Football in North and Central America is in shock. Ronnie Brunswijk, Vice President of Suriname, is today in the CONCACAF League match, captain of the Inter Moengotapo team against Olimpia Honduras. As if these unusual details weren’t enough, let’s add that Brunswijk is … 60 years old and the owner of Inter Moengotapoe!
Brunswijk took over as the country’s vice president in 2020, participating in a 1980s coup d’état to overthrow former leader Desi Bouters, for whom he was his personal bodyguard. He was a former partisan and was even sentenced in the Netherlands to six years in prison for drug dealing. Brunswijk was replaced by 54 ‘while his team lagged 3-0.
