Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer)
Jan van Breda Kolff-Olympics 1912
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| 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 | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1913 | HVV Den Haag | ||
| National team | |||
| 1911–1913 | Netherlands | 11 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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| Men's Football | ||
Representing the  Netherlands
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1912 Stockholm | Team Competition |
Jan Gualtherus van Breda Kolff (18 January 1894 in Medan, Dutch East Indies – 6 February 1976 in West Chatham, Massachusetts, United States) was a Dutch amateur football player.
Van Breda Kolff a made his debut in the Netherlands national football 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". During his debut in a 3–1 win over Belgium he scored the second goal to give the Dutch a 2–0 lead. 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 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.
Van Breda Kolff later had a career as a stockbroker in the United States. His son Butch van Breda Kolff and grandson Jan van Breda Kolff are notable American basketball coaches.
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