Harry Heijnen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1966 | Netherlands | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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
[edit]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
[edit]Heijnen earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in a September 1966 friendly match against Austria.[3]
Retirement and death
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Harry Heijnen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Player profile - VVV Venlo (in Dutch)
- 1940 births
- 2015 deaths
- Men's association football wingers
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's international footballers
- Eredivisie players
- VVV-Venlo players
- ADO Den Haag players
- San Francisco Golden Gate Gales players
- MVV Maastricht players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Deaths from esophageal cancer in the Netherlands
- Footballers from Venlo