Jan van Grinsven (born 27 February 1960 in Den Dungen,

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

) is a Dutch former

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, who played for

FC Den Bosch FC Den Bosch () is a professional football club from 's-Hertogenbosch, They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie. They were founded 18 August 1965, as FC Den Bosch/BVV. They are the successor of BVV (1906) and Wilhelmina (1890). Their stadiu ...

(1981–1992 and 1995–1999) and

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(1992–1995) and scored one goal in his career.Podcast with Jan van Grinsven
/ref> He retired in 1999, having played 484 games in Dutch professional football, and soon afterwards became an assistant coach who worked for FC Den Bosch.

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