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Holger Salin

Finnish footballer (1911–1943)

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Source revisionJun 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ3139327 ↗
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Holger Salin (18 September 1911 – c. 1943) was a Finnish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.

Career

Salin was born in Finland and played football with HIFK. Salin was the first-ever top goalscorer in the Mestaruussarja, scoring 9 goals, tied with Olof Strömsten of KIF Helsinki in 1930 and was the sole top goalscorer in 1931 with 11 goals. In total he scored 101 goals for HIFK in premier division and two in 1929 cup competition. Salin earned 22 caps for the Finland national team between 1931 and 1943, scoring 4 goals in the process. He also appeared in one FIFA World Cup qualifying match in August 1937. Salin died unexpectedly at the age of 32.

Honours

Club

HIFK Helsinki

Mestaruussarja: 1930, 1931

Individual

Mestaruussarja top scorer: 1930 (tied), 1931

References

Further reading

Kanerva, Juha, etc.: Jalkapallon pikkujättiläinen, pp. 461, 462, 480. WSOY, 2003. ISBN 951-0-27037-7.

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The public source identifies “Holger Salin” as finnish footballer (1911–1943). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Holger, Salin and Finnish.

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This entry incorporates text from “Holger Salin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.