Budde Jan Peter Maria "Bud" Brocken (born 12 September 1957) is a Dutch former professional

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who played for Willem II,

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FC Groningen Football Club Groningen () is a Dutch professional association football club based in Groningen, Groningen (province), Groningen province. Founded in 1971 as the successor of GVAV-Rapiditas, GVAV, Groningen compete in the Eredivisie, the first t ...

and

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, as well as the Netherlands national team, as a winger.

Club career

Brocken played for hometown amateur side LONGA and RKTVV, before joining professional side Willem II aged 17.

International career

Brocken made his debut for the

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in a September 1983 Euro qualification match against

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and earned a total of 5 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a December 1983 Euro 1984 qualification match against

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Personal life

Brocken works as a real estate agent in his hometown Tilburg.'De makelaar is gauw de gebeten hond. Het is al vijf jaar overleven'
- Volkskrant

References

1957 births Living people Footballers from Tilburg Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers Willem II Tilburg players Birmingham City F.C. players FC Groningen players FC Den Bosch players Eredivisie players English Football League players Men's association football wingers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub