Hans Venneker

Johannes Gerardus Nicolaas Venneker (born 5 March 1945) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a forward. A Feijenoord youth product, he made his Eredivisie debut with club and went on to play for NEC Nijmegen, Sparta Rotterdam and French club Montferrand. He also made four appearances for the Netherlands national team. Venneker is the only Feyenoord player to have scored five goals in a match against De Klassieker rivals Ajax Amsterdam.

Hans Venneker
Venneker in 1965
Personal information
Full name Johannes Gerardus Nicolaas Venneker[1]
Date of birth (1945-03-05) 5 March 1945
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s) Forward, right-back
Youth career
Feijenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1967 Feijenoord 33 (26)
1967–1968 NEC Nijmegen 34 (19)
1968–1975 Sparta Rotterdam 228 (57)
1975–1977 Montferrand
International career
1971–1972 Netherlands 4 (0)
Managerial career
1975–1977 Montferrand (player manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Venneker was born in Rotterdam. Until the age of 18 he played as a goalkeeper.[2] On 29 November 1964, aged 19, he scored five goals in Feijenoord's 9–4 win in De Klassieker against Ajax Amsterdam.[2][3] To this day, he is the only Feyenoord player to have achieved this feat.[3]

Following a move to NEC Nijmegen Venneker spent seven years at Sparta Rotterdam.[2] At Sparta, he was deployed in the right-back position by coach Georg Keßler.[4] Later in his time there he also featured for the Netherlands national team,[4] making four appearances.[5]

Personal life

Venneker has two sons with his wife Sylvia.[2] He owned a sports shop called "Venneker Sporting" in Hellevoetsluis.[2] As of January 2015 he lived in Rockanje.[2] In January 2015 it was announced he would take up the role of technical advisor at lower-league club VV Nieuwenhoorn for the 2015–16 season.[2] He successfully underwent heart surgery in September 2020.[4] At the time he was chairman of Oud-Feyenoord, a team of former Feyenoord players, and living in Brielle.[4]

Honours

Feijenoord

References
  1. Hans Venneker at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Hans Venneker volgend seizoen naar Nieuwenhoorn" [Hans Venneker to Nieuwenhoorn next season]. groothellevoet.nl (in Dutch). 3 January 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. "Klassieke Klassiekers: van Venneker tot Veltman" [Classic Klassiekers: from Venneker to Veltman]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 29 March 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  4. "Hans Venneker weer thuis na geslaagde hartoperatie" [Hans Venneker back home after successful heart surgery]. Dagblad010 (in Dutch). 20 September 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. "Hans Venneker". OnsOranje (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 August 2022.


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