Rini van Woerden (26 March 1934 – 18 July 2004) was a Dutch
footballer
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who was active as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. Van Woerden made his debut at
Feyenoord
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and also played for
DWS and
Xerxes
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.
Honours
* 1960-61 :
Eredivisie
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winner with Feyenoord
* 1962-63 :
Eerste Divisie
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winner with DWS
* 1964-65 : Promotion to
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as th ...
with Xerxes
* 1965-66 : Promotion to
Eredivisie
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with Xerxes
See also
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Football in Netherlands
Football is the most popular sport in the Netherlands. Football was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in the 19th century when in 1879, at the age of 14, he founded Haarlemsche Football Club. Over the next 30 years, football gained ...
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List of football clubs in the Netherlands
The Dutch Football League is organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB, Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond).The most successful teams are Ajax (35), PSV (23) and Feyenoord (15). Important teams of the past are HVV (10 titles), Spar ...
References
External links
Profile
1934 births
2004 deaths
Dutch men's footballers
German men's footballers
Feyenoord players
AFC DWS players
Men's association football midfielders
Eredivisie players
Footballers from Duisburg
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