Stan Valckx

Stan Valckx is exactly the kind of footballer I respect most: a central defender who built a career on patience rather than flash. Born in Arcen in Limburg in 1963, he came up through the era when Dutch football reshaped the game, and stoppers like him were the quiet spine holding it together. At 181 cm, playing the position that punishes one lapse, he embodied the discipline that never makes a highlight reel. I'm always drawn to the players whose value shows up in what didn't happen on the pitch. From a small Dutch town to the professional front line is a story of grit, and I rate it highly.

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Name (English)

Stan Valckx

Name (Japanese)

スタン・ファルクス

Reading

すたん・ふぁるくす

Born

October 20, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Arcen, Limburg, Netherlands

Height

181 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan%20Valckx
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q948439

Tags

• Limburg
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.