Dennis Gentenaar

Dennis Gentenaar

Personal information
Full name	Dennis Gentenaar
Date of birth	30 September 1975 (1975-09-30)
Place of birth	Nijmegen, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	VVV-Venlo
Number	1
Youth career
	ZOW
	N.E.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–2005	N.E.C.	170	(0)
2005–2006	Borussia Dortmund	10	(0)
2006–2009	Ajax	7	(0)
2009–	VVV-Venlo	26	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Dennis Gentenaar (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdɛ.nɪs ˈɣɛn.tə.ˌnaːr]) (born 30 September 1975 in Nijmegen) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club VVV-Venlo.

Career

Coming from the amateur side ZOW, Gentenaar made his professional debut for NEC on 26 November 1995 aged 20, at home against PSV Eindhoven which NEC lost 5–0. Gentenaar made another appearance later that season, but had to wait until 1998 to make his second appearance in professional football. During that season he played seven matches, still as the second goalkeeper for NEC. From the 2000–01 season, things changed for Gentenaar and he became NEC's first goalkeeper. Since then he only missed nine appearances in five seasons; during the last three seasons he did not miss a single match.

He developed into a trustworthy goalkeeper and his performance earned him a transfer to Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund. A year later he returned to the Eredivisie, to become second goalkeeper behind Maarten Stekelenburg at Ajax, which whom he won the 2007 KNVB Cup, his first career trophy. On 8 June 2009, he left Ajax and signed a two-year contract with VVV-Venlo.

Statistics

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Goals
1995–96	NEC	Eredivisie	2	0
1996–97	NEC	Eredivisie	0	0
1997–98	NEC	Eredivisie	0	0
1998–99	NEC	Eredivisie	7	0
1999–00	NEC	Eredivisie	0	0
2000–01	NEC	Eredivisie	29	0
2001–02	NEC	Eredivisie	30	0
2002–03	NEC	Eredivisie	34	0
2003–04	NEC	Eredivisie	34	0
2004–05	NEC	Eredivisie	34	0
2005–06	Borussia Dortmund	Bundesliga	10	0
2006–07	Ajax	Eredivisie	2	0
2007–08	Ajax	Eredivisie	5	0
2008–09	Ajax	Eredivisie	0	0
2009–10	VVV-Venlo	Eredivisie	7	0
2010–11	VVV-Venlo	Eredivisie	19	0
Total			187	0

External links

• Dennis Gentenaar at Voetbal International (Dutch)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Robbie Wielaert	N.E.C. Man of the Year 2003–2004	Succeeded by Peter Wisgerhof