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unusual facts about Fortuna Sittard


Edgeley Park

The floodlight system was first used with an opening friendly match against Fortuna '54 Geleen of Holland on 16 October 1956, whose side included four members of the Dutch national team that had defeated Belgium the previous week.


Fuat Usta

Born in Samsun, Turkey, Usta grew up in the Netherlands and made his professional debut in 1990 with Fortuna Sittard.

Harrie Gommans

Born in Roermond, Gommans began his senior career during the 2000-01 season with Fortuna Sittard, and has also played for Excelsior, Westerlo, MVV, Vitesse, Roda JC and Roeselare.

Tom Daemen

Daemen was born in Brunssum, and rose through the ranks of local amateur side, BVC'28 Bingelrade and later professional club Fortuna Sittard.

Wout Holverda

That earned him a move to Fortuna Sittard, where he played alongside British striker John Linford, but a niggling groin injury did not make him a success at Fortuna and he spent his last seasons at HFC Haarlem before retiring.


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Chris Dekker

Dekker played his last match on 10 March 1985, and became a football manager, who coached Fortuna Sittard, FC Eindhoven, Al-Jazira (United Arab Emirates), FC Den Bosch, Qatar (– 17), RBC Roosendaal, Sparta Rotterdam and Fortuna Sittard once again.