Extremely rare Willy van de Kerkhof World Cup medals under the hammer | Football

sport">Van de Kerkhof was selected for both World Cups (Germany 1974 and Argentina 1978), but remarkably enough he only remained a reserve in 1974, while he played every minute during the 1978 World Cup (as the only player together with Ruud Krol). These medals are valued by HAE at 10,000 euros each or higher.

sport">In addition to these two medals, other unique medals (including PSV winner 1988 European Cup 1, PSV winner UEFA cup 1978, Netherlands 3rd European Championship 1976 etc) from the Van de Kerkhof collection will also be auctioned, as well as signed (match) shirts, pennants , trophies, PSV items, football souvenirs and many other memorabilia from the personal collection of this legendary midfielder.

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sport">All these unique items will be auctioned on Thursday afternoon 23 June during the live auction of Heritage Auctions Europe in IJsselstein.

sport">Fun Fact: In 2004 Pelé selected Willy van de Kerkhof in his international top 100 of the best football players of all time (this prize is also under the hammer).

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