Hans Venneker
{{short description|Dutch footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Hans Venneker
| image = Hans Venneker (1965).jpeg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Venneker in 1965
| fullname = Johannes Gerardus Nicolaas Venneker{{Worldfootball.net|hans-venneker}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|3|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rotterdam, Netherlands
| height =
| currentclub =
| position = Forward, right-back
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Feijenoord
| years1 = 1964–1967
| clubs1 = Feijenoord
| caps1 = 33
| goals1 = 26
| years2 = 1967–1968
| clubs2 = NEC Nijmegen
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 19
| years3 = 1968–1975
| clubs3 = Sparta Rotterdam
| caps3 = 228
| goals3 = 57
| years4 = 1975–1977
| clubs4 = Montferrand
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 1971–1972
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1975–1977
| managerclubs1 = Montferrand (player manager)
}}
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.
Career
Venneker was born in Rotterdam. Until the age of 18 he played as a goalkeeper.{{cite web |title=Hans Venneker volgend seizoen naar Nieuwenhoorn |trans-title=Hans Venneker to Nieuwenhoorn next season |url=https://www.groothellevoet.nl/nieuws/sport/19893/hans-venneker-volgend-seizoen-naar-nieuwenhoorn |website=groothellevoet.nl |access-date=4 August 2022 |language=nl |date=3 January 2015}} On 29 November 1964, aged 19, he scored five goals in Feijenoord's 9–4 win in De Klassieker against Ajax Amsterdam.{{cite news |title=Klassieke Klassiekers: van Venneker tot Veltman |trans-title=Classic Klassiekers: from Venneker to Veltman |url=https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetbal/klassieke-klassiekers-van-venneker-tot-veltman~aa5a8e65/ |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |date=29 March 2017 |language=nl}} To this day, he is the only Feyenoord player to have achieved this feat.
Following a move to NEC Nijmegen Venneker spent seven years at Sparta Rotterdam. At Sparta, he was deployed in the right-back position by coach Georg Keßler.{{cite news |title=Hans Venneker weer thuis na geslaagde hartoperatie |trans-title=Hans Venneker back home after successful heart surgery |url=https://dagblad010.nl/Rotterdam%20&%20Regio/hans-venneker-weer-thuis-na-geslaagde-hartoperatie |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Dagblad010 |date=20 September 2020 |language=nl}} Later in his time there he also featured for the Netherlands national team, making four appearances.{{cite web |title=Hans Venneker |url=https://www.onsoranje.nl/teams/185184/speler/9470 |website=OnsOranje |access-date=4 August 2022 |language=nl}}
Personal life
Venneker has two sons with his wife Sylvia. He owned a sports shop called "Venneker Sporting" in Hellevoetsluis. {{As of|January 2015}} he lived in Rockanje. 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. He successfully underwent heart surgery in September 2020. At the time he was chairman of Oud-Feyenoord, a team of former Feyenoord players, and living in Brielle.
Honours
Feijenoord
References
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External links
- {{cite news |title=Vennekers droom wordt waarheid |trans-title=Venneker's dream comes true |url=https://leiden.courant.nu/issue/NLC/1975-06-12/edition/0/page/13?query= |access-date=4 August 2022 |work=Nieuwe Leidsche Courant |date=12 June 1975 |page=13 |language=nl}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193440/http://www.feyenoord-online.com/spelersarchief/speler.php?speler=v_venneker_hans Profile at feyenoord-online.com]
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Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Rotterdam
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Men's association football fullbacks
Category:Netherlands men's international footballers
Category:Sparta Rotterdam players
Category:AS Montferrand Football players
Category:Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
Category:20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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