Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer)
 Jan van Breda Kolff-Olympics 1912 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jan Gualtherus van Breda Kolff | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1894 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Medan, Dutch East Indies | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 6 February 1976 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | West Chatham, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1910–1913 | HVV Den Haag | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1911–1913 | Netherlands | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jan Gualtherus van Breda Kolff (18 January 1894 – 6 February 1976) was a Dutch amateur football player.[1]
International career
[edit]Van Breda Kolff made his debut in the Netherlands national team as a player of HVV Den Haag on 2 April 1911 at the age of 17, and (as of 2014) he still holds the record as the youngest player to have ever played for "Oranje".[2] During his debut in a 3–1 win over Belgium he scored the second goal to give the Dutch a 2–0 lead.[3] This also by default made him the youngest goalscorer in the team's history. In total, he played 11 international matches, including four games at the 1912 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal in a 9–0 win over Finland.[4] The goal he scored in his international debut was the only goal he scored in his 11 caps.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Van Breda Kolff later had a career as a stockbroker in the United States. His son Butch van Breda Kolff and grandson Jan van Breda Kolff are notable American basketball coaches.
References
[edit]- ^ "Jan van Breda Kolff". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Jongste debutanten Archived 1 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, voetbalstats.nl
- ^ Jan van Breda Kolff profile Archived 13 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine, voetbalstats.nl
- ^ Intl career stats – Ons Oranje (in Dutch)
- ^ Jan van Breda Kolff profile, rsssf.org
External links
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- Kolff Family Association
- Jan van Breda Kolff at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jan van Breda Kolff at EU-Football.info
- Jan van Breda Kolff at Olympedia
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- 1894 births
- 1976 deaths
- Footballers from Medan
- Men's association football forwards
- Dutch men's footballers
- Netherlands men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in football
- Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies
- Dutch emigrants to the United States
- HVV Den Haag players