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My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.

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Dennis Bergkamp
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 10
Association Football Player
Athlete
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp
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Goals
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England
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Netherlands
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Holland

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