Wim Bleijenberg

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Wim Bleijenberg (1953)

Wim Bleijenberg (born November 5, 1930 in Veenendaal , Utrecht province , † January 10, 2016 ) was a Dutch football player .

Center forward Bleijenberg came from WVV Wageningen to vv Rigtersbleek from Enschede , with whom he played in the first class in 1953/54 . In 1956 he moved to AFC Ajax in Amsterdam . With 16 goals, the header specialist was the best league goal scorer of the season in Amsterdam in his first season; He repeated this success with 15 goals in the 1958/59 season. Although Bleijenberg was hardly used in the 1959/60 season , he played his most important game for the club on May 26, 1960: In the playoff for the championship against Feijenoord , he came to the team as a replacement for the injured center forward Cees Groot . Bleijenberg scored three goals after a 1-0 half-time deficit and provided an assist for the 5-1 victory that brought Ajax their tenth championship title. He then moved to local rivals Blauw Wit . After a stopover at Go Ahead Eagles in Deventer , his career at AGOVV in Apeldoorn ended .

During his time in Enschede Bleijenberg was a national player in 1953 and completed three internationals for the Dutch national team that year and the following year . All three encounters were lost, Bleijenberg scored no goal.

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Notes and evidence

  1. ↑ Piet van der Kuil achieved just as many . Bleijenberg came on only 18 appearances against van der Kuils 32 games. See cadre statistics for the 1958/59 season at afc-ajax.info
  2. ↑ Game data at afc-ajax.info
personal data
SURNAME Bleijenberg, Wim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th November 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Veenendaal
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 2016