Early Life
Zenden's father Pierre Zenden is a former judoka, who worked as a sports broadcaster for the public NOS broadcasting system from 1968 to 2005. Zenden played football and was also competitive in judo as a child. In 1985 Dutch club MVV Maastricht signed Zenden after watching him play for amateur club Leonidas. Two years later Zenden joined the youth academy of PSV Eindhoven.
He earned his judo black belt by the age of 14 and was three times judo champion of his home province of Limburg. He is also a vegetarian and has been since the age of 19.
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