en Eetje Sol

Olympic medal record
Men's Football

Eetje Sol
Personal information
Full name	Johan Wilhelm Eduard Sol
Date of birth	10 June 1881
Place of birth	Tjiomas, Dutch East Indies
Date of death	21 August 1965 (aged 84)
Place of death	The Hague, Netherlands
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1898-1909	HVV
Total
International career
1908–1909	Netherlands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Johan Wilhelm Eduard "Eetje" Sol (10 June 1881 – 21 October 1965) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward for HVV Den Haag. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Club career

Sol spent his entire playing career at HVV, thus being part of the so-called one-club men group. In total, he scored 122 goals in 133 matches for the club, with his goalscoring performances proving crucial in helping the club win the Dutch championship five times in the 1900s, including four successive championships between 1900 and 1903.^[1] He also won the KNVB Cup in 1903, netting once in a 6–1 win over HBS Craeyenhout in the final, to help his side win the only Cup title in the club's history.

In 1900, Eetje Sol was a member of the HVV side that participated in the first edition of the Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz in 1900, regarded by many as the first-ever European club trophy.^[3] In the tournament, he scored five goals in the first round in an 8–1 trashing of hosts Léopold FC, and despite not scoring again in the semi-finals or in the final, which ended in a 1–2 loss to fellow Dutch club RAP, his 5-goal haul was enough for him to be crowned as the top scorer of the tournament.^[4]

International career

He represented the Dutch team at the 1908 Summer Olympics, helping his nation win the bronze medal in the football tournament. He played both matches as a midfielder, including the 2-0 win over Sweden in the bronze medal match.^[2]^[5]

Honours

HVV

Dutch championship: 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1904–05 and 1906–07
KNVB Cup: 1903
Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz runner-up: 1900

Netherlands

Olympic Games Bronze medal: 1908

References

^ ^a ^b "Monsterzege HVV 1 en nieuw record Mekking". Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Eetje Sol". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
^ "European Cup Origins". europeancuphistory.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "1900 Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz". RSSSF. 10 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "Ed Sol". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 27 July 2022.