Ron Willems

{{short description|Dutch footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{More footnotes|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ron Willems

| image = Ron Willems (1988).jpg

| caption = Willems in 1988

| fullname = Ron Willems

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|09|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vaassen, Netherlands

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 1983–1986

| years2 = 1986–1989

| years3 = 1989–1993

| years4 = 1993–1995

| years5 = 1995–1998

| clubs1 = PEC Zwolle

| clubs2 = FC Twente

| clubs3 = AFC Ajax

| clubs4 = Grasshoppers

| clubs5 = Derby County

| caps1 = 43

| caps2 = 85

| caps3 = 47

| caps4 = 56

| caps5 = 59

| totalcaps = 290

| goals1 = 7

| goals2 = 16

| goals3 = 15

| goals4 = 18

| goals5 = 13

| totalgoals = 69

}}

Ron Willems (born 20 September 1966 in Vaassen, Gelderland) is a former Dutch footballer.

During his career he played for PEC Zwolle, FC Twente, AFC Ajax, Grasshopper Club Zürich, and Derby County F.C., where he made 26 appearances and scored 2 goals in the Premier League.

Following his retirement, Willems was diagnosed with schizophrenia.{{cite web|last=Oostindie|first=Sieb|url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/21605661/__Ron_Willems_leeft_met_schizofrenie__.html|title=Ex-Ajacied leeft met schizofrenie|work=De Telegraaf|date=May 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216011617/http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/21605661/__Ron_Willems_leeft_met_schizofrenie__.html|archive-date=December 16, 2015|url-status=live}} His relative Menno Willems was also a professional footballer.