Leen Barth
.jpg) Barth in 1972 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leendert Barth | ||
| Date of birth | January 11, 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Puttershoek, Netherlands | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1969 | Fortuna Vlaardingen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1970 | Fortuna Vlaardingen | 10 | (0) |
| 1970–1975 | Anderlecht | 28 | (0) |
| 1975–1976 | Union SG | 30 | (0) |
| 1976–1981 | Club Brugge | 63 | (0) |
| 1981–1985 | Cercle Brugge | 118 | (0) |
| Total | 249 | (0) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| Netherlands U-16 | |||
| Netherlands U-17 | |||
| 1968–1970 | Netherlands U-19 | 15 | (0) |
| Netherlands U-21 | |||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 June 2009 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 June 2009 | |||
Leendert Barth (born 11 January 1952[1] in Puttershoek) is a Dutch retired football player. He was mainly a back-up goalkeeper who played his entire career in Belgium, except for one season in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.[2]
Playing career
[edit]Club
[edit]Barth started his career with Fortuna Vlaardingen.[1] At the age of 19, he moved to RSC Anderlecht where he would soon become back-up goalie for Jan Ruiter, and later on for Jacky Munaron. Being denied a chance as first choice keeper, Leen Barth moved to a different Brussels side, Union SG. He stayed there for one season.
In 1976, Leen Barth signed for Club Brugge. He played for them until 1981. Barth then went to cross city rivals Cercle Brugge where he remained until his retirement.
International
[edit]Leen Barth represented his country at youth level. [3]
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Managerial career
[edit]He became coach of lower league clubs, FC Knokke and SK Torhout, and then quit football.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- RSC Anderlecht[4]
- Belgian First Division (2): 1971–72, 1973–74
- Belgian Cup (3): 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75
- Belgian League Cup (2): 1973, 1974
- Club Brugge[5]
- Belgian First Division (3): 1976–77, 1977–78, 1979–80
- Belgian Cup (1): 1976–77
- Belgian Supercup (1): 1980
- European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1977-78 (runners-up)[6]
- Jules Pappaert Cup (1): 1978[7]
- Bruges Matins (1): 1979[8]
- Cercle Brugge[9]
- Belgian Cup (1): 1984–85
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Voetbalsterren '72/'73". Vanderhout Internationale Uitgaven n.v. 1972.
- ^ "Leen Barth". Eerste Rat (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ^ "Leen Barth". OnsOranje (Dutch FA) (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
- ^ "Club Brugge | Palmares".
- ^ "Uefa.com 1978 final highlights: Liverpool 1-0 Club Brugge".
- ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
- ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
- ^ "De Vereniging | Geschiedenis". Archived from the original on 2019-11-02.
External links
[edit]- Leen Barth at Clubbrugge.be (in Dutch)
- Leen Barth at Cerclemuseum.be (in Dutch)
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Binnenmaas
- Footballers from South Holland
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's under-21 international footballers
- Fortuna Vlaardingen players
- RSC Anderlecht players
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Cercle Brugge KSV players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
