Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 14 September 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Sparta Rotterdam | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1979–1988 | Sparta Rotterdam | 250 | (86) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ronald Lengkeek (born 14 September 1960) is a Dutch former footballer who played all of his career for Sparta Rotterdam.
He also had one appearance for the Netherlands Under-21 team. [1]
He played mostly as a striker but could also play right-wing and attacking midfield.
Lengkeek came through the youth ranks of Sparta to become their senior team's all-time top goalscorer since the start of the Eredivisie.
He played European Cup matches with Sparta, 10 games in total (3 goals). [2]
He still is the clubtopscorer with 102 goals! and he played 242 games.
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