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Dennis Gentenaar Personal information Full name Dennis Gentenaar Date of birth 30 September 1975 Place of birth Nijmegen, Netherlands Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club VVV-Venlo Number 1 Youth career ZOW N.E.C. Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1995–2005 N.E.C. 170 (0) 2005–2006 Borussia Dortmund 10 (0) 2006–2009 Ajax 7 (0) 2009– VVV-Venlo 26 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 29, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Dennis Gentenaar (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛ.nɪs ˈɣɛn.tə.ˌnaːr]) (born 30 September 1975 in Nijmegen) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club VVV-Venlo.
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Career
Coming from the amateur side ZOW, Gentenaar made his professional debut for NEC on 26 November 1995 aged 20, at home against PSV Eindhoven which NEC lost 5–0. Gentenaar made another appearance later that season, but had to wait until 1998 to make his second appearance in professional football. During that season he played seven matches, still as the second goalkeeper for NEC. From the 2000–01 season, things changed for Gentenaar and he became NEC's first goalkeeper. Since then he only missed nine appearances in five seasons; during the last three seasons he did not miss a single match.
He developed into a trustworthy goalkeeper and his performance earned him a transfer to Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund. A year later he returned to the Eredivisie, to become second goalkeeper behind Maarten Stekelenburg at Ajax, which whom he won the 2007 KNVB Cup, his first career trophy. On 8 June 2009, he left Ajax and signed a two-year contract with VVV-Venlo.
Statistics
Season Club Competition Apps Goals 1995–96 NEC Eredivisie 2 0 1996–97 NEC Eredivisie 0 0 1997–98 NEC Eredivisie 0 0 199/–99 NEC Eredivisie 7 0 1999–00 NEC Eredivisie 0 0 2000–01 NEC Eredivisie 29 0 2001–02 NEC Eredivisie 30 0 2002–03 NEC Eredivisie 34 0 2003–04 NEC Eredivisie 34 0 2004–05 NEC Eredivisie 34 0 2005–06 Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 10 0 2006–07 Ajax Eredivisie 2 0 2007–08 Ajax Eredivisie 5 0 2008–09 Ajax Eredivisie 0 0 2009–10 VVV-Venlo Eredivisie 7 0 2010–11 VVV-Venlo Eredivisie 19 0 Total 187 0 References
External links
- Official Ajax player profile
- Dennis Gentenaar at Voetbal International (Dutch)
VVV-Venlo – current squad 1 Gentenaar · 2 Timisela · 3 Yoshida · 4 Mei · 5 Fleuren · 6 Leemans · 7 Musa · 8 Meeuwis · 11 Linssen · 12 de Regt · 14 Uchebo · 15 Nkume · 16 de Vogt · 17 Kruijsen · 18 Maguire · 21 Dadda · 22 Udegbe · 24 Cullen · 25 Verbeek · 26 Molhoek · 27 Gülner · 28 van den Ban · 29 Khalouta · 30 Wildschut · Manager: de Boeck
Dutch Football Goalkeeper of the Year 1987: van Breukelen | 1988: van Breukelen | 1989: Hesp | 1990: Menzo | 1991: van Breukelen | 1992: van Breukelen | 1993: de Goey | 1994: van der Sar | 1995: van der Sar | 1996: van der Sar | 1997: van der Sar | 1998–1999: Dudek | 1999–2000: Dudek | 2000–2001: Waterreus | 2001–2002: Zoetebier | 2002–2003: Gentenaar | 2003–2004: BabosSporting positions Preceded by
Robbie WielaertN.E.C. Man of the Year
2003–2004Succeeded by
Peter WisgerhofCategories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- NEC Nijmegen players
- Borussia Dortmund players
- AFC Ajax players
- VVV-Venlo players
- Dutch footballers
- Eredivisie players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- People from Nijmegen
- Association football goalkeepers
- Dutch football goalkeeper stubs
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