Gerard "Pummy" Bergholtz (born 29 August 1939 in

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; ; ; ) is a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital city, capital and largest city of the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Maastricht is loca ...

) is a retired

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player and manager from the

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Playing career

Club

He played for

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, Kimbria Maastricht,

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and

Feijenoord Feijenoord () is a borough of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, south of the Nieuwe Maas. Feyenoord football club was formed there, but now play in the neighbouring township of IJsselmonde. It was a centre of shipbuilding in the nineteenth century, ...

, before moving abroad to play in Belgium for

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(where he played alongside fellow Dutch international Jan Mulder), Royal Racing White, RWDM and

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International

Bergholtz made his debut for the

in an April 1961

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match against

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an earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1967 European Championship qualification match, also against

.Intl career stats
- Voetbalstats

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, he coached Belgian clubs

Lanaken Lanaken (; ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2007, the municipality of Lanaken had a total population of 24,724. Its area is 59.00 km2 which gives a population density of 415 inhabitants per km2. ...

Bilzen Bilzen () is a former Municipalities of Belgium, municipality and City status in Belgium, city located in the Belgium, Belgian province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg. In 2021, Bilzen had a total population of 32,536. The total area is 75.90 ...

, STVV, Patro Eisden,

Diest Diest () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. Situated in the northeast of the Hageland region, Diest neighbours the provinces of Antwerp to its North, and Limburg to the East and is situated around ...

and AA Gent.

Career statistics

Honours

Player

Feyenoord *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...

: 1961–62, 1964–65 Anderlecht *

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

: 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68

Manager

Bilzen *

Belgian Fourth Division The Belgian Fourth Division was the lowest nationwide division in Belgian football. The division was split into four separate leagues, A, B, C and D. The team with the most points in the four leagues together was declared the overall winner ...

: 1977–78 Patro Eisden *

: 1981–82 *

Belgian Third Division The Belgian Third Division (, ) was the third highest level in Football in Belgium, Belgian football. It had two leagues of 18 teams each (Belgian Third Division A, A and Belgian Third Division B, B) at the same level. This competition, originall ...

: 1983–84

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* 1939 births Living people Footballers from Maastricht Men's association football midfielders Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers MVV Maastricht players Feyenoord players R.S.C. Anderlecht players R.W.D. Molenbeek (1909) players R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) players Eredivisie players Belgian Pro League players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Dutch football managers Sint-Truidense V.V. managers K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen managers K.A.A. Gent managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium K.F.C. Diest managers Dutch expatriate football managers 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub