 He also played in England for Oldham Athletic and Sheffield United, as well as also playing in his native land for AZ, SVV Dordrecht and MVV Maastricht.Vonk played as centre back and began his career in 1986 with AZ '67 for whom he played 111 times and scored 8 goals.He transferred to SVV Dordrecht in 1991 and played 51 times for the team scoring 1 goal.