Dick Nanninga
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Dick Nanninga (born 17 January 1949 in Groningen) is a former Dutch footballer, who played for the Dutch clubs BV Veendam, Roda JC and MVV Maastricht. He also had a short spell with Hong Kong club Seiko.
Nanninga earned 15 caps and scored 6 goals for the Netherlands national football team. In the 1978 FIFA World Cup final, he scored the equalizing goal against Argentina in normal time; however, Argentina went on to win 3-1 in extra time.
In the same World Cup, Nanninga became the first substitute player to be sent off. On the game against Peru, that ended 0 x 0, Nanninga was in at 68' and elbowed a peruvian inside Peru area, being caught by the assistant and dismissed by the referee.
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