Gerard "Pummy" Bergholtz (born 29 August 1939 in

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

) is a retired

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player and manager from the

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Playing career

Club

He played for

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, Kimbria Maastricht,

MVV Maatschappelijke Voetbal Vereniging Maastricht (), commonly known as MVV Maastricht (, ) or simply as MVV, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Maastricht. Founded on 2 April 1902, MVV Maastricht currently compete in the Eers ...

and

Feijenoord Feijenoord (), not to be confused with the Feijenoord (neighbourhood), Feijenoord neighbourhood (which is located in the Feijenoord district), is a district in Rotterdam and is located south of the Nieuwe Maas. As of 1 January 2004 there were 72,3 ...

, before moving abroad to play in Belgium for

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(where he played alongside fellow Dutch international Jan Mulder), Royal Racing White,

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and

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International

Bergholtz made his debut for the

in an April 1961

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match against

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an earned a total of 12 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1967 European Championship qualification match, also against

.Intl career stats
- Voetbalstats

Managerial career

After retiring as a player, he coached Belgian clubs

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, STVV,

Patro Eisden Koninklijke Patro Eisden Maasmechelen is a Belgian football club from the municipality of Maasmechelen in Limburg. The original club name was ''V.V. Patro Eisden'' until 1992 when they changed to ''K. Patro Eisden''. In 1998, it changed to ''K. ...

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and

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* 1939 births Living people Footballers from Maastricht Association football midfielders Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers MVV Maastricht players Feyenoord players R.S.C. Anderlecht players R.W.D. Molenbeek players R.A.E.C. Mons players Eredivisie players Belgian First Division A players Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Dutch football managers Sint-Truidense V.V. managers K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen managers K.A.A. Gent managers Expatriate football managers in Belgium K.F.C. Diest managers Dutch expatriate football managers {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub