Name: Gerard Kerkum



Country: Netherlands
Club: Feyenoord Rotterdam
Position: *CB, SB
Side: RF/RS
Age: 24-28 years (17/12/1930)

Height: * 182 cm
Weight: * 79 kg

Attack: 62
Defence: 81
Balance: 87
Stamina: 81
Top Speed: 79
Acceleration: 80
Response: 83
Agility: 77
Dribble Accuracy: 72
Dribble Speed: 76
Short Pass Accuracy: 74
Short Pass Speed: 71
Long Pass Accuracy: 73
Long Pass Speed: 76
Shot Accuracy: 63
Shot Power: 82
Shot Technique: 61
Free Kick Accuracy: 60
Swerve: 63
Header: 78
Jump: 83
Technique: 73
Aggression: 61
Mentality: 88
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 76

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 4
Consistency: 6
Growth Type: Standard

CARDS:
S09 Covering

SPECIAL ABILITIES: Covering

Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded


INFO

Gerard Kerkum was a real Feyenoord. One of the greatest personalities in Feyenoord history, first as a player and captain, than later club chairman. Kerkum played as right back, he was mainly known for his strong will and leadership, very tough and unyielding player sometimes even violent. Rock hard, athletic, strong, very tenacious with good defensive work. He played between 1951 and 1965 more than 400 official matches for Feyenoord. Later he became president of the players union VVCS. Between 1982 and 1989 Kerkum chairman of Feyenoord. Between 1955 and 1960, the tough Feyenoorder Gerard Kerkum ten times reserve for the Dutch national team. His PSV competitor Roel Wiersma had always preferred. When he was only seven months away from his thirtieth birthday, Kerkum could still make its debut in Orange. Kerkum welcomed his chance, but at Feyenoord were raised an eyebrow, because four days later, the last league match against Ajax on the program. In a victory for Feyenoord, was in the Olympic Stadium via a deciding match between the two superpowers are designated champion. Feyenoord won on 22 May 1960 3-0 of Ajax, but lost four days later the deciding match 5-1. In 2006 he was chairman of Commission Kerkum, the committee that an assessment of the Jorien Herik field. After the resignation of Jorien van den Herik he became chairman of the board of Feyenoord. At the end of the 2006/07 season followed him Dick van Well. Gerard passed away in 2018.