Gerrit Lagendijk (13 November 1941 – 11 August 2010) was a Dutch professional
football
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player and agent.
Early and personal life
Lagendijk was born in
Rotterdam
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and grew up in
Ridderkerk.
Playing career
Lagendijk began his career with the youth team of
Feyenoord
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.
[ He later played senior football with ADO, ]De Volewijckers
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History ASV–DWV
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and PEC.[
He spent the 1968 season in the ]North American Soccer League The North American Soccer League may refer to:
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*North American Soccer League (2011–2017)
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with the Vancouver Royals
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, scoring one goal in five appearances.
He finished his career with Hermes DVS
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** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
* ...
.[
]
Agent
After retiring as a player, Lagendijk initially worked in insurance and as an arbitrator for the VVCS football association.[
Lagendijk worked as a football agent and represented a number of players, including ]Ronald Koeman
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, Erwin Koeman, Hans van Breukelen
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Van Breuke ...
, Adri van Tiggelen
Adrianus Andreas "Adri" van Tiggelen (born 16 June 1957) is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a left back.
His career in football was intimately connected to Sparta Rotterdam, in which he began as a professional footballer, going on to m ...
, John Bosman
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A prolific goalscorer for both club and country, he played professionally for 19 years, most notably with Ajax (five seas ...
and Ernie Brandts.[
]
Death
Lagendijk died of a heart attack on 11 August 2010, at the age of 68.[
]
References
1941 births
2010 deaths
Footballers from Ridderkerk
Dutch footballers
Dutch expatriate footballers
Feyenoord players
ADO Den Haag players
AVV De Volewijckers players
PEC Zwolle players
Vancouver Royals players
Hermes DVS players
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Canada
Expatriate soccer players in Canada
Association football defenders
Dutch sports agents
Association football agents
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