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.jpg) Rensenbrink in 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Pieter Robert Rensenbrink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1947[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.