Leendert Roelof Jan "Leen" Vente (14 May 19119 November 1989) was a Dutch

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who played as a striker. He earned 21 caps and scored 19 goals for the

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, and played in the

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and

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World Cups.

Playing career

Vente started in the Rotterdam Football Association for Semper Melior and later for Pro Patria. He eventually joined

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where he initially also participated in athletics. In April 1936, Vente moved to

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 ...

. He was one of the players that participated in the opening match of stadium

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in 1937. Feyenoord played Beerschot and won 5–2. Vente scored the first ever goal in the stadium, and finished the game with a hat-trick. Vente would finish his tenure with the club with 82 league appearances in which he scored 65 goals. In January 1941, Vente returned to Neptunus.

After retirement

In 1943, Vente obtained his coaching licence. He started his managerial career in 1950 with NOAD. He then coached both

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and

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. He had a short term as manager of Xerxes in 1957. After that he coached, among others, Neptunus and SV Slikkerveer. Vente also worked as a representative during that period. Vente owned café Leen Vente three times. He lost his second café during the

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. After

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, he was detained by the "Political Investigation Service" on charges of recruiting from his café, but was soon rehabilitated. Vente turned out to have prevented collaboration with the Axis powers.

Personal life

Vente died on 9 November 1989 in

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. His brother's grandson,

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, plays for

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and started his career with

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Honours

Feijenoord * Netherlands Football League Championship: 1937–38, 1939–40

References

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