Jan van Deinsen (born 19 June 1953) is a Dutch former

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player and manager who played as a

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Club career

van Deinsen was born in

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. He made his professional debut for

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on 12 September 1971 against

SC Telstar Sportclub Telstar () is a Dutch professional football club based in the town of Velsen-Zuid, North Holland. The team competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of the Dutch football league system, following promotion from the Eerste Divisie in t ...

and also played for

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, before joining Dutch giants

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for whom he played for seven years. He won the

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with the club, but he had to quit football in 1984 due to injuries of his achilles tendon.

International career

He obtained one cap for the Netherlands national team, when they lost to the

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on 10 September 1980 in

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Managerial career

After retiring as a player, van Deinsen coached amateur sides Babberich and JVC Cuijk and was assistant at several professional clubs as well as to fellow Dutch managers

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and

Wim Rijsbergen Wilhelmus "Wim" Gerardus Rijsbergen (; born 18 January 1952) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a defender. He was last the manager of Solomon Islands' national team. Playing career Rijsbergen was born in Leiden, Sout ...

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. In 2003 he was named manager of

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

club

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, only to leave them in February 2004. He was appointed manager of

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in July 2012 after leaving the amateurs of

JVC Cuijk JVC Cuijk is a Dutch association football club from Cuijk, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1931 and plays in Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of Netherlands, Dutch football, in the Sunday league. The team plays home games at Sportpark De Groen ...

.Jan van Deinsen nieuwe trainer Achilles ’29
– De Groesbeek

Honours

Feyenoord *

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: 1979–80

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