Rinus Bennaars

Rinus Bennaars
	Bennaars in 1963
Personal information
Full name	Marinus Apolonia Bennaars
Date of birth	14 October 1931
Place of birth	Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Date of death	8 November 2021 (aged 90)
Place of death	Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Nieuw-Borgvliet
	DOSKO
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1958	DOSKO
1958–1959	NOAD
1959–1964	Feijenoord
1964–1966	DFC
International career
1951–1964	Netherlands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rinus Bennaars (14 October 1931 – 8 November 2021) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a midfielder.^[1]

Club career

Bennaars started his career before professional football was established in the Netherlands. When professional football was introduced in the country, Bennaars and SV DOSKO began playing in the Dutch Second Division. After three years at DOSKO, Bennaars joined NOAD for one season before transferring to Feijenoord.^[2] In his second season with Feijenoord, Bennaars won his first trophy when the club won the Eredivisie. They retained the title the following season, and Bennaars was recalled to the Netherlands national team again, nine years after his last call-up. He left Feijenoord after five seasons and went to play another two years in the Second Division at DFC, where he won the championship of that division in his first season. After his second season at the club Bennaars retired from professional football.

International career

On 25 November 1951, while playing for DOSKO, Bennaars played his first match for the Netherlands national team in Rotterdam versus Belgium. The Netherlands lost the match 7–6, but Bennaars managed to score one of the Dutch goals. Until 19 May 1954, he played ten times for the national team. In 1963, he played in another five matches, bringing his total caps to 15. He played one match at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Personal life

Upon retiring, Bennaars worked for Dutch Railways.^[4] He and his wife, Corry, lost two daughters in infancy. His wife later died of Parkinson's disease in 2005.^[5] Bennaars died in his home-town Bergen op Zoom on 8 November 2021, at the age of 90.

References

^ "Rinus Bennaars". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Marinus Apolonia Rinus Bennaars - Voetbal Legends (in Dutch)
^ Rinus Bennaars – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ Bennaars: ik zat als klittenband aan Pele vast - Trouw (in Dutch)
^ 'Ik ben dankbaar voor alles wat het leven me heeft gebracht' - BN De Stem (in Dutch)

External links

Rinus Bennaars at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile

[1] "Rinus Bennaars". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[2] Marinus Apolonia Rinus Bennaars - Voetbal Legends (in Dutch)

[3] Rinus Bennaars – FIFA competition record (archived)

[4] Bennaars: ik zat als klittenband aan Pele vast - Trouw (in Dutch)

[5] 'Ik ben dankbaar voor alles wat het leven me heeft gebracht' - BN De Stem (in Dutch)

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