Eddy de Neve

Eduard Karel Alexander de Neve (1882-01-01 or 1885-01-02 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies - 1943-08-30 in the Dutch East Indies) was a Dutch football player, who played for Velocitas Breda, HBS Craeyenhout and the Netherlands national football team.

De Neve was born on either 1882-01-01 or 1885-01-02, as the son of Eduard Karel Alexander de Neve, a major in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, and Johanna Christina Fokker. His father died when De Neve was nine or ten years old, and the family moved to the Netherlands. In The Hague, De Neve joined football club Quick. When he joined the Royal Netherlands Army, he started to play football for Velocitas Breda, which was affiliated with the Royal Military Academy of the Netherlands. He moved to HBS Craeyenhout (football club) in 1905, and won the Dutch national football title in his first season back in The Hague.

De Neve was part of the first Netherlands national football team, which played for the Coupe Van Den Abeele against Belgium on 1905-04-30. De Neve made the opening goal of the match after 80 minutes. An own goal by Dutchman Ben Stom in the 86th minute was the equalizer, and the score was 1-1 after regular time. De Neve scored three goals in extra time, after 106, 117 and 119 minutes, and the final score of the match was 4-1. The Netherlands had won its first match ever, and De Neve had scored all four Dutch goals.

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