# Ron Willems

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{{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](/source/Vaassen), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)

| height              = 1.83 m
| position            = [Striker](/source/Striker_(association_football))
| currentclub         = 
| clubnumber          = 
| years1 = 1983–1986 
| years2 = 1986–1989 
| years3 = 1989–1993 
| years4 = 1993–1995 
| years5 = 1995–1998

| clubs1 = [PEC Zwolle](/source/PEC_Zwolle) 
| clubs2 = [FC Twente](/source/FC_Twente) 
| clubs3 = [AFC Ajax](/source/AFC_Ajax) 
| clubs4 = [Grasshoppers](/source/Grasshopper_Club_Z%C3%BCrich) 
| clubs5 = [Derby County](/source/Derby_County_F.C.)

| 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](/source/Vaassen), [Gelderland](/source/Gelderland)) is a former [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) [footballer](/source/football_(soccer)).

During his career he played for [PEC Zwolle](/source/PEC_Zwolle), [FC Twente](/source/FC_Twente), [AFC Ajax](/source/AFC_Ajax), [Grasshopper Club Zürich](/source/Grasshopper_Club_Z%C3%BCrich), and [Derby County F.C.](/source/Derby_County_F.C.), where he made 26 appearances and scored 2 goals in the [Premier League](/source/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](/source/Menno_Willems) was also a professional footballer.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Soccerbase}}

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Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Epe, Netherlands
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Category:Eredivisie players
Category:Premier League players
Category:PEC Zwolle players
Category:FC Twente players
Category:AFC Ajax players
Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players
Category:Derby County F.C. players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Footballers from Gelderland
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
Category:People with schizophrenia

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