Willy Carbo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Willy Carbo

| image = Willy Carbo (1981).jpg

| caption = Carbo in 1981

| fullname = Willy Carbo

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|8|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Utrecht, Netherlands

| height =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = VV Utrecht

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = FC Utrecht

| years1 = 1979–1983 | clubs1 = FC Utrecht | caps1 = 106 | goals1 = 43

| years2 = 1983–1984 | clubs2 = Club Brugge | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1984 | clubs3 = → Feyenoord (loan) | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1984–1987 | clubs4 = FC Twente | caps4 = 44 | goals4 = 17

| years5 = 1986–1987 | clubs5 = → RKC (loan) | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 5

| years6 = 1987–1988 | clubs6 = NEC | caps6 = 28 | goals6 = 9

| years7 = 1988–1990 | clubs7 = Cambuur | caps7 = 40 | goals7 = 17

| totalcaps = 249

| totalgoals = 91

| nationalyears1 = 1979 | nationalteam1 = Netherlands U21 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

}}

Willy Carbo (born 14 August 1959 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

He made his professional debut and scored the first goal for hometown club FC Utrecht in the game against Go Ahead Eagles on 16 March 1980. He moved abroad to play in Belgium for Club Brugge, only to be loaned to Feyenoord in the second half of the season and winning the Dutch Eredivisie in a team containing Johan Cruyff and Ruud Gullit. With Brugge he played in the 1983 Belgian Cup Final, losing to Beveren.[http://clubbrugge.be/nl/de-club/geschiedenis/oud-spelers-index/willy-carbo Profile] - Club Brugge {{in lang|nl}}

He later played for FC Twente, RKC, NEC[http://necarchief.nl/dbid=23/tpl=1906/player=68 Profile] - NEC Archief and Cambuur where he finished his career.[http://www.feyenoord-online.com/nl/spelersarchief/c_carbo_willy.htm Career stats] - Feyenoord

=Backheel goal=

Carbo is mostly remembered for his famous backheel goal when he played for FC Twente against Go Ahead Eagles in September 1984.[https://www.foxsports.nl/video/jaar-eredivisie-hakbal-van-willy-carbo/ 60 jaar Eredivisie: De hakbal van Willy Carbo] - FOX Sports {{in lang|nl}}