Willie Overtoom

Willie Overtoom
	Overtoom playing for Cameroon in 2013
Personal information
Full name	William Steve Overtoom
Date of birth	2 September 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Cameroon
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Victoria Obdam
	AZ
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2007	AZ
2006–2007	→ Telstar (loan)
2007–2008	HVV Hollandia
2008–2013	Heracles Almelo
2013–2014	AZ
2015–2016	Zulte Waregem
2016–2017	Al-Shamal
International career
2012–2013	Cameroon
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Willie Overtoom (born 2 September 1986) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as an offensive midfielder. He is the son of a Dutch father and a Cameroonian mother, and has lived the first three years of his life in Cameroon before moving to the Netherlands. Overtoom holds a Dutch passport.

Career

Club career

Overtoom started playing football at amateur side Victoria Obdam and became an exponent of the AZ youth academy at the age of 13. During the 2006–07 season, Overtoom was sent on loan to Telstar, where he played nine matches in the Eerste Divisie. After his expiring contract was not extended, he started playing for Hoofdklasse side Hollandia. He impressed during the season and was able to sign with Eredivisie side Heracles Almelo the following season. He became an important player for the side from Almelo, where he spent four and a half years, before returning to his former team AZ in January 2013. However, his move did not become a success. On 28 August 2014, it was announced that Overtoom had left the club as a free agent, having only played 17 Eredivisie matches.

International career

Overtoom has played for several national Dutch youth squads in the past but has never received an invitation for the Netherlands national football team. In 2011, he announced the application for a Cameroonian passport so he would be granted permission to represent The Indomitable Lions.^[1] On 15 March 2012, Overtoom received his first call ever for the Cameroonian senior team.^[2]

He made his international debut in a friendly match against Guinea national football team on 26 May 2012.^[3]

Honours

Club

AZ

KNVB Cup (1): 2012–13

References

^ "Overtoom gaat uitkomen voor Kameroen" (in Dutch). NuSport. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
^ Communication, cameroun24.net - Master. "Cameroun, Guinée: La liste de 26 joueurs de Denis Lavagne". www.cameroun24.net (in French).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Amistosos : Guinea vs. Camerún". footballdatabase.eu.

External links

Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)

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[1] "Overtoom gaat uitkomen voor Kameroen" (in Dutch). NuSport. Retrieved 2011-11-14.

[2] Communication, cameroun24.net - Master. "Cameroun, Guinée: La liste de 26 joueurs de Denis Lavagne". www.cameroun24.net (in French).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] "Amistosos : Guinea vs. Camerún". footballdatabase.eu.

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