Frans Bouwmeester (born 19 May 1940 in

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) is a retired

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footballer who was active as a left winger and was later chief scout at

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Club career

Bouwmeester started his career in his town of birth,

where he played for NAC. After three seasons at this team he made a switch towards

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. This turned out to be the most successful period in his career. In both 1961 and 1962 Feijenoord took the

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Championship. In 1965 Bouwmeester and Feijenoord won both the league and the

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International career

From 1959 to 1968 Bouwmeester was also called up to represent the

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. He made his debut in a 7-0 loss versus

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on 21 October 1959. In total he would play in five international matches, the final one an October 1968

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match against

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Scouting career

After his career Bouwmeester became a scout at

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from 1992 to 1994. After that he became head scout at Feyenoord. He was a scout for hometown club NAC from 2005 to 2014.

Personal life

Bouwmeester suffered from a stroke after he had a kidney transplant in 2014, receiving a kidney from his daughter.Bredase oud-voetballer Frans Bouwmeester krijgt nier van zijn dochter
- BN De Stem

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* * * 1940 births Living people Footballers from Breda Men's association football wingers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers NAC Breda players Feyenoord players R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players FC Dordrecht players Footballers from Rotterdam Eredivisie players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Feyenoord non-playing staff 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub