{{short description|Australian soccer player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dick van Alphen | image = | birth_date = 18 September 1938 | birth_place = Netherlands | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|5|21|1938|9|18|df=y}} | death_place = Hervey Bay, Australia | position = | height = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= De Volewijckers | years1= 1956–1960 | years2= 1961–1965 | years3 = 1966–1969| years4 = 1974 | clubs1 = De Volewijckers | clubs2 = Ringwood Wilhelmina | clubs3 = Melbourne Hakoah | clubs4 =Caulfield City | caps1= 99 | goals1 = 9 | caps2= | goals2 = | caps3 = | goals3 = | nationalyears1= 1967–1968 | nationalteam1= Australia | nationalcaps1= 9 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | pcupdate = 13 May 2009 }} '''Dick van Alphen''' (18 September 1938 – 21 May 2009) was an Australian soccer player.<ref name="ozf1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/V/VA.html|title=Australian Player Database - VA|publisher=ozfootball.net|accessdate=2009-05-13}}</ref>
==Club career== Van Alphen played for the Amsterdam team De Volewijckers in his native Holland before he emigrated to Australia in 1960.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19630619&id=0gFQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2744,2661214 Dutch Soccer Star Says He Feels Like a Criminal], The Age, 19 June 1963</ref><ref>[http://www.weemhoff.nl/spitsbroeders/main/main/full.php?jpg_name=f046&r Van Alphen in picture of De Volewijckers team in 1958] (standing second from left)</ref> He played for Ringwood Wilhelmina, Melbourne Hakoah and Caulfield City.<ref>[http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/ffa-pay-tribute-late-former-socceroo-dick-van-alphen-246637 FFA pay tribute to late former Socceroo Dick Van Alphen] - Tribal Football</ref>
==International career== Van Alphen made his debut for Australia against New Zealand in 1967 and earned a total of 9 caps for the ''Socceroos''.<ref name=ozcaps>{{cite web|first=Andrew|last=Howe|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/socceroocaps.pdf|title=The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps and Captains|publisher=Football Federation Australia|date=12 October 2006 |accessdate=8 March 2022|via=OzFootball}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=22547}} * [https://www.ererat.nl/asp/eersterat_spelerpaspoort.asp?spelerid=12808&inclEre=0 Profile & stats] - Ererat {{in lang|nl}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alphen, Dick van}} Category:1938 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Dutch emigrants to Australia Category:Naturalised soccer players of Australia Category:Men's association football defenders Van Alphen, Dick Van Alphen, Dick Category:Dutch men's footballers <!-- I think he played for (Young?) Ajax before he came to Australia--> Category:ASC De Volewijckers players Category:Ringwood City SC players Category:Eerste Divisie players Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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