Arie van Lent

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Arie van Lent (born August 31, 1970 in the Netherlands) is a Dutch soccer player. 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 was thrown out in Frankfurt January 16, 2006, and joined third-division (Regionalliga-Nord) team Rot-Weiss Essen, where he got a contract until June 30, 2008.