Frederik Arnoldus "Frits" Flinkevleugel (3 November 1939 – 10 April 2020) was a Dutch
footballer
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who played as a
right back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
Career
Born in
Amsterdam
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, Flinkevleugel played for
DWS and
FC Amsterdam
FC Amsterdam was a Dutch association football, football club which was founded on 20 June 1972, from the merger of the Amsterdam football clubs Blauw-Wit Amsterdam, Blauw Wit and AFC DWS, DWS. The club A.V.V. De Volewijckers, Volewijckers joined ...
.
He won the Dutch championship in 1964 with DWS.
He also earned 11 caps for the
Netherlands national team between 1964 and 1967.
Later life and death
Flinkevleugel owned a cigar shop in Amsterdam.
He died of
COVID-19
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on 10 April 2020, aged 80.
References
1939 births
2020 deaths
Dutch men's footballers
Netherlands men's international footballers
AFC DWS players
FC Amsterdam players
Eredivisie players
Eerste Divisie players
Men's association football fullbacks
Footballers from Amsterdam
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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