Caesar Herman "Cees" ten Cate (August 20, 1890, in
Ngawi – June 9, 1972, in
Amsterdam
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) was a Dutch amateur
football
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player who competed in the
1912 Summer Olympics
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.
International career
Ten Cate made his debut for the
Netherlands
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in a June 1912 Olympic Games match against
Sweden
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and earned all of his three caps at the tournament, winning a bronze medal. He was only included in the squad because first choice forwards
Mannes Francken and
Jan Thomee had to pull out.
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1890 births
1972 deaths
People from Ngawi Regency
Men's association football forwards
Dutch men's footballers
Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Netherlands men's international footballers
Olympic medalists in football
HFC Haarlem players
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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