Kristian Gyldenstein

{{short description|Danish footballer (1886-1954)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|7|16|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1954|1|11|1886|7|16|df=yes}}

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| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalyears1 = 1911–1913

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| clubs1 = Kjøbenhavns Boldklub

| years1 = 1910–1919

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Kristian Gyldenstein (16 July 1886 – 11 January 1954) was a Danish footballer who played for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub.{{Cite news |date=10 November 1913 |title=Kjøbenhavns Boldklub sejrer over Boldklubben af 1903. |language=Danish |volume=165 |pages=1 |work=Berlingske Politiske og Avertissementstidende |issue=299 |url=https://www2.statsbiblioteket.dk/mediestream/avis/record/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3Ad7ab101c-baaf-46db-a53b-67b7988dadd1/query/Gyldenstein%20fodbold/page/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3Ad7ab101c-baaf-46db-a53b-67b7988dadd1 |access-date=12 October 2023}} He played in three matches for the Denmark national football team between 1911 and 1913, scoring a hat-trick.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kristian-gyldenstein/ |title=Kristian Gyldenstein |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=15 December 2021}}

International career

Gyldenstein made his international debut on 21 October 1911, losing 3–0 to the England national amateur football team.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=7525 |title=Kristian Gyldenstein |work=EU Football |access-date=15 December 2021}}{{Cite web |title=England v Denmark, 21 October 1911 - 11v11 match report |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/england-v-denmark-21-october-1911-222845/ |access-date=12 October 2023 |website=11v11}} His only goals for the national team came when he scored the first, sixth, and eighth goals on 25 May 1913, as Denmark beat Sweden 8–0.{{Cite news |date=26 May 1913 |title=Boldkampene i Gaar |language=Danish |volume=4 |pages=3 |work=Riget |issue=144 |url=https://www2.statsbiblioteket.dk/mediestream/avis/record/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3Afcb07b2a-199a-4cc4-9eaa-bedee7d1fd26/query/Gyldenstein/page/doms_aviser_page%3Auuid%3Ad70963ff-2b8a-4aae-8015-61ad19d8fa5c |access-date=12 October 2023}} The final match Gyldenstein was involved in came on 5 October of the same year. Denmark again defeated Sweden, this time by a score of 10–0. Poul Nielsen scored six times and Gyldenstein never played another match for Denmark.{{Cite web |last=DBU |title=Landsholdsdatabasen |url=https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/2380 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=DBU |language=DA}}

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