Oeki Hoekema

Hoekema was born in Pingjum and made his professional debut for Cambuur aged 17 and immediately scored within 4 minutes. He had a lengthy spell at Go Ahead and had a two-year stint with Dutch giants PSV. Born in a socialist family, he was critical of the Philips company when he played for PSV and was issued a gag order by the club. He finished his career with FC Wageningen after returning to Cambuur and playing abroad in Belgium for Lierse.

Hoekema earned one cap for the Netherlands, in an 8-0 win over Luxembourg in which he also scored. He would later boycott the 1982 FIFA World Cup because of the Argentinian junta and was also outspoken about the 2022 FIFA World Cup being assigned to Qatar.

Hoekema's father Jan was also a professional footballer, who played for Veendam and VV Leeuwarden, Cambuur's predecessor club. As a kid he could not pronounce his official name, Uilke Piebe, so it was shortened as Oeki. His name was later chosen the third best Dutch footballers name by listeners to an Algemeen Dagblad podcast and was used in a song by Meindert Talma. After retiring as a player, Hoekema started a business in Swedish wooden prefab houses.