Loek Ursem
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Loek Aloysius Jacobus Maria Ursem | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1978 | AZ '67 | 35 | (8) |
| 1978–1982 | Stoke City | 40 | (7) |
| 1981 | → Sunderland (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1983 | FC Haarlem | 3 | (0) |
| 1983-1984 | FC Wageningen | ||
| – | VSV Velsen | ||
| Total | 82 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| Netherlands U23 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Loek Aloysius Jacobus Maria Ursem (born 7 January 1958) was a Dutch footballer who played in the Football League for Sunderland and Stoke City. He made 40 appearances for Stoke.[1]
Career
Ursem became the first foreign player to play for Stoke City, having been brought to the club by Alan Durban from AZ '67. He spent four years at the Victoria Ground making just under 50 appearances for the club. He became a popular player with the Stoke supporters in the 1980–81 season. When Durban left to join Sunderland in 1981 Ursem followed him to Roker Park on loan and played four matches for the 'Black Cats'. He returned to the Netherlands in 1982 with FC Haarlem.[2]
Personal life
Ursem runs his own TV repair shop in Purmerend.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke City | 1979–80 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980–81 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | |
| 1981–82 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1982–83 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 7 | |
| Sunderland (loan) | 1981–82 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Career Total | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 7 | |
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- ↑ *Lowe, Simon: "Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record" (Desert Island Books, ISBN 1-874287-39-2).
- ↑ Matthews, Tony: "The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City " (Lion Press, 1994, ISBN 1-85983-100-1)
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- Dutch footballers
- AZ Alkmaar players
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- HFC Haarlem players
- FC Wageningen players
- The Football League players
- People from Amsterdam
