Holger Salin
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1911-09-18)18 September 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Finland | ||
Date of death | c. 1943 | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1929–1943 | HIFK | 128 | (101) |
International career | |||
1931–1943 | Finland | 22 | (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Holger Salin (18 September 1911 – c. 1943) was a Finnish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.
Career
Salin was born in Finland and played football with HIFK.[1] Salin was the first-ever top goalscorer in the Mestaruussarja, scoring 9 goals, tied with Olof Strömsten of KIF Helsinki in 1930 and was the sole top goalscorer in 1931 with 11 goals.[2] In total he scored 101 goals for HIFK in premier division and two in 1929 cup competition.[3] Salin earned 22 caps for the Finland national team between 1931 and 1943, scoring 4 goals in the process.[4][5] He also appeared in one FIFA World Cup qualifying match in August 1937.[6] Salin died unexpectedly at the age of 32.[7]
Honours
Club
HIFK Helsinki
- Mestaruussarja: 1930, 1931
Individual
- Mestaruussarja top scorer: 1930 (tied), 1931
References
- ^ "Profile". Worldfootball.net.
- ^ "1907-1944" (in Finnish). HIFK. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha (2007). Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 302. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
- ^ "Profile". 11v11.
- ^ "Profile". eu-football.info.
- ^ Holger Salin – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ "Holger Salin kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 292. 29 October 1943. p. 8. ISSN 0355-2047.
Further reading
- Kanerva, Juha, etc.: Jalkapallon pikkujättiläinen, pp. 461, 462, 480. WSOY, 2003. ISBN 951-0-27037-7.
- Soininen, Heidi (eds.): Jalkapallokirja 2008, pp. 150, 170. Football Association of Finland, 2008. ISSN 0787-7188.
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- 1930: Salin / Strömsten
- 1931: Salin
- 1932: Lehtinen
- 1933: Strömsten
- 1934: Strömsten
- 1935: Lehtonen / Lintamo
- 1936: Lehtonen
- 1937: Lehtonen
- 1938: Lehtonen
- 1939: Lehtonen
- 1941: Valtonen
- 1944: Teräs / Turunen
- 1948: Myntti
- 1949: Asikainen / Lintamo
- 1950: Asikainen / Saarinen
- 1951: Forsberg
- 1952: Vanhanen
- 1953: Forss
- 1954: Koskinen
- 1955: Asikainen
- 1956: Styck
- 1957: Sundelin
- 1958: Lehtovirta / Pahlman
- 1959: Sundelin
- 1960: Sundelin
- 1961: Pahlman
- 1962: Österlund
- 1963: Lyytikäinen
- 1964: Tolsa
- 1965: Pahlman
- 1966: Hyvärinen
- 1967: Lindholm
- 1968: Lindholm
- 1969: Lamberg / Talaslahti
- 1970: Paatelainen
- 1971: Toivola
- 1972: Paatelainen / Suhonen
- 1973: Lamberg
- 1974: Salo
- 1975: Rantanen
- 1976: Paatelainen
- 1977: Paatelainen
- 1978: Ismail
- 1979: Ismail / Suhonen
- 1980: Rajaniemi
- 1981: Himanka
- 1982: Ismail
- 1983: Lipponen
- 1984: Lipponen
- 1985: Lius
- 1986: Lius / Niinimäki
- 1987: Hjelm
- 1988: Lius
- 1989: Lius
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