Tim Joost Christiaan Vincken (born 12 September 1986) is a Dutch former professional

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who played as a winger 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 ...

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De Graafschap VBV De Graafschap () is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games at the De Vijverberg stadium ...

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, and

VV Capelle Voetbalvereniging Capelle is a Dutch football team, founded on 20 February 1930. Its home venue is Sportpark 't Slot in Capelle aan den IJssel. Since 2018, VV Capelle competes in the Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklas ...

. Vincken currently works as a youth coach for his first club,

TOGB TOGB is a football club from Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1928. Its first squad plays in the Derde Divisie since 2022. The club was established on 28 October 1928 as TOGB, a Dutch abbreviation for ''Tot Ons Genoegen ...

Club career

Vincken made three appearances for the

first team during the 2004–05 season, making his professional debut in the away match against

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion f ...

on 8 May 2005, which ended in a 0–2 loss. Vincken scored his first goal for Feyenoord in a match against local rivals

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently compete in the Eredivisie, the top fligh ...

on 23 December 2006. His goal resulted in a win for his club. Though considered to be very talented, Vincken regularly suffered from injuries which made

to decide to not extend his contract in June 2010. He subsequently signed with

, where he had already spent time on loan the previous season. In June 2012, Vincken signed a two-year deal with

, which was not extended two years later. He signed with

in December 2014. Vincken returned to the Netherlands in 2016, playing for lower league side

vv Capelle Voetbalvereniging Capelle is a Dutch football team, founded on 20 February 1930. Its home venue is Sportpark 't Slot in Capelle aan den IJssel. Since 2018, VV Capelle competes in the Hoofdklasse The Vierde Divisie, formerly known as Hoofdklas ...

, where he retired after one season. In 2018, Vincken was appointed assistant under head coach Ivo Loovens for the TOGB under-17 team. This marked his return to the club where he began his footballing career; something fellow former professional Roland Bergkamp also did, as he became assistant to the U17 reserves.

International career

He was a member of the Dutch squad playing at the

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held in his home country the

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. The team was eliminated in the quarter final against Nigeria.Nigeria - Netherlands 1:1 a.e.t. 10:9 PSO
FIFA U-20 World Championship 2005 (Netherlands),

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References

External links

Voetbal International profile
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