Mannes Francken (1888–1948) was a Dutch
football
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player, who played for
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and the
Dutch national team
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Biography
Francken started out as a
goalkeeper, but quickly became a
forward. He made his international debut for the
Netherlands on 29 April 1906 in a 5-0 away defeat to
Belgium. He would go on to play 22 caps, scoring 17 goals, including a then national record of three
hat-tricks, all of which against Belgium. Remarkably, 12 of his international goals, including his three hat-tricks, came in
friendly cup duels between Dutch and Belgians, a tally that makes him the
all-time top scorer in the competition's history, however, if we include the
four unofficial trophies between 1901 and 1904 then he shares this position with
Herbert Potts
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Club career
He was the topscorer in the Belgian First Division in the 1900–01 and 1901–02 seasons, with 26 and ...
of Belgium.
The final of these goals, against
Belgium on 9 March 1913, made him the all-time top scorer for the Netherlands, a record he held for more than 20 years, until when on 3 November 1935,
Beb Bakhuys of
HBS Craeyenhout scored his 18th goal for the Dutch national team. Nevertheless, a century after his last match Francken is still ranked 11th in the list of all-time top scorers.
Francken played his final match for the Netherlands in 1914. He moved to the
Dutch East Indies
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in 1916. Francken died in 1948.
His brothers
Harry,
Jacques and
Peddy Francken Peddy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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* Giles Peddy (born 1978 ...
also played for HFC.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Netherlands's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Francken goal.''
Records
*All-time top goal scorer of the
Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad Beker with 8 goals
*All-time top goal scorer of the
Belgium vs Netherlands Cups with 13 goals
References
*Inez Hollander
Silenced Voices: Uncovering a Family's Colonial History in Indonesia Ohio University Press, 2008,
1888 births
1948 deaths
Dutch footballers
Netherlands international footballers
HFC Haarlem players
Sportspeople from East Java
Footballers from Haarlem
Association football goalkeepers
Koninklijke HFC players
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