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Johannes Gerardus Nicolaas Venneker (born 5 March 1945) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a forward. A Feijenoord youth product, he made his Eredivisie debut with club and went on to play for NEC Nijmegen, Sparta Rotterdam and French club Montferrand. He also made four appearances for the Netherlands national team. Venneker is the only Feyenoord player to have scored five goals in a match against De Klassieker rivals Ajax Amsterdam.

Hans Venneker

Venneker in 1965
Personal information
Full name	Johannes Gerardus Nicolaas Venneker[1]
Date of birth	(1945-03-05) 5 March 1945 (age 77)
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Forward, right-back
Youth career
	Feijenoord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1967	Feijenoord	33	(26)
1967–1968	NEC Nijmegen	34	(19)
1968–1975	Sparta Rotterdam	228	(57)
1975–1977	Montferrand
National team
1971–1972	Netherlands	4	(0)
Teams managed
1975–1977	Montferrand (player manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Venneker was born in Rotterdam. Until the age of 18 he played as a goalkeeper.[2] On 29 November 1964, aged 19, he scored five goals in Feijenoord's 9–4 win in De Klassieker against Ajax Amsterdam.[2][3] To this day, he is the only Feyenoord player to have achieved this feat.[3]

Following a move to NEC Nijmegen Venneker spent seven years at Sparta Rotterdam.[2] At Sparta, he was deployed in the right-back position by coach Georg Keßler.[4] Later in his time there he also featured for the Netherlands national team,[4] making four appearances.[5]

Personal life

Venneker has two sons with his wife Sylvia.[2] He owned a sports shop called "Venneker Sporting" in Hellevoetsluis.[2] As of January 2015^[update] he lived in Rockanje.[2] In January 2015 it was announced he would take up the role of technical advisor at lower-league club VV Nieuwenhoorn for the 2015–16 season.[2] He successfully underwent heart surgery in September 2020.[4] At the time he was chairman of Oud-Feyenoord, a team of former Feyenoord players, and living in Brielle.[4]

Honours

Feijenoord

• Eredivisie: 1964–65
• KNVB Cup: 1964–65

References

External links

• "Vennekers droom wordt waarheid" [Venneker's dream comes true]. Nieuwe Leidsche Courant (in Dutch). 12 June 1975. p. 13. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
• Profile at feyenoord-online.com

На других языках

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[it] Hans Venneker

Hans Venneker (Rotterdam, 5 marzo 1945) è un ex calciatore olandese, di ruolo attaccante.

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