Gerard Weber (born 22 August 1941) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a left winger.

Career

Born in

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

, Weber started playing soccer at BVV Den Bosch, with whom he later made his debut in paid football in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the ...

. Initially, Weber played on in professional leagues on amateur contracts because of his day job as a salesperson. As a result,

Joseph Gruber Joseph Karl Gruber (4 May 1912 – 29 September 1967) was an Austrian association football, football player and manager who managed Dutch side AFC Ajax, Ajax between 1962 and 1963. He also coached Alemannia Aachen, VV DOS, DOS, Vitesse Arnhem Pit ...

could select him for the Dutch amateur football team. He also played for the Dutch military football team. Joseph Gruber brought Weber in 1961 to VV DOS, where Weber turned full-professional and played in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

. With DOS he played in the 1962–63 and

1963–64 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup The sixth Inter-Cities Fairs Cup was played over the 1963–64 season. The competition was won by Zaragoza in a one-off final at Camp Nou in Barcelona against fellow Spaniards and defending champions Valencia. There was only one representative ...

. After three seasons at DOS and one more year at BVV, Weber signed with

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion fr ...

. In January 1969 he joined

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...

and a year later

EVV Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one b ...

, where he ended his career. With PSV he participated in the 1969–70 edition of the

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournam ...

Personal life

Gerard's brothers, Harrie and Sjef, also played for BVV.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Gerard Living people 1941 births Sportspeople from 's-Hertogenbosch Dutch footballers Footballers from North Brabant Men's association football wingers FC Den Bosch players DHSC (football club) players NEC Nijmegen players PSV Eindhoven players FC Eindhoven players