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Pieter Robert ("Rob") Rensenbrink (born July 3, 1947 in Amsterdam) is a former Dutch football player and member of the Dutch national football team that reached two World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978. A creative left winger of considerable talent, he became a legend in Belgium whilst playing in the great Anderlecht side of the 1970's. A talented dribbler as well as a cool finisher, he only ever missed two penalties in his entire career, and often enjoyed telling the keeper before hand where he was going to place the ball, and then still beating him there.

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Robben in de Photoshop-remix - Bright Bright--Of wordt Robben toch de nieuwe -Rob Rensenbrink- (voor de jonge lezers: speler van het Nederlands elftal die in 1978 in de WK-finale tegen de paal schoot)? ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:13:34 GMT+00:00
Holanda perdió la final, el estilo y el orgullo - Revista Generacción Revista Generacción--Aquella selección, dirigida por Rinus Michels, con Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, -Rob Rensenbrink-, Johnny Rep… pasó a la Historia con el nombre de La ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:33:11 GMT+00:00
La Roja victory a triumph for style and soul - Boston Globe Boston Globe--Those were the teams of Johan Cruyff and Johan Neeskens and Johnny Rep and -Rob Rensenbrink-, dashing forward, always forward. Those teams had the misfortune ... - Date : Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:02:28 GMT+00:00
World Cup 2010: Dutch Look To Future But Remember Past - Peace FM Online Peace FM Online---Rob Rensenbrink's- strike in the 90th minute of the final against Argentina 32 years ago was so nearly his finest hour. Yet instead of finding the intended ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:50:18 GMT+00:00
Time to re-write past wrongs - Football365.co.za Football365.co.za--It was the majestic Gerd Muller's winner in 1974 and then the agony of watching -Rob Rensenbrink's- effort hit the post in the dying minutes of regulation ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:24:01 GMT+00:00
World Cup 2010 Comment: Revenge of the chokers - which World Cup flops will ... - Goal.com Goal.com---...- everyone with a star-studded line-up of legends including Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, Willem Van Hanegem, Ruud Krol, Johnny Rep and -Rob Rensenbrink-. ... - Date : Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:58:33 GMT+00:00
Spain vs. Holland: A World Cup Final to Savor - TIME (blog) TIME (blog)--Every Dutch fan knows that had -Rob Rensenbrink- been just inches to the left with his shot that hit a post at 1-1 in the final minutes in 1978, Holland would ... - Date : Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:45:33 GMT+00:00
World Cup 2010 - Dutch extend winning run - Yahoo! Eurosport UK Yahoo! Eurosport UK--Van Persie is the fourth Netherlands player to score at two different World Cups after Seventies icons Johnny Rep and -Rob Rensenbrink- and Dennis Bergkamp in ... - Date : Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:24:04 GMT+00:00
The Joy of Six: Great World Cup goals from outside the canon - The Guardian (blog) The Guardian (blog)--5) Patrick Kluivert (NETHERLANDS v Argentina 1998) Holland's near misses in the World Cup finals of the 1970s are sure to always rankle - -Rob Rensenbrink- ... - Date : Fri, 28 May 2010 07:32:21 GMT+00:00
Davids Backs Dutch to Claim Glory - Australian FourFourTwo Australian FourFourTwo---...- will go one better than the losing finalists in 1974 with Johan Cruyff, or four years later when -Rob Rensenbrink- scored five times in the tournament. ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 01:28:54 GMT+00:00

Robben in de Photoshop-remix - Bright

Bright--Of wordt Robben toch de nieuwe -Rob Rensenbrink- (voor de jonge lezers: speler van het Nederlands elftal die in 1978 in de WK-finale tegen de paal schoot)? ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:13:34 GMT+00:00

Holanda perdió la final, el estilo y el orgullo - Revista Generacción

Revista Generacción--Aquella selección, dirigida por Rinus Michels, con Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, -Rob Rensenbrink-, Johnny Rep… pasó a la Historia con el nombre de La ... - Date : Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:33:11 GMT+00:00

La Roja victory a triumph for style and soul - Boston Globe

Boston Globe--Those were the teams of Johan Cruyff and Johan Neeskens and Johnny Rep and -Rob Rensenbrink-, dashing forward, always forward. Those teams had the misfortune ... - Date : Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:02:28 GMT+00:00

World Cup 2010: Dutch Look To Future But Remember Past - Peace FM Online

Peace FM Online---Rob Rensenbrink's- strike in the 90th minute of the final against Argentina 32 years ago was so nearly his finest hour. Yet instead of finding the intended ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:50:18 GMT+00:00

Time to re-write past wrongs - Football365.co.za

Football365.co.za--It was the majestic Gerd Muller's winner in 1974 and then the agony of watching -Rob Rensenbrink's- effort hit the post in the dying minutes of regulation ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:24:01 GMT+00:00

World Cup 2010 Comment: Revenge of the chokers - which World Cup flops will ... - Goal.com

Goal.com---...- everyone with a star-studded line-up of legends including Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, Willem Van Hanegem, Ruud Krol, Johnny Rep and -Rob Rensenbrink-. ... - Date : Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:58:33 GMT+00:00

Spain vs. Holland: A World Cup Final to Savor - TIME (blog)

TIME (blog)--Every Dutch fan knows that had -Rob Rensenbrink- been just inches to the left with his shot that hit a post at 1-1 in the final minutes in 1978, Holland would ... - Date : Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:45:33 GMT+00:00

World Cup 2010 - Dutch extend winning run - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

Yahoo! Eurosport UK--Van Persie is the fourth Netherlands player to score at two different World Cups after Seventies icons Johnny Rep and -Rob Rensenbrink- and Dennis Bergkamp in ... - Date : Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:24:04 GMT+00:00

The Joy of Six: Great World Cup goals from outside the canon - The Guardian (blog)

The Guardian (blog)--5) Patrick Kluivert (NETHERLANDS v Argentina 1998) Holland's near misses in the World Cup finals of the 1970s are sure to always rankle - -Rob Rensenbrink- ... - Date : Fri, 28 May 2010 07:32:21 GMT+00:00

Davids Backs Dutch to Claim Glory - Australian FourFourTwo

Australian FourFourTwo---...- will go one better than the losing finalists in 1974 with Johan Cruyff, or four years later when -Rob Rensenbrink- scored five times in the tournament. ... - Date : Thu, 27 May 2010 01:28:54 GMT+00:00

Senior career
Years	Club	Appearances (Gls)
1965 - 1969 1969 - 1971 1971 - 1980 1980 1981 - 1982 1969 - 1982	Door Wilskracht Sterk Club Brugge Anderlecht Portland Timbers Toulouse Total	120 (34) 55 (24) 260 (143) 18 (6) 12 (1) 327 (168)

Youth career
Years	Club
	DWS Amsterdam

National team
Years	National team	Appearances (Gls)
1968 - 1979	Netherlands	49 (14)

FIFA 100

UEFA		Baggio * Ballack * Banks * Baresi * Beckenbauer * Beckham * Bergkamp * Bergomi * Best * Boniek * Boniperti * Breitner * Buffon * Butragueño * Cantona * Ceulemans * Charlton * Cruyff * Dalglish * Dasayev * Davids * Del Piero * Desailly * Deschamps * Emre * Eusébio * Facchetti * Figo * Fontaine * Gullit * Hagi * Henry * Kahn * Keane * Keegan * Klinsmann * Kluivert * Kopa * B. Laudrup * M. Laudrup * Lineker * Luis Enrique * Maier * Maldini * Masopust * Matthäus * Müller * Nedvěd * Neeskens * Nesta * Owen * Papin * Pfaff * Pirès * Platini * Puskás * Raúl * Rensenbrink * Rijkaard * Rivera * Rossi * Rui Costa * Rummenigge * Rüştü * Schmeichel * Seedorf * Seeler * Shearer * Shevchenko * Stoichkov * Šuker * Thuram * Totti * Trésor * Trezeguet * van Basten * R. van de Kerkhof * W. van de Kerkhof * Van der Elst * van Nistelrooy * Vieira * Vieri * Zidane * Zoff
CONMEBOL		Carlos Alberto * Batistuta * Cafu * Crespo * Cubillas * di Stéfano * Falcão * Figueroa * Francescoli * Júnior * Kempes * Maradona * Passarella * Pelé * Rivaldo * Rivelino * Roberto Carlos * Romário * Romerito * Ronaldinho * Ronaldo * Djalma Santos * Nílton Santos * Saviola * Sívori * Sócrates * Valderrama * Verón * Zamorano * Zanetti * Zico
CAF		Diouf * Milla * Okocha * Abédi Pelé * Weah
CONCACAF		Akers * Hamm * Sánchez
AFC		Hong * Nakata

Netherlands squad 1974 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

Geels, Haan, van Hanegem, van Ierssel, Israël, Jansen, de Jong, Jongbloed, Keizer, R. van de Kerkhof, W. van de Kerkhof, Krol, Neeskens, Cruyff, Rensenbrink, Rep, Rijsbergen, Schrijvers, Strik, Suurbier, Treijtel, Vos Coach : Michels

Geels, Haan, van Hanegem, van Ierssel, Israël, Jansen, de Jong, Jongbloed, Keizer, R. van de Kerkhof, W. van de Kerkhof, Krol, Neeskens, Cruyff, Rensenbrink, Rep, Rijsbergen, Schrijvers, Strik, Suurbier, Treijtel, Vos
Coach : Michels

Netherlands squad UEFA Euro 1976 Third Place

Schrijvers, Suurbier, Rijsbergen, Van Kraay, Krol, Neeskens, Jansen, Rep, Cruyff, W. van de Kerkhof, Rensenbrink, Van Hanegem, Geels, Peters, R. van de Kerkhof, Arntz, Ruiter, Jongbloed, Kist, Meutstege Coach : Knobel

Schrijvers, Suurbier, Rijsbergen, Van Kraay, Krol, Neeskens, Jansen, Rep, Cruyff, W. van de Kerkhof, Rensenbrink, Van Hanegem, Geels, Peters, R. van de Kerkhof, Arntz, Ruiter, Jongbloed, Kist, Meutstege
Coach : Knobel

Netherlands squad 1978 FIFA World Cup Runners-up

Schrijvers, Poortvliet, Schoenaker, van Kraay, Krol, Jansen, Wildschut, Jongbloed, Haan, R. van de Kerkhof, W. van de Kerkhof, Rensenbrink, Neeskens, Boskamp, Hovenkamp, Rep, Rijsbergen, Nanninga, Doesburg, Suurbier, Lubse, Brandts Coach : Happel

Schrijvers, Poortvliet, Schoenaker, van Kraay, Krol, Jansen, Wildschut, Jongbloed, Haan, R. van de Kerkhof, W. van de Kerkhof, Rensenbrink, Neeskens, Boskamp, Hovenkamp, Rep, Rijsbergen, Nanninga, Doesburg, Suurbier, Lubse, Brandts
Coach : Happel

Belgian First Division Top Scorers

1908-09: Kevorkian * 1909-10: Vertongen * 1910-11: Six * 1911-12: Bunyan * 1912-13: Brébart * 1913-14: Bunyan * 1919-20: Vlamynck * 1920-21: Thys * 1921-22: Thys * 1922-23: Meyskens * 1923-24: Jooris * 1924-25: Taeymans * 1925-26: Grimmonprez * 1926-27: Fabry * 1927-28: Braine * 1928-29: Braine * 1929-30: De Vidts * 1930-31: Secrétin * 1931-32: Delmez * 1932-33: Ulens * 1933-34: Van Landeghem * 1934-35: Mondelé * 1935-36: Lambrechts * 1936-37: Collet * 1937-38: Mondelé * 1938-39: Wagner * 1941-42: De Cleyn * 1943-44: Mermans * 1945-46: De Cleyn * 1946-47: Mermans * 1947-48: Mermans * 1948-49: Thirifays * 1949-50: Mermans * 1950-51: Dehert * 1951-52: Coppens * 1952-53: Coppens * 1953-54: Van Den Bosch * 1954-55: Coppens * 1955-56: Mathonet * 1956-57: Willems * 1957-58: Van Gool & Vliers * 1958-59: Wégria * 1959-60: Wégria * 1960-61: Wégria * 1961-62: Stockman * 1962-63: Wégria * 1963-64: Van Himst * 1964-65: Colonval * 1965-66: Van Himst * 1966-67: Mulder * 1967-68: Van Himst & Claessen * 1968-69: Nagy * 1969-70: Emmerich * 1970-71: Kostedde * 1971-72: Lambert * 1972-73: Rensenbrink & Riedl * 1973-74: Ladinsky * 1974-75: Riedl * 1975-76: Posthumus * 1976-77: Van Der Elst * 1977-78: Nickel * 1978-79: Albert * 1979-80: Vandenbergh * 1980-81: Vandenbergh * 1981-82: Vandenbergh * 1982-83: Vandenbergh * 1983-84: Claesen * 1984-85: Martens * 1985-86: Vandenbergh * 1986-87: Gudjohnsen * 1987-88: Severeyns * 1988-89: Krncevic * 1989-90: Farina * 1990-91: Vandenbergh * 1991-92: Weber * 1992-93: Weber * 1993-94: Weber * 1994-95: Vidmar * 1995-96: Stanić * 1996-97: Špehar * 1997-98: Strupar * 1998-99: Koller * 1999-00: Årst & Brogno * 2000-01: Radzinski * 2001-02: Sonck * 2002-03: Sonck & Roussel * 2003-04: Pieroni * 2004-05: Jestrović * 2005-06: Dosunmu * 2006-07: Sterchele * 2007-08: Akpala * 2008-09: Ruiz * 2009-10: Lukaku

1908-09: Kevorkian * 1909-10: Vertongen * 1910-11: Six * 1911-12: Bunyan * 1912-13: Brébart * 1913-14: Bunyan * 1919-20: Vlamynck * 1920-21: Thys * 1921-22: Thys * 1922-23: Meyskens * 1923-24: Jooris * 1924-25: Taeymans * 1925-26: Grimmonprez * 1926-27: Fabry * 1927-28: Braine * 1928-29: Braine * 1929-30: De Vidts * 1930-31: Secrétin * 1931-32: Delmez * 1932-33: Ulens * 1933-34: Van Landeghem * 1934-35: Mondelé * 1935-36: Lambrechts * 1936-37: Collet * 1937-38: Mondelé * 1938-39: Wagner * 1941-42: De Cleyn * 1943-44: Mermans * 1945-46: De Cleyn * 1946-47: Mermans * 1947-48: Mermans * 1948-49: Thirifays * 1949-50: Mermans * 1950-51: Dehert * 1951-52: Coppens * 1952-53: Coppens * 1953-54: Van Den Bosch * 1954-55: Coppens * 1955-56: Mathonet * 1956-57: Willems * 1957-58: Van Gool & Vliers * 1958-59: Wégria * 1959-60: Wégria * 1960-61: Wégria * 1961-62: Stockman * 1962-63: Wégria * 1963-64: Van Himst * 1964-65: Colonval * 1965-66: Van Himst * 1966-67: Mulder * 1967-68: Van Himst & Claessen * 1968-69: Nagy * 1969-70: Emmerich * 1970-71: Kostedde * 1971-72: Lambert * 1972-73: Rensenbrink & Riedl * 1973-74: Ladinsky * 1974-75: Riedl * 1975-76: Posthumus * 1976-77: Van Der Elst * 1977-78: Nickel * 1978-79: Albert * 1979-80: Vandenbergh * 1980-81: Vandenbergh * 1981-82: Vandenbergh * 1982-83: Vandenbergh * 1983-84: Claesen * 1984-85: Martens * 1985-86: Vandenbergh * 1986-87: Gudjohnsen * 1987-88: Severeyns * 1988-89: Krncevic * 1989-90: Farina * 1990-91: Vandenbergh * 1991-92: Weber * 1992-93: Weber * 1993-94: Weber * 1994-95: Vidmar * 1995-96: Stanić * 1996-97: Špehar * 1997-98: Strupar * 1998-99: Koller * 1999-00: Årst & Brogno * 2000-01: Radzinski * 2001-02: Sonck * 2002-03: Sonck & Roussel * 2003-04: Pieroni * 2004-05: Jestrović * 2005-06: Dosunmu * 2006-07: Sterchele * 2007-08: Akpala * 2008-09: Ruiz * 2009-10: Lukaku

Belgian Golden Shoe Winners

1954: Coppens * 1955: Van Brandt * 1956: Mees * 1957: Jurion * 1958: Storme * 1959: Olieslagers * 1960: Van Himst * 1961: Van Himst * 1962: Jurion * 1963: Nicolay * 1964: Puis * 1965: Van Himst * 1966: Van Moer * 1967: Boone * 1968: Polleunis * 1969: Van Moer * 1970: Van Moer * 1971: Vandendaele * 1972: Piot * 1973: Martens * 1974: Van Himst * 1975: Boskamp * 1976: Rensenbrink * 1977: Cools * 1978: Pfaff * 1979: Janssens * 1980: Ceulemans * 1981: Vandenbergh * 1982: Gerets * 1983: Vercauteren * 1984: Scifo * 1985: Ceulemans * 1986: Ceulemans * 1987: Preud'homme * 1988: Clijsters * 1989: Preud'homme * 1990: Van der Elst * 1991: Degryse * 1992: Albert * 1993: Zetterberg * 1994: De Bilde * 1995: Okon * 1996: Van der Elst * 1997: Zetterberg * 1998: Strupar * 1999: Staelens * 2000: Koller * 2001: Sonck * 2002: Simons * 2003: Aruna * 2004: Kompany * 2005: Conceição * 2006: Boussoufa * 2007: Defour * 2008: Witsel * 2009: Jovanović

1954: Coppens * 1955: Van Brandt * 1956: Mees * 1957: Jurion * 1958: Storme * 1959: Olieslagers * 1960: Van Himst * 1961: Van Himst * 1962: Jurion * 1963: Nicolay * 1964: Puis * 1965: Van Himst * 1966: Van Moer * 1967: Boone * 1968: Polleunis * 1969: Van Moer * 1970: Van Moer * 1971: Vandendaele * 1972: Piot * 1973: Martens * 1974: Van Himst * 1975: Boskamp * 1976: Rensenbrink * 1977: Cools * 1978: Pfaff * 1979: Janssens * 1980: Ceulemans * 1981: Vandenbergh * 1982: Gerets * 1983: Vercauteren * 1984: Scifo * 1985: Ceulemans * 1986: Ceulemans * 1987: Preud'homme * 1988: Clijsters * 1989: Preud'homme * 1990: Van der Elst * 1991: Degryse * 1992: Albert * 1993: Zetterberg * 1994: De Bilde * 1995: Okon * 1996: Van der Elst * 1997: Zetterberg * 1998: Strupar * 1999: Staelens * 2000: Koller * 2001: Sonck * 2002: Simons * 2003: Aruna * 2004: Kompany * 2005: Conceição * 2006: Boussoufa * 2007: Defour * 2008: Witsel * 2009: Jovanović

International Career :
Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Netherlands			League		KNVB Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1965-66	Door Wilskracht Sterk	Eredivisie	23	5
1966-67			29	4
1967-68			34	10
1968-69			34	15
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1969-70	Club Brugge	First Division	27	10
1970-71	Club Brugge	First Division	28	14
1971-72	Anderlecht	First Division	30	16
1972-73			24	16
1973-74			29	20
1974-75			35	19
1975-76			35	23
1976-77			34	16
1977-78			24	18
1978-79			31	12
1979-80			20	3
USA			League		Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup		League Cup		North America		Total
1980	Portland Timbers	North American Soccer League	18	6
France			League		Coupe de France		Coupe de la Ligue		Europe		Total
1981-82	Toulouse	Division 2	12	1
Total	Netherlands		120	34
	Belgium		317	167
	USA		18	6
	France		12	1
Career Total			467	208