Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

I'll admit the name grabbed me first, that gloriously long Vennegoor of Hesselink stretched across a Celtic shirt. But the more I look, the more I respect the player underneath the novelty. A towering 191 cm striker who scored across the Eredivisie with Twente and PSV, the Scottish Premier League with Celtic, the Premier League with Hull, and Austria with Rapid Wien, plus caps for the Netherlands. That is a journeyman's resume in the best sense. I think he was a far better, more adaptable forward than casual fans give him credit for. A grafter I genuinely root for.

Name (English)

Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

Name (Japanese)

ヤン・フェネホール・オフ・ヘッセリンク

Reading

やん・ふぇねほーる・おふ・へっせりんく

Born

November 7, 1978 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Origin

Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player

University

Twents Carmel College

• Official sitehttps://www.janvennegoorofhesselink.nl
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Vennegoor%20of%20Hesselink
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%8D%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%83%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q222211

Tags

• Overijssel
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.