Jan van Grinsven (born 27 February 1960 in

Den Dungen Den Dungen is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of Sint-Michielsgestel next to the village Maaskantje. History The village was first mentioned in 1300 as "Super Donghen prope Buscum", and means ...

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the we ...

) is a Dutch former

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, who played for

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadium is called 'De Vliert', an 8,500 all-seater. R ...

(1981–1992 and 1995–1999) and MVV Maastricht (1992–1995) and scored one goal in his career.Podcast with Jan van Grinsven
/ref> He retired in 1999, having played 484 games in Dutch professional football, and soon afterwards became an assistant coach who worked for FC Den Bosch.

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1960 births Living people Dutch footballers Dutch football managers Men's association football goalkeepers Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players MVV Maastricht players FC Den Bosch players People from Sint-Michielsgestel Footballers from North Brabant {{Netherlands-footy-goalkeeper-stub