Hendrik Groot (22 April 1938
, Ajax.nl, Retrieved 28 May 2013 (Dutch) – 11 May 2022) was a Dutch

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who played as a

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and

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. Groot made his professional debut on 23 August 1959 in a 3–0 win of

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against

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 Eerste Divi ...

. He also played for

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

. He was born in

Zaandijk Zaandijk () is a town in the List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of Zaanstad, Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It lies about 11 kilometres (6.8 miles) northwest of Amsterdam and had a po ...

. He was related to player Kick Groot.

Honours

Ajax *

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

: 1959–60, 1965–66, 1966–67, 1967–68 *

KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. O ...

: 1960–61, 1966–67 * International Football Cup: 1961–62 Feyenoord * Eredivisie: 1964–65 * KNVB Cup: 1964–65 Individual *

top scorer: 1959–60 – 38 goals in 33 matches, 1960–61 – 41 goals in 32 matches There are mildly differing numbers out there with regards to the number of matches and goals.

References

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(per 12 March 2020) * * John Beuker:
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Henk Groot - Goals in International Matches
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, 20101-09-24 1938 births 2022 deaths Footballers from Zaanstad Dutch footballers Association football forwards Netherlands international footballers Eredivisie players AFC Ajax players Feyenoord players {{netherlands-footy-forward-stub