{{short description|Dutch footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Hugo Hovenkamp | image = Hugo Hovenkamp 1978.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = | fullname = Hugo Hermanus Hovenkamp | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1950|10|5}} | birth_place = Groningen, Netherlands | death_date = | height = | currentclub = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1968–1975 | clubs1 = FC Groningen | caps1 = 157 | goals1 = 14 | years2 = 1975–1983 | clubs2 = AZ '67 | caps2 = 239 | goals2 = 16 | years3 = 1983–1985 | clubs3 = Wacker Innsbruck | caps3 = 53 | goals3 = 7 | totalcaps = 449 | totalgoals = 37 | nationalyears1 = 1977–1983 | nationalteam1 = Netherlands | nationalcaps1 = 31 | nationalgoals1 = 2 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|NED}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|RU|1978 Argentina|}} }}
'''Hugo Hermanus Hovenkamp''' (born 5 October 1950) is a Dutch former professional footballer, who played as a left-back. Most notably, he played for Eredivisie club AZ '67 in the late 1970s and early 1980s, where he won the 1980–81 championship, as well as three KNVB Cups.
Hovenkamp made his international debut for Netherlands in a 2-0 win in February 1977 against England.<ref name= "Voetbalstats">{{cite web|url=https://voetbalstats.nl/spelerlandnedxi.php?persid=220|title=Hugo Hovenkamp - Speler Nederlands Elftal |language=nl|website=voetbalstats.nl|access-date=6 December 2025}}</ref> Hovenkamp was forced to withdraw from the 1978 FIFA World Cup squad due to injury<ref name=NHnieuws>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhnieuws.nl/nieuws/246679/hugo-hovenkamp-het-winnen-van-de-beker-gaf-een-gevoel-van-onoverwinnelijkheid|title=Hugo Hovenkamp: "Het winnen van de beker gaf een gevoel van onoverwinnelijkheid"|website=nhnieuws.nl|language=nl|date=29 May 2019|access-date=17 January 2019}}</ref>, but as the deadline for calling up replacement players had passed, the Netherlands were unable to replace him.
He did play in the 1980 European Championships, and played his final international (a 1–0 loss to Spain) in a qualifier for the 1984 European Championship.<ref name= "Voetbalstats" /> He obtained 31 caps, scoring 2 goals.<ref name= "Voetbalstats" />
==Career statistics== ===International=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name= "Voetbalstats" /> |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|Netherlands |1977||6||0 |- |1978||4||0 |- |1979||6||0 |- |1980||7||0 |- |1981||5||1 |- |1982||2||1 |- |1983||1||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!31!!2 |}
:''Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hovenkamp goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Hugo Hovenkamp<ref name = "Voetbalstats" /> |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | align="center"|1 || 22 February 1981 || Stadion Oosterpark, Groningen, Netherlands|| {{fb|CYP}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–0 || 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification |- | align="center"|2 || 19 December 1982 || Tivoli Stadium, Aachen, Germany|| {{fb|MLT}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|6–0 || UEFA Euro 1984 qualification |}
==Honours== '''AZ '67'''<ref name=NHnieuws /> *Eredivisie: 1980–81 *KNVB Cup: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82 *UEFA Cup: runner-up 1980-81
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|de}} [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/hugo-hovenkamp/ Profile] * {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.fcgstats.nl/speler.php?plid=110&plnf=0&cmid=all&tmid=all&szid=all FC Groningen profile]
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