Verner Eklöf

Verner Eklöf
Personal information
Full name Verner Edmund Eklöf
Date of birth (1897-03-08)8 March 1897
Place of birth Helsinki, Russian Empire
Date of death 2 December 1955(1955-12-02) (aged 58)
Place of death Helsinki, Finland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1920 HIFK ? (?)
1920–1927 HJK ? (?)
International career
1919–1927 Finland 32 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Verner Edmund Eklöf (8 March 1897 – 2 December 1955) was a Finnish sportsman active in the 1920s.

Career

Association football

Eklöf played association football at international level, scoring 17 goals in 32 appearances between 1919 and 1927.[1] Eklöf played club football for HIFK and HJK. His move from HIFK to HJK in 1920 is considered the first major transfer in Finnish football history.[2]

Olympics

Eklöf competed in the Nordic combined event at the 1924 Winter Olympics, finishing ninth overall.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Finland - International Player Records". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  2. ^ "1907-1944" (in Finnish). FIFK. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Verner Eklöf". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2009.


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