Rinus Bennaars (14 October 1931 – 8 November 2021) was a Dutch professional footballer who was played as a midfielder.

[1] Bennaars started his career at the time that professional football in the Netherlands did not yet exist.

At the time of the first professional football in the country Bennaars and SV DOSKO started in the Dutch Second Division.

They retained their title in the following season and Bennaars was invited to join the Netherlands national team again, nine years after his last call-up.

The Netherlands lost the match 7–6, but Bennaars managed to score one of the Dutch goals.