Leendert Roelof Jan "Leen" Vente (14 May 1911 – 9 November 1989) was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

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 born in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

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. He earned 21 caps and scored 19 goals for the Netherlands national football team

Netherlands national football team

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, and played in the 1934

1934 FIFA World Cup

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 and 1938

1938 FIFA World Cup

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 World Cups.

During his club career, Vente played for Feyenoord Rotterdam

Feyenoord Rotterdam

Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...

. He was one of the players that participated in the opening match of stadium De Kuip in 1937. Feyenoord played Beerschot

K. Beerschot V.A.C.

Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbal en Atletiek Club is a former Belgian football club from Antwerp. The club was founded in 1899 when most players of R. Antwerp F.C. left the club. It played in the 1920 Olympic Games Stadium named the "Kiel". After many financial problems over the years, the club was...

and won 5-2. Vente scored the first ever goal in the stadium.