Harry Heijnen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Harry Heijnen | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Venlo, Netherlands | ||
| Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. | ||
| Place of death | Venlo, Netherlands | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Venlosche Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959-1962 | FC VVV | 88 | (14) |
| 1962-1967 | ADO | 142 | (53) |
| 1967 | San Francisco Gales | 9 | (2) |
| 1967-1969 | ADO | 57 | (9) |
| 1969-1970 | MVV | 30 | (5) |
| 1970-1973 | FC VVV | 87 | (29) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1966 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 March 2015 |
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Harry Heijnen (17 October 1940 – 18 March 2015) was a Dutch football player.
Club career
Nicknamed Mandje, Heijnen made his debut on 23 August 1959 for hometown club FC VVV with whom he won the Dutch Cup in 1959 and left them in 1962 for a lengthy spell at ADO. He was one of the ADO players to enjoy a 3-month spell in the USA as the Golden Gate Gales,[1] alongside Dick Advocaat among others.
In 1969 he moved to MVV for 50,000 Dutch guilders before returning to VVV to finish his career at the club he started.[2]
International career
Heijnen earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in a September 1966 friendly match against Austria.[3]
Retirement and death
After retiring as a player, Heijnen coached several amateur sides and ran a pub in Venlo.
He died on 18 March 2015 of esophageal cancer.[4]
References
- ↑ Harry Heijnen is ons helaas ontvallen - ADO Den Haag (Dutch)
- ↑ Venloos ADO-icoon Harry Heijnen overleden - ELF Voetbal (Dutch)
- ↑ National team stats - Voetbalstats (Dutch)
- ↑ ADO-icoon Heijnen overleden - AD (Dutch)
External links
- Harry Heijnen at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Player profile - VVV Venlo (Dutch)
- Articles with Dutch-language external links
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- 1940 births
- 2015 deaths
- People from Venlo
- Association football wingers
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Eredivisie players
- VVV-Venlo players
- ADO Den Haag players
- San Francisco Gales players
- MVV Maastricht players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Deaths from esophageal cancer
- Cancer deaths in the Netherlands
