Johannes Gerardus Nicolaas Venneker (born 5 March 1945) is a Dutch former

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who played as a forward. A Feijenoord youth product, he made his

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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

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rivals Ajax Amsterdam.

Career

Venneker was born in

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. Until the age of 18 he played as a

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. On 29 November 1964, aged 19, he scored five goals in Feijenoord's 9–4 win in

against Ajax Amsterdam. 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

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position by coach

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. Later in his time there he also featured for the Netherlands national team, making four appearances.

Personal life

Venneker has two sons with his wife Sylvia. He owned a sports shop called "Venneker Sporting" in

Hellevoetsluis Hellevoetsluis () is a small city and municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located in Voorne-Putten, South Holland. The municipality covers an area of of which is water and it includes the population centres Nieuw-Helvoet, Nieuwenhoo ...

. 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

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Honours

Feijenoord *

: 1964–65 * KNVB Cup: 1964–65

References

External links

*
Profile at feyenoord-online.com
1945 births Living people Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Rotterdam Men's association football forwards Men's association football fullbacks Netherlands men's international footballers Eredivisie players Feyenoord players NEC Nijmegen players Sparta Rotterdam players AS Montferrand Football players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub