Peter Helmut Ressel is a retired football

Football (soccer)

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 winger from the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, who obtained three caps for the Dutch national team

Netherlands national football team

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. He won the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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 with Feyenoord Rotterdam

Feyenoord Rotterdam

Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...

 in 1974 by defeating Tottenham Hotspur, scoring the 2-0 in the 84th minute of the second leg, which secured Feyenoord's win. He also won the 1976 Cup-Winners Cup with RSC Anderlecht when they defeated West Ham United.

Ressel started his professional career for Go Ahead Eagles

Go Ahead Eagles

The Go Ahead Eagles are a football club from Deventer, Netherlands, currently playing in the Eerste Divisie. The club's home stadium is De Adelaarshorst. To date, the club has won the national championship four times...

, then moved to NEC Nijmegen, PSV Eindhoven, Lierse SK (Belgium), Feyenoord Rotterdam

Feyenoord Rotterdam

Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division...

, RSC Anderlecht 1975-78(Belgium), San Jose Earthquakes (USA), AZ'67, Chicago Sting

Chicago Sting

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, KSC Hasselt

K.S.C. Hasselt

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, Telstar

Stormvogels Telstar

Telstar is a Dutch football club based in Velsen. The club was established after the merger of two football clubs in the town of Velsen.- History :...

 and FC VVV

VVV Venlo

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. He retired from professional football in the 1983-1984 season.

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