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Dirk Been (28 December 1914 – 20 May 1978) was a Dutch
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
defender who was a non-playing squad member for the
Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
in the
1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...
.


Club career

He played for hometown side Ajax, but during the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
he was forced to work in
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. There, as a wartime Guest Player, he played for Hamburger SVDie Bomben-Mannschaft
- Spiegel


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Ajax stats
- Ajax Info 1914 births 1978 deaths Footballers from Amsterdam Dutch men's footballers Dutch expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders AFC Ajax players Hamburger SV players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Dutch expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Dutch World War II forced labourers {{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub