Leendert Barth (born 11 January 1952 in

Puttershoek Puttershoek is a village and former municipality in the western Netherlands. It is located on the banks of the Oude Maas, on the island Hoeksche Waard, in the province of South Holland. On 1 January 1984, the municipality of Puttershoek was merge ...

) is a Dutch former

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player. He was mainly a back-up

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who played his entire career in

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Playing career

Club

Barth started his career with

Fortuna Vlaardingen Fortuna Vlaardingen was a Dutch football club which was founded in 1904 in Vlaardingen. The club played its matches in the Floreslaan stadium. History The club entered the Eerste Divisie in 1956. Fortuna never made it towards the Eredivisie and co ...

. At the age of 19, he moved to

RSC Anderlecht ; french: Les Mauves et Blancs) , short name = R.S.C.A. , founded = , ground = Constant Vanden Stock Stadium , capacity = 22,500 , owntitle = Chairman , owner = Wouter Vandenhaute , manager = Brian Riemer ...

where he would soon become back-up goalie for

Jan Ruiter Jan Ruiter () (born 24 November 1946) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Ruiter was born in Enkhuizen, North Holland. During his club career he played for FC Volendam, R.S.C. Anderlecht, R.W.D. Molenbee ...

, and later on for

Jacky Munaron Jacques "Jacky" Munaron (born 8 September 1956) is a Belgian former football goalkeeper and the goalkeeper coach of FP Halle-Gooik since 2017. As a young player, Munaron started as the keeper of the youth team of FC Dinant, and Munaron stayed ...

. Being denied a chance as first choice keeper, Leen Barth moved to a different

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

side, Union SG. He stayed there for one season. In 1976, Leen Barth signed for

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062.

. He played for them until 1981. Barth then went to cross city rivals

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where he remained until his retirement.

International

Leen Barth represented his country at youth level.Intl career stats
- OnsOranje

Managerial career

He became

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of lower league clubs, FC Knokke and SK Torhout, and then quit football.

Honours

Club

;RSC Anderlecht *

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

(2): 1971–72, 1973–74 *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

(3): List of Belgian Cup finals, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75 *

Belgian League Cup The Belgian League Cup was a Belgian association football cup created in 1973. The competition was held from 1973 by eleven clubs wanting to increase professionalism in Belgian football but lasted only three seasons before being disbanded. The tourn ...

(2): 1973, 1974 ;Club Brugge *

(3): 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80 *

(1): 1976–77 *

Belgian Supercup The Belgian Super Cup ( nl, Belgische Supercup, ; french: Supercoupe de Belgique; german: Belgischer Fußball-Super Cup), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian First Division A champion ...

(1): 1980 *

European Champion Clubs' Cup The European Champion Clubs' Cup, also known as Coupe des Clubs Champions Européens, or simply the European Cup, is a trophy awarded annually by UEFA to the football club that wins the UEFA Champions League. The competition in its older format ...

: 1977-78 (

runners-up A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people (such as sporting teams and organizations) to recognize and reward their actions and achievements.

) *

Jules Pappaert Cup Trophy Jules Pappaert or Pappaert cup is a Belgian football trophy since 1953 and is awarded annually to a club in the first, second or third division of the Belgian Pro League with the longest uninterrupted series of unbeaten games. The award is ...

(1): 1978 *

Bruges Matins The Matins of Bruges ( nl, Brugse Metten) was the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges and their supporters, a political faction in favour of French rule, on 18 May 1302 by the members of the local Flemish militia. It has been ...

(1): 1979 ;Cercle Brugge *

(1): 1984–85

References

External links

Leen Barth at Clubbrugge.be

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barth, Leen 1952 births Living people People from Binnenmaas Men's association football goalkeepers Dutch men's footballers Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers Fortuna Vlaardingen players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players Club Brugge KV players Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Belgian Pro League players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Footballers from South Holland