Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink

[KK07]

Whats the craic with this lad's name?

I always thought he played for a club called Hesselink!
And I always wondered why,when anyone was speaking about thim,they said Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.
I thought why? Poeple don't say Steven Gerrard of Liverpool!

But I was reading today that he may sign for Celtic from PSV and I thought to myself,PSV!!?? I thought he played for Hesselink!!

Anyone else or am I just retarded!!?

[Jack D Rips]

Google him and you'll find out

[Rich]

That is his real name - strange but true!

Maybe he's a desendent of Dutch nobility.

[paulcooper4]

Whats the craic with this lad's name?

I always thought he played for a club called Hesselink!
And I always wondered why,when anyone was speaking about thim,they said Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.
I thought why? Poeple don't say Steven Gerrard of Liverpool!

But I was reading today that he may sign for Celtic from PSV and I thought to myself,PSV!!?? I thought he played for Hesselink!!

Anyone else or am I just retarded!!?

no, I first noticed this fella about 5 years back, and I think at the time I was as confused about his name as you are now. Hes one of them players who has no skill whatsoever, looks like he cant kick a ball yet always manages to score, especially just as youre about to say "hes ****in ****e him".
But you are a retard tho

[Neil Young]

I remember it being discussed somewhere a couple of years ago. If I remember correctly, "of" means "or" in Dutch. It's from a 17th century land dispute between two families, one called Vennegoor and the other called Hesselink, which was settled through intermarriage with the resulting offspring carrying both names.

I don't think they were nobility or even landed gentry but then I'm not too up on the seventeenth century social hierarchy in Holland.

[Jack D Rips]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Vennegoor_of_Hesselink

[Bob]

Anyone else or am I just retarded!!?

A bit strong perhaps, 'simple' would be suffice.

Plenty of other good names in the SPL.

Personal fave was Eugene Dadi as in, "Who's your daddy?", and least not forget Celtic's Rafael ****e, cue... "Your ****e and you know you are"

[Rich]

Ok, I was wrong!

[Bob]

Yes - it reads, in english, as 'Vennegoor or Hesselink'.

[KK07]

But you are a retard tho

[KK07]

Cheers lads.

Sorted now lads,thanks,have 5!

(God I used to love saying that and not actually doing it,ball whores!)

[G_Man]

He's teaming up with Zoltan Gera to produce a new flavor of crisp:

Zoltan Venegoor of Hesselink

[KK07]

[dirty_sanchez]

He's teaming up with Zoltan Gera to produce a new flavor of crisp:

Zoltan Venegoor of Hesselink