Football association suspends ex-pro after punch leaves player with 7 broken teeth

During the Tweede Divisie amateur football match on Saturday between football clubs IJsselmeervogels and GVVV, after former professional Jhon van Beukering punched Quiermo Dumay, a player for the host club IJsselmeervogels, in the face in the locker-room area. Van Beukering has now been provisionally suspended for 60 days by the football association KNVB.

Seven of Quiermo Dumay’s teeth were broken. The Tweede Divisie match was abandoned with the score 0-2.

Van Beukering was assistant coach at GVVV, where his brother Dennis was the head coach. Both have since been dismissed.

“In addition, the board has concluded that there is insufficient basis to continue working with them,” GVVV wrote in a statement on X. “The formal and contractual settlement will be handled carefully and directly with those involved.”

Van Beukering blamed the opposing team. “The real supporter knows the story. Fine if GVVV sends us away, but one thing should be clear: we were 2-0 up at halftime and then were attacked by a tram official and several IJsselmeervogels players who were shoving and throwing punches at our players and staff,” he said on Instagram.

GVVV Chairman Hans Schinkel told RTV Utrecht that tensions were already rising when GVVV was given a penalty.

Van Beukering is 42 years old and has played as a striker for Vitesse, De Graafschap, NEC, and Feyenoord, among other clubs. He remains head coach for SC Veluwezoom. However, he cannot coach at the club’s matches for now.