Jan Antonie van Diepenbeek (5 August 1903 – 8 August 1981) was a Dutch international

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who played for

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, HEDW and Wilhelmina Vooruit. He represented the

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at the

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, but did not play a game.

Club career

The bespectacled Van Diepenbeek played 207 matches for

between 1929 and 1938, before joining Wilhelmina Vooruit and its successor WV-HEDW.

International career

Van Diepenbeek made his debut for the

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in a December 1933

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against

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and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a February 1935 friendly against

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References

External links

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Player profile at VoetbalStats.nl

1903 births 1981 deaths Footballers from Utrecht (city) Men's association football fullbacks Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players AFC Ajax players {{Netherlands-footy-defender-stub