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Harry Heijnen

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Harry Heijnen
Personal information
Full name Harry Heijnen
Date of birth (1940-10-17)17 October 1940
Place of birth Venlo, Netherlands
Date of death 18 March 2015(2015-03-18) (aged 74)
Place of death Venlo, Netherlands
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Venlosche Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962 FC VVV 88 (14)
1962–1967 ADO 142 (53)
1967 San Francisco Gales 9 (2)
1967–1969 ADO 57 (9)
1969–1970 MVV 30 (5)
1970–1973 FC VVV 87 (29)
International career
1966 Netherlands 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 March 2015

Harry Heijnen (17 October 1940 – 18 March 2015) was a Dutch football player.

Club career

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Nicknamed Mandje, Heijnen made his debut on 23 August 1959 for hometown club FC VVV with whom he won the Dutch Cup in 1959 and left them in 1962 for a lengthy spell at ADO. He was one of the ADO players to enjoy a 3-month spell in the USA as the Golden Gate Gales,[1] alongside Dick Advocaat among others.

In 1969, he moved to MVV for 50,000 Dutch guilders before returning to VVV to finish his career at the club he started.[2]

International career

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Heijnen earned his one and only cap for the Netherlands in a September 1966 friendly match against Austria.[3]

Retirement and death

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After retiring as a player, Heijnen coached several amateur sides and ran a pub in Venlo.

He died on 18 March 2015 of esophageal cancer.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Harry Heijnen is ons helaas ontvallen - ADO Den Haag (in Dutch)
  2. ^ Venloos ADO-icoon Harry Heijnen overleden - ELF Voetbal (in Dutch)
  3. ^ National team stats - Voetbalstats (in Dutch)
  4. ^ ADO-icoon Heijnen overleden - AD (in Dutch)
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