Caesar Herman "Cees" ten Cate (August 20, 1890, in

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, Java – June 9, 1972, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch amateur

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player who competed in the

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International career

Ten Cate made his debut for the Netherlands in a June 1912 Olympic Games match against

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and earned all of his three caps at the tournament, winning a bronze medal. He was only included in the squad because first choice forwards

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and Jan Thomee had to pull out.Profile
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* * 1890 births 1972 deaths People from Ngawi Regency Men's association football forwards Dutch men's footballers Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Netherlands men's international footballers Olympic medalists in football HFC Haarlem players {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub