Leen Vente

Leen Vente

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Playing career

Vente started in the Rotterdam Football Association for Semper Melior and later for Pro Patria. He eventually joined Neptunus where he initially also participated in athletics. In April 1936, Vente moved to Feyenoord. He was one of the players that participated in the opening match of stadium De Kuip in 1937. Feyenoord played Beerschot and won 5–2. Vente scored the first ever goal in the stadium, and finished the game with a hat-trick. Vente would finish his tenure with the club with 82 league appearances in which he scored 65 goals. In January 1941, Vente returned to Neptunus.

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vente goal.

Club
Feyenoord Rotterdam (1936–1940)
Club
Neptunus (1933–1935)
Club
Netherlands national association football team (1933–1940)
National team
Netherlands

Personal

Personal life

Vente died on 9 November 1989 in Rotterdam. His brother's grandson, Dylan Vente, plays for Heerenveen and started his career with Feyenoord.

Legacy

Honours

Feyenoord

Netherlands Football League Championship: 1937–38, 1939–40

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

Dutch footballer (1911-1989)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Leendert Roelof Jan "Leen" Vente was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker. He earned 21 caps and scored 19 goals for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups.

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