Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer)
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.jpg) Jan van Breda Kolff in 1912 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | 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]
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]
