Leopold Kielholz

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Leopold Kielholz
Personnel
birthday June 9, 1911
date of death 4th June 1980
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1927-1928 BSC Old Boys Basel
1928-1930 FC Black Stars Basel
1930-1932 FC Basel
1932-1935 Servette FC Genève
1935-1936 FC Bern
1936-1937 Stade Reims
1937-1938 FC St. Gallen
1938-1947 Young Fellows Zurich
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1933-1938 Switzerland 17 (12)
1 Only league games are given.

Leopold "Poldi" Kielholz (born June 9, 1911 ; † June 4, 1980 ) was a Swiss football player and scored the first goal in Switzerland in the history of the football world championships . The striker's trademark was his safety glasses, which he also wore on the pitch.

Club career

Leopold Kielholz began his career in 1927 at BSC Old Boys Basel , after one season he moved to the lower class FC Black Stars Basel and after two more years to FC Basel . In 1932 he left Basel and joined Servette FC Genève . With the French-speaking Swiss team under player - coach Karl Rappan in 1933, the championship title was immediately won, which was followed by another in the following season in the national league, which was held for the first time . Kielholz was the league's most successful goalscorer with 40 goals this season, setting a record that is still in use today.

After a third championship title in a row, Kielholz moved to FC Bern , where he worked as a player-coach for a season before leaving the club for France. There he worked in the second division for Stade Reims . The club from Champagne was not successful this season and only finished second to last, only a reorganization of the league ensured relegation. The Swiss returned to his homeland and after a year at FC St. Gallen , where promotion to the National League was missed in the promotion playoff, he moved to Young Fellows Zurich in 1937 , where he also ended his career in 1947.

National team

Kielholz made his debut in the Swiss national football team in November 1933. At the 1934 World Cup he scored the opening goal after seven minutes in the first round match against the Netherlands , making it the first goal in Switzerland's World Cup history. He contributed another hit to the 3-2 win. Despite another goal from Kielholz, the quarter-finals ended against Czechoslovakia .

During the third European National Team Cup, which was held from 1933 to 1935 , the striker was part of the regular line-up of the Swiss team and was able to score seven goals in five games, including three in a 6-2 win over Hungary . This meant the title of the best scorer of the competition, together with György Sárosi .

In 1938 he was a member of the Swiss squad for the 1938 World Cup , but was not used. He played his last game for the national team in May 1938 against Belgium . In total, he wore the national jersey 17 times and scored twelve goals.

Others

With the Swiss national team he was in the 1950s and 1960 - February 1951 to September 20, 1953, May 1955 to September 1956 and January 1960 - member of a technical commission that acted in place of a national coach.

His last job was as HR manager at a food retail chain.

successes

  • 3 × Swiss champions: 1933 , 1934 , 1935
  • 1 × Swiss Cup finalist: 1934
  • 1 × Swiss top scorer : 1934 (40 goals, record!)
  • 1 × top scorer of the European National Team Cup: 1933–35 (7 goals)
  • 17 games and 12 goals for the Swiss national team

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ National coach , Football Switzerland (as of September 15, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Kielholz, Leopold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kielholz, Poldi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1911
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1980