Victor Albert "Vic" Gonsalves (20 October 1887, Cheribon – 29 August 1922, Amsterdam)[1] was a Dutch amateur association football player. Between 1906 and 1923 he played 86 matches for HBS Craeyenhout. He was nicknamed "de Prins" (the Prince) and known as a midfielder with a decent pass.[2]

He made his debut for the Netherlands in 1909 away to Belgium, which the Dutch won 1–4.[3] A month later he received his second cap in a 4–0 home loss against England.[4] His third and final cap was a 3–2 defeat against Belgium in 1910.[5][6] Gonsalves was a part of the Dutch Olympic team which won the bronze medal in the 1908 tournament;[7] however, since he was a reserve player and did not play in a match, he was not given a medal.[8][9][10]

He suffered with health problems and died at the age of 34.[2]

References

  1. ^ Genealogy of Vic Gonsalves
  2. ^ a b V.A. (Vic) 'de prins' Gonsalves Archived 30 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, hbs-craeyenhout.nl
  3. ^ "Belgie-Nederland, 21 March 1909, on". Iffhs.de.
  4. ^ KNVB.nl
  5. ^ Vic Gonsalves caps Archived 27 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, voetbalstats.nl
  6. ^ "Belgie-Nederland 13 March 1910, on". Iffhs.de.
  7. ^ "Vic Gonsalves". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  8. ^ Sergey-63. "bigsoccer.com". bigsoccer.com.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "IFFHS Magazines". Iffhs.de.
  10. ^ *(in Dutch) Player profile at VoetbalStats.nl


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