Holger Salin

Holger Salin

Personal information
Date of birth	(1911-09-18)18 September 1911
Place of birth	Finland
Date of death	c. 1943
Position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1929–1943	HIFK	128	(101)
International career
1931–1943	Finland	22	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Holger Salin (18 September 1911 – c. 1943) was a Finnish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.

Career

Salin was born in Finland and played football with HIFK.^[1] Salin was the first-ever top goalscorer in the Mestaruussarja, scoring 9 goals, tied with Olof Strömsten of KIF Helsinki in 1930 and was the sole top goalscorer in 1931 with 11 goals.^[2] In total he scored 101 goals for HIFK in premier division and two in 1929 cup competition.^[3] Salin earned 22 caps for the Finland national team between 1931 and 1943, scoring 4 goals in the process.^[4][5] He also appeared in one FIFA World Cup qualifying match in August 1937.^[6] Salin died unexpectedly at the age of 32.^[7]

Honours

Club

HIFK Helsinki

• Mestaruussarja: 1930, 1931

Individual

• Mestaruussarja top scorer: 1930 (tied), 1931

References

1. "Profile". Worldfootball.net.
2. "1907-1944" (in Finnish). HIFK. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
3. Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha (2007). Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 302. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.
4. "Profile". 11v11.
5. "Profile". eu-football.info.
6. Holger Salin – FIFA competition record (archived)
7. "Holger Salin kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). No. 292. 29 October 1943. p. 8. ISSN 0355-2047.

Further reading

• Kanerva, Juha, etc.: Jalkapallon pikkujättiläinen, pp. 461, 462, 480. WSOY, 2003. ISBN 951-0-27037-7.
• Soininen, Heidi (eds.): Jalkapallokirja 2008, pp. 150, 170. Football Association of Finland, 2008. ISSN 0787-7188.