Willie Overtoom

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.

Willie Overtoom
Overtoom playing for Cameroon in 2013
Personal information
Full name William Steve Overtoom
Date of birth (1986-09-02) 2 September 1986
Place of birth Cameroon
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Victoria Obdam
AZ
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 AZ 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Telstar (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2008 HVV Hollandia 23 (6)
2008–2013 Heracles Almelo 144 (39)
2013–2014 AZ 17 (1)
2015–2016 Zulte Waregem 5 (0)
2016–2017 Al-Shamal 12 (8)
National team
2012–2013 Cameroon 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

References
  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).
  3. "Amistosos : Guinea vs. Camerún". footballdatabase.eu.
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