Mannes Francken
Encyclopedia
Mannes Francken was a Dutch
football
player, who played for HFC
.
Francken started out as a goalkeeper, but quickly became a forward
. He made his debut for the Netherlands national football team
on 1906-04-29, in a 5-0 away defeat to Belgium. He would go on to play 22 caps, scoring 17 goals. The final of these goals, against Belgium on 1913-03-09, made him the all time top scorer for the Netherlands. This record would hold until 1935-11-03, when Beb Bakhuys
of HBS Craeyenhout
scored his 18th goal for the Dutch national team. Francken is still ranked 11th in the list of all time top scorers.
Francken played his final match for the Netherlands in 1914. He moved to the Dutch East Indies
in 1916. Francken died in 1948.
His brothers Harry, Jacques and Peddy Francken also played for HFC.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player, who played for HFC
Koninklijke HFC
Koninklijke HFC is a football club in Haarlem, the Netherlands. It is the oldest club in Dutch history, founded by Pim Mulier in 1879. During the first years the only team played rugby but due to financial problems they switched to association football...
.
Francken started out as a goalkeeper, but quickly became a forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
. He made his debut for the Netherlands national football team
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
on 1906-04-29, in a 5-0 away defeat to Belgium. He would go on to play 22 caps, scoring 17 goals. The final of these goals, against Belgium on 1913-03-09, made him the all time top scorer for the Netherlands. This record would hold until 1935-11-03, when Beb Bakhuys
Beb Bakhuys
Elisa Hendrik "Beb" Bakhuys was a Dutch football player and manager.Bakhuys scored 28 goals in 23 games for the Dutch national side. He represented the Netherlands at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He became the second Dutch player to play outside of the country when he signed for FC Metz in 1937, in a...
of HBS Craeyenhout
HBS Craeyenhout (football club)
HBS Craeyenhout is a Dutch association football team based in The Hague, a part of the wider HBS Craeyenhout sports team.One of the original clubs of Dutch football, and three times champions , the club refused to enter into professionalism in the 1950s and has played at the amateur level since then...
scored his 18th goal for the Dutch national team. Francken is still ranked 11th in the list of all time top scorers.
Francken played his final match for the Netherlands in 1914. He moved to the Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Netherlands government in 1800....
in 1916. Francken died in 1948.
His brothers Harry, Jacques and Peddy Francken also played for HFC.