Abe Lenstra - Goals in International Matches (original) (raw)

The outstanding Dutch player scored 33 international goals in 47 matches for his National Team. He held the Dutch record of goalsfor the national team from April 23, 1958 (when he surpassed the total of Bep Bakhuys) until November 4, 1959 (when his total was surpassed by Faas Wilkes). Note that prior to the match on October 15, 1958, against Denmark, the Dutch FA (KNVB) had (mistakenly) announced that both Bakhuys and Lenstra had reached 30 international goals, and Lenstra would have to score in that match (which he did) to become the lone all-time topscorer (which he already had been for nearly half a year...).

His national team careeris the longest in the history of the Dutch national team.

All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.

Kick Smit, Faas Wilkes and Abe Lenstragave rise to the perfect cartoon football player Kick Wilstra.

Together with Kees Rĳversand Faas Wilkes, Abe Lenstra formed the_gouden binnentrio_, three inside forwards of international class during a time Dutch football was mired in mediocrity due to the refusal of the authorities to admit professionalism.

Born: 27-11-1920 in Heerenveen Died: 2- 9-1985 Country: Netherlands Caps: 47 (W18-D11-L18 - GF124-GA109 - %50.00) Goals: 33 (% 0.70 per match) Age First Cap: 19 yr 125 d 31- 3-1940 vs. Luxembourg 4-5 Age Last Cap: 38 yr 143 d 19- 4-1959 vs. Belgium 2-2 National Team Career: 19 yr 19 d

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 1 1 31- 3-40 Rotterdam Luxembourg 4-5 2 1 21- 4-40 Amsterdam Belgium 4-2 3 1 10- 3-46 Luxembourg Luxembourg 6-2 4 1 2 21- 9-47 Amsterdam Switzerland 6-2 5 1 3 14- 3-48 Antwerpen Belgium 1-1 6 1 4 18- 4-48 Rotterdam Belgium 2-2 7 4 9- 6-48 Amsterdam Sweden 1-0 8 4 26- 7-48 Portsmouth Ireland 3-1 Olympic Games 9 4 31- 7-48 London Great Britain 3-4 aet Olympic Games 10 4 21-11-48 Antwerpen Belgium 1-1 11 1 5 13- 3-49 Amsterdam Belgium 3-3 12 5 23- 4-49 Rotterdam France 4-1 13 1 6 12- 6-49 København Denmark 2-1 14 6 6-11-49 Rotterdam Belgium 0-1 15 6 11-12-49 Amsterdam Denmark 0-1 16 6 8- 6-50 Stockholm Sweden 1-4 17 1 7 11- 6-50 Helsinki Finland 1-4 18 7 15-10-50 Basel Switzerland 5-7 19 7 12-11-50 Antwerpen Belgium 2-7 20 2 9 15- 4-51 Amsterdam Belgium 5-4 21 1 10 6- 6-51 Rotterdam Norway 2-3 22 1 11 27-10-51 Rotterdam Finland 4-4 23 3 14 25-11-51 Rotterdam Belgium 6-7 24 14 6- 4-52 Antwerpen Belgium 2-4 25 14 14- 5-52 Amsterdam Sweden 0-0 26 1 15 21- 9-52 København Denmark 2-3 27 1 16 19-10-52 Antwerpen Belgium 1-2 28 1 17 7- 3-53 Rotterdam Denmark 1-2 29 1 18 22- 3-53 Amsterdam Switzerland 1-2 30 18 19- 4-53 Amsterdam Belgium 0-2 31 1 19 13- 3-55 Amsterdam Denmark 1-1 32 2 21 14- 3-56 Düsseldorf West Germany 2-1 33 21 10- 5-56 Rotterdam Ireland 1-4 34 1 22 6- 6-56 Amsterdam Saar 3-2 35 1 23 15- 9-56 Lausanne Switzerland 3-2 36 23 14-10-56 Antwerpen Belgium 3-2 37 23 4-11-56 København Denmark 2-2 38 2 25 11- 9-57 Rotterdam Luxembourg 5-2 World Cup Qualifier 39 1 26 25- 9-57 Amsterdam Austria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 40 26 17-11-57 Rotterdam Belgium 5-2 41 2 28 13- 4-58 Antwerpen Belgium 7-2 42 2 30 23- 4-58 Amsterdam Cura�ao 8-1 43 30 4- 5-58 Amsterdam Turkey 1-2 44 30 28- 5-58 Oslo Norway 0-0 45 2 32 15-10-58 Rotterdam Denmark 5-1 46 32 2-11-58 Rotterdam Switzerland 2-0 47 1 33 19- 4-59 Amsterdam Belgium 2-2

Total Record

GP    GW   GD   GL   GF  GA     Pts  Percentage
47    18   11   18  124-109      47      50.00

33 Goals in 47 Matches (0.70 per match)

Records by Opponent Gls Pd W D L GF-GA Pts

Austria 1 1 0 1 0 1- 1 1 Belgium 12 16 5 5 6 44-44 15 Cura�ao 2 1 1 0 0 8- 1 2 Denmark 6 7 2 2 3 13-11 6 Finland 2 2 0 1 1 5- 8 1 France 1 1 0 0 4- 1 2 Great Britain 1 0 0 1 3- 4 0 Ireland 2 1 0 1 4- 5 2 Luxembourg 3 3 2 0 1 15- 9 4 Norway 1 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1 Saar 1 1 1 0 0 3- 2 2 Sweden 3 1 1 1 2- 4 3 Switzerland 3 5 3 0 2 17-13 6 Turkey 1 0 0 1 1- 2 0 West Germany 2 1 1 0 0 2- 1 2

Types of Matches and Goals

                  Goals Matches

Friendlies 30 43 vs Belgium 12 16 World Cup Qualifier 3 2 Olympic Games 0 2

Total 33 47

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Author: Karel Stokkermans (karel.rsssf@gmail.com) Last updated: 6 Jan 2022