Kick Smit

Johannes Chrishostomus[3][4] "Kick" Smit (3 November 1911 – 1 July 1974)[5] was a Dutch football player. He earned 29 caps and scored 26 goals for the Netherlands national football team,[6] and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups.[7] He is the first Netherlands football player who scored a goal in a World Cup (27 May 1934 against Switzerland). During his club career, he played for HFC Haarlem.

Kick Smit
Smit in 1946
Personal information
Full name Johannes Chrishostomus Smit
Date of birth (1911-11-03)3 November 1911
Place of birth Bloemendaal, the Netherlands
Date of death 1 July 1974(1974-07-01) (aged 62)
Place of death Haarlem, the Netherlands
Playing position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
HFC Haarlem
National team
1934–1946 Netherlands 29 (26)
Teams managed
1950–1956 HFC Haarlem[1][2]
1956–1958 AZ '54
1965–1966 Haarlem
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References
  1. "Delpher Kranten – Nieuwsblad van Friesland : Hepkema's courant 18-08-1950". kb.nl.
  2. "Delpher Kranten – Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad 26-03-1956". kb.nl.
  3. "BS Geboorte met Johannes Chrishostomus Smit". Noord-Hollands Archief. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  4. "Familieberichten". De Telegraaf. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "Delpher Kranten – Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad 02-07-1974". kb.nl.
  6. "Kick Smit – national football team player". Kick Smit – national football team player.
  7. 1934 FIFA World Cup Italy Archived 13 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • Media related to Kick Smit at Wikimedia Commons


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