Heini Hald
Danish footballer (born 1942)
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Poul Heini Hald (born 4 January 1942) is a Danish former footballer who won two caps for the Denmark national football team in 1965. Primarily a midfielder, he was also used as a full-back and was part of the AaB team that won the Danish Cup in 1966, the club's first national title.[2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Poul Heini Hald[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Aalborg, Denmark | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1970 | AaB | 199 | (10) |
| 1970–1971 | Randers Freja | ||
| International career | |||
| 1960 | Denmark U19 | 2 | (2) |
| 1963 | Denmark U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1965–1966 | Denmark B | 3 | (0) |
| 1965 | Denmark | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Hald was born in Aalborg.[4] An AaB player of local origin, he developed into a combative and versatile player who featured mainly in midfield, though he could also play in defence.[1][4] He went on to make 199 appearances and score 10 goals for AaB.[4]
He played an important role in one of the defining moments in the club's early history, when AaB defeated KB 3–1 after extra time in the 1966 Danish Cup final.[1][4] Hald scored the decisive goal for 2–1, helping secure AaB's first national trophy.[1][4] According to later accounts, he played much of the match with a broken arm or hand, before receiving treatment after the team's return to Aalborg.[1][4] His performance in the final later earned him a special plaque from AaB's supporters' association.[4]
AaB was also a runner-up in the cup in 1967.[4] In 1969, after taking up a teaching post in Randers, he moved to Randers Freja.[1][4] He helped the club win promotion to the first division for the first time, but ended his playing career the following year at the age of 28.[1]
International career
Hald represented Denmark at several levels, including youth, under-21, B international and full international level, and also played for selected teams of the Jutland Football Association.[4] He made his debut for the Denmark national team on 5 July 1965 in a 3–1 win over Iceland.[1][4]
He won his second and final cap later the same year in a 2–2 draw away to Norway.[1] In that match, he came on after his AaB teammate Kjeld Thorst was injured after 20 minutes.[1]
