Holger Salin

Holger Salin (18 September 1911 – c. 1943) was a Finnish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.

Holger Salin
Personal information
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

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

Individual

References
  1. "Profile". Worldfootball.net.
  2. "1907-1944" (in Finnish). HIFK. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  3. Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha (2007). Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 302. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
  4. "Profile". 11v11.
  5. "Profile". eu-football.info.
  6. Holger Salin – FIFA competition record (archived)
  7. "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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