Arnold Matiisen

Arnold Matiisen
Personnel
birthday	July 17, 1906
place of birth	Tallinn ,  Estonia
date of death	September 18, 1992
Place of death	Edmonton ,  Canada
position	Pre-stopper
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1926	JK Tallinna Kalev
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1926	Estonia	1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Arnold Matiisen (born July 17, 1906 in Tallinn , Estonia , † September 18, 1992 in Edmonton , Canada ) was an Estonian football and volleyball player .

Career

Arnold Matiisen played in his football career of which only the year 1926 is known; for the JK Tallinna Kalev from the Estonian capital Tallinn . In the same year he ran on in an international match of the Estonian national football team against Sweden . Alongside Artur Maurer and Helmuth Räästas, he was one of three debutants who were used for the national selection in a 7-1 defeat at the Kadrioru stadium in Tallinn.

Later years

In 1937 Arnold Matiisen emigrated to Canada with his wife Salme . His brother Alfred Matiisen had already emigrated there in 1929. They settled in the Edmonton borough of Eckville Ward in 1940 .

Web links

• Arnold Matiisen in the Alberta's Estonian Heritage database
• Arnold Matiisen in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Arnold Matiisen in the database of transfermarkt.de
• Arnold Matiisen in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Estonia 1: 7 (0: 5) Sweden. eu-football.info, accessed on September 23, 2014 (English). 
2. ↑ Matiisen Family. (No longer available online.) In: Alberta Estonian Heritage Society. albertasource.ca, archived from the original on December 8, 2010 ; accessed on September 23, 2014 (English).