Leo Bosschart
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File:KNVB 3928 België tegen Nederland 1914.jpg Bosschart (white shorts), 1914 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leonard François Gerard Bosschart | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Kota Radja, Dutch East Indies | ||
| Date of death | 9 May 1951 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Hoboken, Antwerp, Belgium | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1905–1909 | Quick | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1909–1921 | Quick | ||
| International career | |||
| 1909–1920 | Netherlands | 19 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's football | ||
| Representing File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze medal – third place | 1920 Antwerp | Team competition |
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Leonard "Leo" François Gerard Bosschart (24 August 1888 – 9 May 1951) was a football player from the Netherlands, who captained his home country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.[1] There he won the bronze medal with the Netherlands national football team.[2]
Club career
[edit | edit source]A versatile midfielder, Bosschart played for Quick.[3]
International career
[edit | edit source]Bosschart made his debut for Netherlands in a December 1909 friendly match against England and earned a total of 19 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a September 1920 friendly against Spain.[4]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born in the Dutch East Indies to Francois Guilleaume Jacques Bosschart and Anna Catharina Gerardina Eras, Bosschart studied engineering in Delft and became chief engineer at Burgenhout in Rotterdam and director of the Conrad shipyard. From 1938 until his death in 1951, Bosschart was director of the John Cockerill shipyard in Hoboken, Belgium.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Profile - Olympisch Sport Erfgoed (in Dutch)
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- ^ Profile - Voetballegends (in Dutch)
- ^ Intl career stats - Voetbalstats
- ^ Biografie van Leonard Bosschart - Bosschaerts (in Dutch)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Leo Bosschart at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- (in Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
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- 1888 births
- 1951 deaths
- People from Banda Aceh
- Men's association football midfielders
- Dutch men's footballers
- Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for the Netherlands
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Netherlands men's international footballers
- Olympic medalists in football
- 20th-century Dutch engineers
- Marine engineers
- Dutch businesspeople in shipping
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- HV & CV Quick players
- Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen