Cees van Hasselt

Cornelis Wilhelmus van Hasselt (5 October 1872 – 16 January 1951) was a Dutch footballer and manager.

Cees van Hasselt
Van Hasselt pictured on 30 April 1905
Personal information
Full name Cornelis Wilhelmus van Hasselt[1]
Date of birth (1872-10-05)5 October 1872
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date of death 16 January 1951(1951-01-16) (aged 78)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1893–1905 Sparta Rotterdam
Managerial career
1905–1908 Netherlands
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Van Hasselt played for hometown club Sparta Rotterdam from 1893 to 1905.[2] Van Hasselt played six times for an early Dutch representative side, playing friendlies against European club teams in the late 19th century.[3]

Managerial career

In 1901, Van Hasselt began to organise friendly games against Belgium. As a result of the games not being sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), only players from the second division were available to Van Hasselt. Belgium won the first four games 8–0, 1–0, 2–1 and 6–4.[4] In 1904, the KNVB became a founding member of FIFA. On 30 April 1905, the Netherlands played their first official international game, beating Belgium 4–1 in Antwerp, Belgium. Van Hasselt would manage the Dutch national team for ten more games, winning five and losing five, before being replaced by former England international Edgar Chadwick.[5]

References
  1. Boterman, Frits; Vogel, Marianne (2003). Nederland en Duitsland in het interbellum. Wisselwerking en contacten: van politiek tot literatuur [The Netherlands and Germany in the interwar period. Interaction and contacts: from politics to literature] (in Dutch). p. 124. ISBN 9789065507631.
  2. "Cees van Hasselt". World Football. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. "Interlandvoetbal om 'koperen dingetje'/Sporteeuw (2) - 1901". Trouw (in Dutch). 9 January 1999. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  4. "Hoe ging de eerste voetbalwedstrijd van het Nederlands elftal?". Quest (in Dutch). 3 May 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. "National football team manager Cees Van Hasselt". EU Football. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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