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![]() Rensenbrink in 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Pieter Robert Rensenbrink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 3 July 1947|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 January 2020 | (aged 72)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Oostzaan, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left winger, forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OVVO Amsterdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
–1965 | OSV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1969 | DWS | 120 | (34) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1969–1971 | Club Brugge | 55 | (24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1980 | Anderlecht | 262 | (143) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1980 | Portland Timbers | 18 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1982 | Toulouse | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 467 | (208) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968–1979 | Netherlands | 46 | (14[2]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pieter Robert Rensenbrink (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɔp ˈrɛnsə(m)ˌbrɪŋk]; 3 July 1947 – 24 January 2020) was a Dutch footballer and member of the Netherlands national team that reached two FIFA World Cup finals, in 1974 and 1978. A creative and prolific left winger or forward, he became a legend in Belgium while playing in the great Anderlecht sides of the 1970s. He is the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup's all-time top scorer, with 25 goals. A talented dribbler as well as a cool finisher and adequate passer, he only ever missed two penalties in his entire career. He was also the first winner of the Onze d'Or in 1976.