Edu Snethlage

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
	1908 London	Team Competition

Everhardus "Edu" Snethlage (November 5, 1883 in Ngawi, Dutch East Indies – January 12, 1941 in Medan, Dutch East Indies) was a Dutch football (soccer) player. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal in the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Snethlage became the all-time top scorer for the Dutch national team on 1909-03-21. His opening goal of the match against Belgium was his seventh goal for the Netherlands, breaking the record of six goals that Eddy de Neve had held since 1905-05-14. Snethlage improved his record by scoring three goals against Belgium on 1909-04-25. His record would stand until 1910-10-16, when Jan Thomée scored his eleventh goal for the Netherlands in a match against Germany.

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Netherlands men's football squad – 1908 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalists

GK Beeuwkes GK La Chapelle DF Heijning DF Otten MF Gonsalves MF Heijting MF Kok MF De Korver MF Mundt (c) MF Sol FW Van den Berg FW De Bruijn Kops FW Reeman FW Van Renterghem FW Snethlage FW Thomée FW Welcker Coach: Chadwick

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