Elisa Hendrik "Beb" Bakhuys (16 April 1909 – 7 July 1982) was a Dutch football player and manager.

Club career

Bakhuys made his senior debut for HBS on 27 September 1925 against Haarlem and scored 36 goals in 44 matches for them. He joined Zwolsche AC and had a spell with THOR in his native Dutch East Indies while working for the Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij in Surabaya. He returned to ZAC and later HBS. In 1937 he controversially moved to VVV.

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He became the second Dutch player to play outside of the country when he signed as a professional for FC Metz in 1937, in a move which ended his international career. The first Dutch national to play abroad was goalkeeper Gerrit Keizer. Bakhuys was famous for his diving headers. During the Second World War he was forced to work in Leipzig. Throughout his both spells at ZAC, Bakhuys scored 147 goals, in 99 games.

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International career

Bakhuys scored 28 goals in 23 games for the Dutch national side. He represented the Netherlands at the 1934 FIFA World Cup,

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References

External links

Profile - FC Metz

1909 births

1982 deaths

People from Pekalongan

Men's association football forwards

Dutch men's footballers

Netherlands men's international footballers

1934 FIFA World Cup players

HBS Craeyenhout players

VVV-Venlo players

FC Metz players

Dutch expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in France

Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France

Ligue 1 players

Dutch football managers

FC Metz managers

Dutch expatriate football managers

Expatriate football managers in France

Dutch World War II forced labourers