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Jan Groenendijk
association football player
- July 6, 1946
- February 9, 2014
- 67 years
- esophageal cancer
About Jan Groenendijk
Jan Groenendijk was an association football player. Born in 1946, Groenendijk died in 2014 at the age of 67.
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Full Biography
|Jan Groenendijk (6 July 1946 – 9 February 2014) was a Dutch football player.
Club career
Born in Heinenoord, Groenendijk came through the youth ranks at hometown club SV Heinenoord but moved to Vreeswijk with his parents and subsequently joined local side Geinoord. He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Elinkwijk and joined new club FC Utrecht who were formed by a merger of DOS, Elinkwijk and Velox in 1970. On Wednesday 19 August 1970 he became the first ever goalscorer of the new club after scoring in 1-4 defeat by Feyenoord. He would become the club's first top goalscorer that season with 18.
He later played for Go Ahead Eagles and Wageningen.
Death
Groenendijk died of esophageal cancer on 9 February 2014.
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