Karel Heijting
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 May 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Kutoarjo, Dutch East Indies | ||
| Date of death | 14 June 1951 (aged 68) | ||
| Place of death | Boulogne-Billancourt, France | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Swift | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1900-1910 | HVV | ||
| 1910-1912 | Red Star Amical | ||
| International career | |||
| 1907-1910 | Netherlands | 17 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Football | ||
 | 1908 London | Team Competition |
Karel Heijting (born 1 May 1883 in Kutoarjo, Central Java, Dutch East Indies – died June 1951 in Paris, France) was a Dutch football player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.[1]
Born on Java, Dutch East Indies, he played 10 years for HVV, then moved to work for a bank in Paris and joined the Red Star Amical Club football team. Heijting was only one of four of his batallion who survived the Battle of Arras in May 1915 during World War I. After being injured he recovered and was sent to a Prisoner of War camp in Germany where he stayed until the end of the war.[2]
He played 17 matches for the Netherlands national football team.[3]
