Mannes Francken

Mannes Francken

Personal information
Full name	Herman Jean Marie Francken [1]
Date of birth	(1888-05-20)20 May 1888
Place of birth	Malang Regency, Dutch East Indies [2]
Date of death	19 November 1948(1948-11-19) (aged 60)
Place of death	Aerdenhout, Netherlands[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	HFC
National team
1906–1914	Netherlands	22	(17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mannes Francken (1888–1948) was a Dutch football player, who played for HFC.

Francken started out as a goalkeeper, but quickly became a forward. He made his debut for the Netherlands national football team on 29 April 1906 in a 5-0 away defeat to Belgium. He would go on to play 22 caps, scoring 17 goals.^[3] The final of these goals, against Belgium on 9 March 1913, made him the all-time top scorer for the Netherlands. This record would hold until 3 November 1935, when Beb Bakhuys of HBS Craeyenhout scored his 18th goal for the Dutch national team. Francken is still ranked 11th in the list of all-time top scorers.

Francken played his final match for the Netherlands in 1914. He moved to the Dutch East Indies in 1916. Francken died in 1948.

His brothers , Jacques and also played for HFC.

References[]

• Inez Hollander, Silenced Voices: Uncovering a Family's Colonial History in Indonesia, Ohio University Press, 2008, ISBN 0896802698

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