Harry Heijnen

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

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, 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.

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

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. He had visited his old club ADO in the year before, when already very ill.