Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer)
{{Short description|Dutch footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jan van Breda Kolff
| image = Jan van Breda Kolff (1912).jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Jan van Breda Kolff in 1912
| fullname = Jan Gualtherus van Breda Kolff
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|01|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Medan, Dutch East Indies
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|2|6|1894|01|18|df=y}}
| death_place = West Chatham, United States
| height =
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1910–1913
| clubs1 = HVV Den Haag
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| nationalyears1 = 1911–1913
| nationalteam1 = Netherlands
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| medaltemplates =
{{medalSport|Men's football}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|NED}}}}
{{MedalCompetition |Summer Olympics}}
{{MedalBronze| 1912 Stockholm | Team Competition}}
}}
Jan Gualtherus van Breda Kolff (18 January 1894 – 6 February 1976) was a Dutch amateur football player.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26694 |title=Jan van Breda Kolff |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 May 2021}}
International career
Van Breda Kolff made his debut in the Netherlands national 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".[http://www.voetbalstats.nl/nedxi/detienjdeb.html Jongste debutanten] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701070130/http://www.voetbalstats.nl/nedxi/detienjdeb.html |date=1 July 2007 }}, voetbalstats.nl During his debut in a 3–1 win over Belgium he scored the second goal to give the Dutch a 2–0 lead.[http://www.voetbalstats.nl/nedxi/sp65.html Jan van Breda Kolff profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113100623/http://www.voetbalstats.nl/nedxi/sp65.html |date=13 January 2007 }}, voetbalstats.nl 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 won the bronze medal in a 9–0 win over Finland.[http://staging.onsoranje.nl/team-statistieken/teams/speler/11/55797780-37dea238-992972 Intl career stats] – Ons Oranje {{in lang|nl}} The goal he scored in his international debut was the only goal he scored in his 11 caps.[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/vbredakolff-intl.html Jan van Breda Kolff profile], rsssf.org
Personal life
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.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.kolff.nl Kolff Family Association]
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{{Netherlands Squad 1912 Olympic Football Tournament}}
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Category:Footballers from Medan
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Netherlands men's international footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Olympic medalists in football
Category:Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies