Henk Bloemers (17 September 1945 – 26 January 2015) was a Dutch

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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Club career

A central defender, Bloemers spent his entire career with

FC Eindhoven Football Club Eindhoven, commonly known as FC Eindhoven, is a professional association football, football club based in Eindhoven, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football ...

, amassing a record total of 641 official games in which he scored 58 goals. Hence, he was regarded as ''Mister Eindhoven'' by the club and supporters.Henk Bloemers overleden (69)
- FC Eindhoven In 20 years with the club, he only had two seasons in the

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 ...

. He played his final game in a 1-7 loss at

FC Twente Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...

in 1984, a game he had to leave early due to injury.'Mister EVV' Henk Bloemers (69) overleden
- Eindhovens Dagblad

Death and legacy

A stand in Eindhoven's

Jan Louwers Stadion Jan Louwers Stadion () is a multi-use stadium in the Eindhoven borough of Stratum, Netherlands. Previously the stadium had a cinder track, with curved, earthen and walled standing grandstands on the north and south sides, so that attendances cou ...

was named after him in 2006 and he was named honorary member of the club in 2012. He died in January 2015, aged 69.

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Obituary
- Mensenlinq {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloemers, Henk 1945 births 2015 deaths Footballers from Eindhoven Men's association football central defenders Dutch men's footballers FC Eindhoven players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players 20th-century Dutch sportsmen