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9 unusual facts about Heerenveen


2009 Dutch Figure Skating Championships

The competition took place between 19 December and 21 December, 2008 in Heerenveen.

Brett Holman

On 1 November 2008 Holman scored his first goal for AZ Alkmaar in a 3–3 away draw against SC Heerenveen at the Abe Lenstra Stadion in Heerenveen after coming on as a second half replacement for Nick van der Velden.

Cecilia Maffei

Her first came in 2006–07 at Heerenveen.

Eelco van Kleffens

Eelco Nicolaas van Kleffens (17 November 1894 in Heerenveen – 17 June 1983 in Almoçageme, Portugal) was a politician and diplomat of The Netherlands.

Lasse Nilsson

Nilsson signed for St. Etienne on August 8, 2007 after leaving Heerenveen in a 4 year deal worth up to 3 million euro.

Mads Junker

Junker scored his first goal in the home game against Heerenveen.

Miyata

Koga-Miyata is a Dutch bicycle manufacturer, established in Heerenveen.

Olga Belyakova

Her best finish is a silver medal, at Heerenveen in 2006–07.

Zebra Technologies

The company with its headquarters in Lincolnshire, Illinois, has facilities worldwide, for example in Vernon Hills, Illinois; Wisconsin; Rhode Island; California; Bourne End and Preston, England; Heerenveen in the Netherlands; Singapore and Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou in China.


Eric Flaim

As a senior, he participated in his first World Allround Championships in 1987 in Heerenveen.

Ken Ilsø

However, Ilsø never managed to break through Heerenveen's reserve team, so he decided to return to Denmark to play for SønderjyskE.

Kristoffer Nordfeldt

The clubs thought to be interested in Nordfeldt were Ajax, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hannover, Heerenveen and Sampdoria.

Marcel Seip

In 2003–04, he made 31 league appearances and scored one goal as Heerenveen finished in fourth place, qualifying for the 2004–05 UEFA Cup.

Marianne Timmer

On 13 November 2009, at a World Cup speedskating event in Heerenveen, Netherlands, Timmer sustained breaks in her heel bone when she crashed after Chinese skater Yu Jing fell in front of her during a 500 meter race.

Nybro IF

Players who have turned out in the colours of Nybro IF include Joel Allansson (now IFK Gothenburg), Christoffer Andersson (Helsingborgs IF), Peter Abelsson (Trelleborg FF), David Elm (Fulham FC) and Viktor Elm (Heerenveen).

Riemer van der Velde

In the upcoming seasons a few other managers were not able to improve Heerenveen's football potential until Fritz Korbach, who previously managed FC Wageningen, PEC Zwolle, FC Volendam and FC Twente towards the Eredivisie also managed Heerenveen to the highest level of Dutch football.

Rob Friend

Despite his contributions, Heerenveen deemed him surplus to requirements and transferred him on to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Skarsterlân

The municipality was created 1 January 1984 by merging the municipalities of Doniawerstal and Haskerland, the part of Utingeradeel consisting of the villages Akmarijp and Terkaple and the village Nieuwebrug that used to belong to Heerenveen.

Tarik Elyounoussi

A few weeks later Elyounoussi signed a five-year contract with Heerenveen worth €3.5 million, on 22 July.


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