Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink is pictured during the match
against Manchester United.
17 League apps. (+14 as sub), 3 goals.
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Transferred from PSV Eindhoven on 24/8/2006
for an undisclosed fee
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Celtic: |
2006-2007 |
Played |
21 |
Scored |
13 |
goals |
(Scottish Premier) |
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2007-2008 |
Played |
32 |
Scored |
15 |
goals |
(Scottish Premier) |
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2008-2009 |
Played |
25 |
Scored |
6 |
goals |
(Scottish Premier) |
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Free transfer on 2/9/2009 |
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Hull City: |
2009-2010 |
Played |
31 |
Scored |
3 |
goals |
(Premiership) |
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On 30 August 2010, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
joined Rapid Vienna.
2010–2011 Rapid Wien 10 (2)
2011–2012 PSV 17 (2)
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The Guardian researched his unusual sounding name and found that he was thus named because:
...way back in the 17th century, two farming families in the Enschede area of Holland intermarried.
Both the Vennegoor and Hesselink names carried equal social weight, and so - rather than choose
between them - they chose to use both. 'Of' in Dutch actually translates to 'or', which would mean
that a strict translation of his name would read Jan Vennegoor or Hesselink.
This could be considered as having the same effect as the double-barrelling of English surnames