Piet de Boer explained

Piet de Boer
Birth Date:10 October 1919
Birth Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Position:Forward
Years1:1937–1954
Clubs1:KFC
Nationalyears1:1937
Nationalteam1:Netherlands
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:3

Piet de Boer (10 October 1919 – 8 February 1984) was a Dutch football forward who was part of the Netherlands squad in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.[1]

Club career

Being able to shoot with either foot, de Boer played for KFC until 1954.[2]

International career

He was capped once, scoring three goals, in a friendly in 1937 against Luxembourg and still has the highest goal scoring average for the Dutch team. Also, at just over 18 years he is now the 10th youngest player who made his debut for Oranje.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091554/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43960.html 1938 FIFA World Cup France
  2. http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/4324/Nieuws/article/detail/1780134/2003/03/24/De-Beste-Elf-2.dhtml De Beste Elf (2)
  3. http://www.onsoranje.nl/nieuws/artikel/555/top-11-jongste-oranjedebutanten TOP-11: Jongste Oranjedebutanten