Mannes Francken
Man Francken ( born May 20, 1888 in Haarlem, † November 19, 1948 ) was a Dutch football player. He graduated in the years 1906 to 1914 22 caps for the Dutch national football team, scoring 17 goals.
Career
The offensive player man Francken spent his footballing career at the founded on September 15, 1879 Haarlemsche Football Club (HFC ). Main initiator in the formation of the first football team of the Netherlands was the influential sports pioneer Willem " Pim " Mulier. Francken won with Haarlem twice in the years 1913 and 1915 the KNVB Cup. On May 25, 1913, the HFC sat with 4-1 goals against DFC Dordrecht and on May 16, 1915, 1-0 against HBS Den Haag by. In the championship decisions that were first staged in regional competitions, from which the winners played via the finals to state champion, Francken could not achieve any success with HFC Haarlem.
In the national team " Oranje " he was from 1906 to 1914, a service provider and scorer. He debuted on April 29, 1906 in a 5-0 win against Belgium as a center forward in the national team. It was the third official international match of the Netherlands. The striker joined from Haarlem in four internationals against the German national soccer team. In 1910, in April, Arnheim ( 4:2 ) and in October in Kleve ( 2:1), and in 1912 in March in Zwolle ( 5:5 ), and in November in Leipzig (3:2). In his first game against the DFB team debuted on the German side Max Breunig. When spectacular 5:5 in Zwolle Francken scored two goals. For the DFB team was four-time scorer Julius Hirsch from Karlsruher FV. In his fourth match against the German selection, he scored in a 3-2 success in Leipzig, such as Adolf Jäger on the German side, two goals. His 22 and last match he played on March 15, 1914 in Beerschot 4-2 win against Belgium, where his younger brother Jacques Francken stormed on the left wing and scored the fourth goal.
When the " Oranje " won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in 1912, was one man Francken unlike his team-mate Cees ten Cate, not in the squad.