Clemens Zwijenberg (born 18 May 1970) is a Dutch former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
defender. He is best known for playing 148 games with
FC Twente
Football Club Twente (), sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional Association football, football club from the city of Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub E ...
in the 1980s and 1990s.
Career
Born in
Enschede
Enschede (; local ) is a list of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the province of Overijssel and the Twente region of the eastern Netherlands. The east of the urban area reaches ...
, Zwijnenberg started his senior career with
Twente
Twente ( , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Germanic people ...
. In 1998, he signed for
Aalborg Boldspilklub
Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as AaB for short (cf. logo) or Aalborg BK. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis, ice hockey, team handball, handball, and baske ...
in the
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...
, where he made nine league appearances and scored one goal. After that, he played for English club
Bristol City
Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England. The team compete in the , the second level of the English football league system.
Founded in 1894, the club competed in the Southern League and Western L ...
, Dutch club
NAC Breda
NAC Breda (), often simply known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Eredivisi ...
, and Austrian club
Austria Lustenau before retiring in 2001.
References
External links
7. december: Det nordjyske millionflop
CLEMENS ZWIJNENBERG
Sporløs med Clemens Zwijnenberg
Vluchtoord voor vergeten voetballers
Niew Voetbalblad
Clemens Zwijnenberg: 'Nacompetitie is kleine frustratie hier'
Clemens Zwijnenberg: “Het leuke voetballeventje houdt een keer op”
De Volkskrant Tag
Ajax blij met doelpunt Zwijnenberg
tubantia.nl Tag
Ajax-trainer Erik ten Hag, een man met een plan
Utrecht zoekt versterking in Zwijnenberg en Lawson
Clemens Zwijnenberg nieuwe hoofdtrainer DSVD
Kentudezenog Profile
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Bundesliga.at Profile
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Living people
1970 births
Dutch men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Eredivisie players
Danish Superliga players
English Football League players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
FC Twente players
Feyenoord players
AaB Fodbold players
Bristol City F.C. players
NAC Breda players
SC Austria Lustenau players
Dutch expatriate men's footballers
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria