Piet Steenbergen (28 November 1928 – 22 April 2010http://www.feyenoord.nl/pages/newsdetail/s1/10010000036374-999-10010000000003.aspx (Dutch)) was a Dutch professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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. Steenbergen made his debut at

Feijenoord Feijenoord (), not to be confused with the Feijenoord (neighbourhood), Feijenoord neighbourhood (which is located in the Feijenoord district), is a district in Rotterdam and is located south of the Nieuwe Maas. As of 1 January 2004 there were 72,3 ...

and also played for French club

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. At Feijenoord he played a total of 229 matches in which he scored 25 times, divided over eleven seasons. He was born and died in

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

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1928 births 2010 deaths Dutch footballers Association football midfielders Feyenoord players Le Havre AC players Ligue 1 players Eredivisie players Netherlands international footballers Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Dutch expatriate sportspeople in France Deaths from brain cancer in the Netherlands {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub