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{{short description|Dutch association football player}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name                 = Dick Schoenaker
| image                = Dick Schoenaker.jpg
| caption              = Schoenaker in 1976
| fullname             = Dirk Hendrikus Schoenaker
| birth_date           = {{birth date and age|1952|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place          = [[Ede, Netherlands|Ede]], Netherlands
| height               = 
| position             = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub          = 
| youthyears1          = 
| youthclubs1          = 
| years1               = 1973&ndash;1974
| clubs1               = [[FC Wageningen]]
| caps1         = 13 | goals1         = 1
| years2               = 1974&ndash;1976
| clubs2               = [[De Graafschap]]
| caps2         = 73 | goals2         = 10
| years3               = 1976&ndash;1985
| clubs3               = [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| caps3         = 271 | goals3         = 86
| years4               = 1985&ndash;1986
| clubs4               = [[FC Twente]]
| caps4         = 33 | goals4         = 1
| years5               = 1986&ndash;1988
| clubs5               = [[SBV Vitesse|Vitesse]]
| caps5         = 56 | goals5         = 6
| totalcaps = 446 
| totalgoals = 104
| nationalyears1       = 1978&ndash;1985
| nationalteam1        = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 6
| manageryears1        = 
| managerclubs1        = 
}}
'''Dirk "Dick" Hendrikus Schoenaker''' (born 30 November 1952) is a retired Dutch [[Association football|football]] [[midfielder]], who represented the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] at the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] in [[Argentina]], wearing the number three jersey.

==Career==
His football-career started at [[Wageningen]] and [[De Graafschap Doetinchem]]. He was bought by [[Ajax Amsterdam]] by leaving Ajax-coach [[Rinus Michels]] at the end of the 1975/1976 season. He went to Ajax summer 1976, simultaneously with [[Hans Erkens]] and [[Johan Zuidema]] and has been by far the most successful of the 3 midfielders, their first Ajax-coach being [[Tomislav Ivic]]. Schoenaker displayed unbridled energy at the midfield, a rumbled ability to run, the vigour as attacking midfielder to disturb players of the opponent (defensive work) sometimes reconquering balls, achieved a high quote in scored goals per match and had been a very sporting player.

Also he has been captain of Ajax (1983–1984 and 1984–1985, his 9th and final season at Ajax). In Schoenaker's 9 seasons at Ajax, he won 6 Dutch [[Eredivisie]] championship titles (during the 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984–85 seasons) and 2 Dutch Cups (KNVB-Cups) (during the 1978–79, 1982–83 seasons). In the period between 1976 and 1985, Ajax also lost 3 Dutch Cup-finals (KNVB Cup-finals) (during the 1977–78, 1979–80, and 1980–81 seasons).

European successes were scarce during this period; the two best achievements were: a semi-final finish in the European Champions Cup during the 1979–80 season, and a quarter-final finish in the European Champions Cup I during the 1977–78 season. During the 1978–79 season Ajax was eliminated in the 3rd round of [[UEFA Cup]], and during the 1984–85 season [[Red Boys Differdange]] was beaten 14–0 (return match 1st round UEFA-Cup), a Dutch record, but in the 2nd round of that tournament Ajax was eliminated.

Summer 1985 Schoenaker went to play for FC Twente Enschede, where he ended his career. Schoenaker obtained a total number of thirteen caps, scoring six goals.

==External links==
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{{Netherlands squad 1978 FIFA World Cup}}
{{AFC Ajax Board}}

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