Dick Nanninga

Dick Nanninga

Personal information
Full name	Dirk Jacobus Willem Nanninga
Date of birth	17 January 1949 (1949-01-17) (age 62)
Place of birth	Groningen, Netherlands
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1973–1974	Veendam	31	(15)
1974–1982	Roda JC	225	(96)
1982–1983	Seiko
1983–1986	MVV	67	(26)
National team
1978–1981	Netherlands	15	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dirk "Dick" Jacobus Willem Nanninga (born 17 January 1949 in Groningen) is a former Dutch footballer, who played for the Dutch clubs BV Veendam, Roda JC and MVV Maastricht. He also had a short spell with Hong Kong club Seiko.

Nanninga earned 15 caps and scored 6 goals for the Netherlands national football team.^[1] In the 1978 FIFA World Cup final, he scored the equalizing goal against Argentina in normal time; however, Argentina went on to win 3–1 in extra time.

In the same World Cup, Nanninga became the first substitute player to be sent off, 7 minutes after coming on against West Germany. He and Holzenbein clashed as the Dutch took a free kick, Nanninga was shown the yellow card. He was then reported to have laughed at the referee's decision. Confusion reigned, as he was ordered off.

He is Roda JC's all time topscorer having scored 107 goals in 225 matches for the Kerkrade-based club.

References

1. ^ http://www.voetbalstats.nl/nedxi/sp359.html

External links

• (German) Profile

Persondata
Name	Nanninga, Dick
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Date of birth	17 January 1949
Place of birth	Groningen, Netherlands
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