{{short description|Dutch footballer}} {{More footnotes needed|date=January 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ron Willems | image = Ron Willems (1988).jpg | caption = Willems in 1988 | fullname = Ron Willems | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|09|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Vaassen, Netherlands
| height = 1.83 m | position = Striker | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = 1983–1986 | years2 = 1986–1989 | years3 = 1989–1993 | years4 = 1993–1995 | years5 = 1995–1998
| clubs1 = PEC Zwolle | clubs2 = FC Twente | clubs3 = AFC Ajax | clubs4 = Grasshoppers | clubs5 = Derby County
| caps1 = 43 | caps2 = 85 | caps3 = 47 | caps4 = 56 | caps5 = 59 | totalcaps = 290 | goals1 = 7 | goals2 = 16 | goals3 = 15 | goals4 = 18 | goals5 = 13 | totalgoals = 69 }}
'''Ron Willems''' (born 20 September 1966 in Vaassen, Gelderland) is a former Dutch footballer.
During his career he played for PEC Zwolle, FC Twente, AFC Ajax, Grasshopper Club Zürich, and Derby County F.C., where he made 26 appearances and scored 2 goals in the Premier League.
Following his retirement, Willems was diagnosed with schizophrenia.<ref>{{cite web|last=Oostindie|first=Sieb|url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/21605661/__Ron_Willems_leeft_met_schizofrenie__.html|title=Ex-Ajacied leeft met schizofrenie|work=De Telegraaf|date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216011617/http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/21605661/__Ron_Willems_leeft_met_schizofrenie__.html|archive-date=December 16, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> His relative Menno Willems was also a professional footballer.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
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