season he was invited by Sonny Hasnoe, the founder of the Colourful 11 to be part of the team and travel to Suriname to play in the "Boxel Kleurrijk Tournament" with three Surinamese teams. He also was selected for the Dutch Under-21 team to represent them at the Toulon Tournament. Several people, including manager Vonk advised him to go to Toulon, but Scharmin knew that his mother had not been back to Suriname in 40 years and decided to join the Colourful 11. Together with his mother and aunt he boarded the airplane and went to Suriname. The Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashed during approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, killing 176 of the 187 on board, including Scharmin and both his mother and aunt, making it the worst ever aviation disaster in Suriname's history. Among the dead were a total of 15 members of the Colourful 11, only three of them survived. Shortly after the accident FC Twente played a friendly match against FC Barcelona in memoriam of Scharmin. The city of Haaksbergen, the place where Scharmin lived awards the Andy Scharmin Trophy every year to the most talented sportsperson of the city. Media Video of Andy Scharmin against Roda JC. (FC Twente.nl) Video of FC Twente- Feyenoord Rotterdam (6-1). (FC Twente.nl) References Scharmin at FC Twente.nl Scharmin at AndroKnel.nl Scharmin in the 6-1 win over Feyenoord Crash report Iwan Tol: Eindbesteming Zanderij; het vergeten verhaal van het Kleurrijk Elftal () 1967 births 1989 deaths Association football fullbacks Dutch footballers Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Dutch people of German descent Eredivisie players FC Twente players Netherlands under-21 international footballers People from Haaksbergen Footballers from Overijssel Footballers killed in the Surinam Airways Flight 764 crash