Career
Born in Vreeswijk, Groenendijk came through the youth ranks at hometown club Geinoord and made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Elinkwijk and joined new club Football Club Utrecht who were formed by a merger of DOS, Elinkwijk and Velox in 1970. On Wednesday 19 August 1970 he became the first ever goalscorer of the new club after scoring in 1-4 defeat by Feyenoord. He would become the club"s first top goalscorer that season with 18.
He later played for Go Ahead Eagles and Wageningen.
Groenendijk died of esophageal cancer on 9 February 2014.
