title: Nico Bouvy
text: # Nico Bouvy
  
  Nicolaas Jan Jerôme "Nico" Bouvij (11 July 1892 – 14 June 1957) was a Dutch amateur football player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
  
  ## Club career
  
  Bouvy was born in Banda Neira, Banda Islands. He started playing football at DFC, playing alongside his three brothers. He made his senior debut in 1910, had a season in Germany with Altona 1893 Hamburg and played the remainder of his career for HFC.
  
  In May 1924, when Victoria Hamburg played Cardiff City in a friendly (2–2), Nico Bouvy was invited to strengthen Vicky´s side which he did under a special DFB one-off licence. His brother, Dolf Bouvy, had been a regular Victoria player in 1906.
  
  He died in The Hague, Netherlands.
  
  ## International career
  
  Bouvy made his debut for the Netherlands in a March 1912 friendly match against England and earned a total of nine caps, scoring four goals. His final international was a November 1913 friendly match against England. He won the bronze medal with the Dutch at the 1912 Summer Olympics football tournament.
  
  