Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer)
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| Olympic medalist | |||
 Jan van Breda Kolff |
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Competitor for  Netherlands |
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| Bronze | 1912 Stockholm | Team Competition | |
Jan van Breda Kolff (born 18 January 1894 in Medan, Dutch East Indies, died 6 February 1976) was a Dutch footballer.
Van Breda Kolff made his debut in the Netherlands national football team as a player of HVV at the age of 17 and is currently (2006) still the youngest player to play for "Oranje" ever.[1] During his debut in a 3-1 win over Belgium he scored the second goal to give the Dutch a 2-0 lead.[2] In total he played 11 international matches, including four games at the 1912 Summer Olympics where he captured the bronze medal in a 9-0 win over Finland. The goal he scored in his international debut was the only goal he scored in his 11 caps.[3]
[edit] International statistics
| 1st team starts | 11 | Played minutes | 1020 | European Qualification | 0 | European Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 7 | Team captain | 0 | World Cup Qualification | 0 | World Cup Championships | 0 |
| Draws | 2 | Penalties | 0 | Sub in | 0 | Summer Olympics | 4 |
| Losts | 2 | Own goals | 0 | Sub out | 0 | Friendly matches | 7 |
| Goals | 1 | Yellow cards | 0 | Red cards | 0 | Mini World Cup | 0 |
| Date | Match | – | Match | Score | Type | GS | in | out | Y | R |
| 2 April 1911 | Netherlands |
 Belgium |
3-1 | Friendly | 1 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 March 1912 | Belgium |
Netherlands |
1-2 | Friendly | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 March 1912 |  England |
Netherlands |
4-0 | Friendly | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 March 1912 | Netherlands |
 Germany |
5-5 | Friendly | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 April 1912 | Netherlands |
Belgium |
4-3 | Friendly | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 June 1912 |  Sweden |
Netherlands |
3-4 | 1912 Summer Olympics | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 June 1912 | Netherlands |
 Austria |
3-1 | 1912 Summer Olympics | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 July 1912 | Netherlands |
 Denmark |
1-4 | 1912 Summer Olympics | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 July 1912 | Netherlands |
 Finland |
9-0 | 1912 Summer Olympics | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 November 1912 | Germany |
Netherlands |
2-3 | Friendly | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 March 1913 | Belgium |
Netherlands |
3-3 | Friendly | 0 | X | X | 0 | 0 |
[edit] References
- ^ Jongste debutanten, voetbalstats.nl
- ^ Jan van Breda Kolff profile, voetbalstats.nl
- ^ Jan van Breda Kolff profile, rsssf.com
