Vilhelm "Wolle" Wolfhagen (11 November 1889 – 5 July 1958) was a Danish

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who scored 14 goals in 18 games for the Denmark national team and won silver medals at the

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and 1912 Summer Olympics. He played his entire career with

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(KB), with whom he won several

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hips. Wolfhagen took part in the first official Danish national team game, played at the 1908 Summer Olympics, as he scored four goals in the 9-0 victory against France B from his favoured position of forward. He scored another four goals in the second game of the 1908 Olympics, a 17–1 defeat of the France A team, the biggest ever win of the Denmark national team. In the final game of the tournament, Denmark lost 2–0 to

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, thus winning silver medals. Four years later, Wolfhagen scored one goal in Denmark's three games at the 1912 Olympics, before they were once again defeated by Great Britain in the final. He ended his national team career in October 1917, having scored 14 goals in 18 national team games. Wolfhagen was also a good bandy player. He played bandy for Fredriksberg Skøjteløberforening 1902–1922 and took part as a bandy player at the

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in 1909 and 1917. Wolfhagen's profession was in the military. He raised to the rank of

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in the artillery.

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Danish national team profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolfhagen, Vilhelm 1889 births 1958 deaths Danish men's footballers Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players Denmark international footballers Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in football Danish bandy players Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Association football forwards Footballers from Copenhagen