Jan Thomée, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Thomée

Dutch footballer

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1886

Place of Birth: Delft, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1954

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Johannes "Jan" Thomée (December 4, 1886 – April 1, 1954) was a Dutch football (soccer) player. He was born and died in Delft. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the bronze medal in the football tournament of the 1908 Summer Olympics. Thomée became the all-time top scorer for the Netherlands on 1910-10-16.
His goal against Germany was his eleventh goal for the Netherlands, breaking the record that Edu Snethlage had held since 1909-03-21.
He improved his record by scoring against Belgium on 1911-03-19, by scoring two goals against Belgium on 1912-03-10, and by scoring two goals against Germany on 1912-03-24.
Thomée's record would be broken on 1913-03-09, when Mannes Francken of Koninklijke HFC scored his 17th goal for the Netherlands, in a match against Belgium. He is still one of few people who joined the National team while still playing second class football at DSV Concordia.