Leen Vente

Leen Vente

Vente in 1935
Personal information
Full name	Leendert Roelof Jan Vente
Date of birth	(1911-05-14)14 May 1911
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	9 November 1989(1989-11-09) (aged 78)
Place of death	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Semper Melior
	Pro Patria
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1928–1936	Neptunus
1936–1941	Feijenoord	82	(65)
1941–1948	Neptunus
International career
1933–1940	Netherlands	21	(19)
Managerial career
1950–1954	NOAD
1955–1956	EBOH
1956–1957	VOC
1957	Xerxes
1958–1959	Neptunus
1959–1960	Slikkerveer
	MSV en AV Flakkee
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leendert Roelof Jan "Leen" Vente (14 May 1911 – 9 November 1989) was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker. He earned 21 caps and scored 19 goals for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups.^[1]

Vente started in the Rotterdam Football Association for Semper Melior and later for Pro Patria.^[2] He eventually joined Neptunus where he initially also participated in athletics.

In April 1936, Vente moved to Feijenoord.^[3] He was one of the players that participated in the opening match of stadium De Kuip in 1937. Feyenoord played Beerschot and won 5–2. Vente scored the first ever goal in the stadium, and finished the game with a hat-trick.^[4] Vente would finish his tenure with the club with 82 league appearances in which he scored 65 goals.^[5]

In January 1941, Vente returned to Neptunus.^[6]

In 1943, Vente obtained his coaching licence. He started his managerial career in 1950 with NOAD.^[7] He then coached both EBOH and VOC. He had a short term as manager of Xerxes in 1957.^[8] After that he coached, among others, Neptunus and SV Slikkerveer.^[9] Vente also worked as a representative during that period.

Vente owned café Leen Vente three times. He lost his second café during the German bombing of Rotterdam. After World War II, he was detained by the "Political Investigation Service" on charges of recruiting from his café, but was soon rehabilitated.^[10] Vente turned out to have prevented collaboration with the Axis powers.

Vente died on 9 November 1989 in Rotterdam.^[11]

His brother's grandson, Dylan Vente, plays for Hibernian and started his career with Feyenoord.^[12]

Scores and results list Netherland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vente goal.

List of international goals scored by Leen Vente

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	11 March 1934	Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp, Belgium	Belgium	3–1	9–3	Friendly	[14]
2				5–2
3				6–2
4				8–2
5				9–3
6	8 April 1934	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Irish Free State	4–2	5–2	1934 FIFA World Cup qualification	[15]
7	29 April 1934	Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium	Belgium	3–1	4–2	1934 FIFA World Cup qualification	[16]
8	10 May 1934	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	France	1–0	4–5	Friendly	[17]
9	27 May 1934	San Siro, Milan, Italy	Switzerland	2–3	2–3	1934 FIFA World Cup	[18]
10	2 May 1937	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Belgium	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[19]
11	27 February 1938	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Belgium	6–2	7–2	Friendly	[20]
12	21 May 1938	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Scotland	1–3	1–3	Friendly	[21]
13	26 February 1939	De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hungary	1–1	3–2	Friendly	[22]
14				2–1
15	19 March 1939	Bosuilstadion, Antwerp, Belgium	Belgium	1–1	4–5	Friendly	[23]
16				4–4
17	23 April 1939	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Belgium	2–1	3–2	Friendly	[24]
18				3–2
19	21 April 1940	Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Belgium	4–0	4–2	Friendly	[25]

Feijenoord^[26]

• Netherlands Football League Championship: 1937–38, 1939–40