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{{Short description|Dutch footballer (1947β2020)}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Rob Rensenbrink | image = Rob Rensenbrink (1978).jpg | caption = Rensenbrink in 1978 | full_name = Pieter Robert Rensenbrink | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|7|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|24|1947|7|3|df=y}} | death_place = [[Oostzaan]], Netherlands | height = 1.80 m{{citation needed|date=December 2024}} | position = [[Winger (association football)|Left winger]], [[forward (association football)|forward]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = OVVO Amsterdam | youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}β1965 | youthclubs2 = OSV | years1 = 1965β1969 | clubs1 = [[AFC DWS|DWS]] | caps1 = 120 | goals1 = 34 | years2 = 1969β1971 | clubs2 = [[Club Brugge KV|Club Brugge]] | caps2 = 55 | goals2 = 24 | years3 = 1971β1980 | clubs3 = [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] | caps3 = 262 | goals3 = 143 | years4 = 1980 | clubs4 = [[Portland Timbers (NASL)|Portland Timbers]] | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 6 | years5 = 1981β1982 | clubs5 = [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]] | caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 1 | totalcaps = 467 | totalgoals = 208 | nationalyears1 = 1968β1979 | nationalteam1 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] | nationalcaps1 = 46 | nationalgoals1 = 14<ref name="rsssf" /> | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|NED}}}} {{Medal|Comp|[[FIFA World Cup]]}} {{Medal|RU|[[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 West Germany]]|}} {{Medal|RU|[[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978 Argentina]]|}} {{Medal|Comp|[[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]]}} {{Medal|3rd|[[UEFA Euro 1976|1976 Yugoslavia]]|}} }} '''Pieter Robert Rensenbrink''' ({{IPA|nl|ΛrΙp ΛrΙnsΙ(m)ΛbrΙͺΕk}}; 3 July 1947 β 24 January 2020) was a Dutch [[association football|footballer]] and member of the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands national team]] that reached two [[FIFA World Cup]] finals, in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]] and [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1978]]. A creative and prolific left [[winger (association football)|winger]] or [[forward (association football)|forward]], he became a legend in [[Belgium]] while playing in the great [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]] side of the 1970s. He is the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]'s [[List of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers#All-time top scorers|all-time top scorer]], with 25 goals. A talented [[dribbling (association football)|dribbler]] as well as a cool finisher and adequate passer, he only ever missed two [[penalty kick (association football)|penalties]] in his entire career. He was also the first winner of the [[Onze d'Or]] in 1976.
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