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Arie van Lent

Arie van Lent
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-08-31) 31 August 1970 (age 46)
Place of birth Opheusden, Netherlands
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1984–1989 Sparta 57 Opheusden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1998 SV Werder Bremen (A) 162 (101)
1990–1998 SV Werder Bremen 32 (6)
1992–1993 VfB Oldenburg (loan) 1 (0)
1998–1999 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 (16)
1999–2004 Borussia Mönchengladbach 145 (54)
2004–2006 Eintracht Frankfurt 43 (16)
2006 Rot-Weiss Essen 19 (6)
1989–2006 Total 436 (199)
Teams managed
2007–2009 1. FC Kleve
2010–2011 Rot Weiss Ahlen
2011–2013 Kickers Offenbach
2013– Borussia Mönchengladbach (A-youth)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Arie van Lent (born 31 August 1970 in Opheusden, Gelderland) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a forward.

Van Lent dreamed of being with Ajax Amsterdam in his youth, but spent almost his entire professional career as a journeyman in Germany, mostly on the bench of Werder Bremen or in second-division sides and below. Later, he became a Bundesliga-regular with Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 2004, van Lent joined the then-second division side Eintracht Frankfurt to become their vice captain and leading scorer (16 goals) in their promotion campaign. During the 2005–2006 season, van Lent lost his starting place to Ioannis Amanatidis.

He last played for Rot-Weiss Essen, where he had a contract until 30 June 2008. However, the contract was cancelled in December 2006.

In summer 2007, he was named as the new head coach of 1. FC Kleve and worked here until March 2009. From July 2010 to June 2011 he was the head coach of Rot Weiss Ahlen. On 10 May 2011, it was confirmed he will be the new head coach of Kickers Offenbach in the 2011–12 season. Since the 1 October 2013, van Lent is a coach of the A-youth (U-19) of Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Arie van Lent have the Dutch and the German citizenship. He is married, is a father of a daughter and lived in Korschenbroich, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany.


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