in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
  • Died on 15 Augustus 2006 in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
  • Xerxes: 1941-1949: 71 games, 49 goals
  • Inter Milan: 1949-1952: 95 games, 47 goals
  • Torino: 1952-1953: 12 games, 1 goal
  • Valencia: 1953-1956: 62 games, 38 goals
  • VVV-Venlo: 1956-1958: 64 games, 23 goals
  • Levante: 1958-1959: 34 games, 20 goals
  • Fortuna '54: 1959-1962: 88 games, 33 goals
  • Xerxes: 1962-1964: 28 games, 10 goals

 

  • Netherlands: 38 games, 35 goals

"Football is played eleven against eleven but as I went off four opponents then it's eleven against seven."

  • Faas Wilkes

 

"I admired two players; one was Alfredo Di Stefano, who knew all about how to open spaces up on the pitch. The other was Faas Wilkes, a great dribbler."

  • Johan Cruijff