Harry Heijnen
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Harry Heijnen | ||
Date of birth | 17 October 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Venlo, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 18 March 2015 | (aged 74)||
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) |
National team‡ | |||
1966 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 March 2015 |
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 (in Dutch)
- ^ Venloos ADO-icoon Harry Heijnen overleden - ELF Voetbal (in Dutch)
- ^ National team stats - Voetbalstats (in Dutch)
- ^ ADO-icoon Heijnen overleden - AD (in Dutch)
External links[]
- Harry Heijnen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Player profile - VVV Venlo (in Dutch)
- 1940 births
- 2015 deaths
- Association football wingers
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Eredivisie players
- VVV-Venlo players
- ADO Den Haag players
- San Francisco Golden Gate Gales players
- MVV Maastricht players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Deaths from esophageal cancer
- Deaths from cancer in the Netherlands
- Footballers from Venlo