Early career Born and raised in
Veenendaal, on the outskirts of
Utrecht, Bleijenberg began his career in the youth ranks of local VV Veenendaal from where he eventually signed with
FC Wageningen making his debut in the 1951–52 season, and scoring 21 goals for the side from
Wageningen. After just one season however Bleijenberg signed with
Enschede club
Rigtersbleek where he played 4 seasons, before signing with
AFC Ajax.
Ajax Starting his career with
Ajax in the 1956–57 season, Bleijenberg led the club in scoring in league matches having scored 16 goals in 18 league appearances that first season in which he helped Ajax win the National Championship. He led the club in scoring for league matches alongside teammate
Piet van der Kuil two years later, scoring 15 goals that season. He would go on to play one more seasons for the club from
Amsterdam, bringing his total to four seasons, becoming the club's 45 all-time leading goal scorer (
scoring record position as of Jan 2013). He scored 10 goals in official league matches for Ajax the following season, and 15 more the year after that. His final season with Ajax in 1959–60 saw Bleijenberg getting little playing time, only scoring 1 goal in 4 league matches for the club, winning one more league title with Ajax when he scored a hattrick in the title decider against arch-rivals
Feyenoord, before transferring across town to local rivals
Blauw-Wit Amsterdam at the end of the season. He totalled 88 games, scoring 51 goals in all competitions for Ajax.
Blauw-Wit Remaining in Amsterdam, Bleijenberg joined Blauw-Wit where he played for one season, scoring 16 goals in 28 league matches before transferring over to
Go Ahead Eagles from
Deventer. He won promotion with the club in 1961.
Go Ahead Eagles Moving to Deventer, Bleijenberg would play two seasons for Go Ahead Eagles helping the club to get promoted to the
Eredivisie in 1963, before transferring to
AGOVV Apeldoorn.
AGOVV Apeldoorn In 1963 after two seasons with Go Ahead Eagles, Bleijenberg transferred to
AGOVV, retiring from professional football after three seasons with the club from
Apeldoorn. ==International career==