Johan Wilhelm Eduard "Eetje" Sol (10 June 1881 – 21 October 1965) was a Dutch footballer who played as a

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for HVV Den Haag. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal at the

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Club career

Sol spent his entire playing career at

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, 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. He also won the

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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

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, regarded by many as the first-ever European club trophy. 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.

International career

He represented the Dutch team team at the

, helping his nation win the bronze medal in the football tournament. He played both matches as a midfielder, including the 2-0 win over

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in the bronze medal match.

Honours

HVV * Dutch championship: 1899–1900, 1900–01, 1901–02, 1902–03, 1904–05 and 1906–07 *

: 1903 * Coupe Van der Straeten Ponthoz runner-up:

Netherlands * Olympic Games Bronze medal:

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1881 births 1965 deaths Dutch footballers Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Netherlands international footballers People from Bogor Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Association football midfielders Association football forwards {{Netherlands-Olympic-medalist-stub

Club career

International career

Honours

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