Smit (right), World Cup 1934
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Johannes Chrishostomos Smit | ||
Date of birth | 3 November 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Bloemendaal, Netherlands | ||
Date of death | 1 July 1974 | (aged 62)||
Place of death | Haarlem, Netherlands | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
HFC Haarlem | |||
National team | |||
1934–1946 | Netherlands | 29 | (26) |
Teams managed | |||
1950–1956 | HFC Haarlem | ||
1956–1958 | AZ '54 | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Johannes Chrishostomos "Kick" Smit (3 November 1911, Bloemendaal, North Holland – 1 July 1974, Haarlem) was a Dutch football player. He earned 29 caps and scored 26 goals for the Netherlands national football team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He is first Netherlands football player who scored a goal in a World Cup (27.05.1934 against Switzerland). During his club career, he played for HFC Haarlem.