 Kanerva in HPS shirt in 1927 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yrjö William Kanerva | ||
| Date of birth | 26 November 1902 | ||
| Place of birth | Impilahti, Grand Duchy of Finland | ||
| Date of death | 10 October 1956 (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919–1923 | HJK | ||
| 1923–1941 | HPS | 113 | (33) |
| International career | |||
| 1922–1938 | Finland | 51 | (13) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yrjö William Kanerva (26 November 1902 – 10 October 1956) was a Finnish international footballer who earned 51 caps at international level between 1922 and 1938, scoring 13 goals.[1] Kanerva played club football for HJK and HPS,[2] and he competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5] In Mestaruussarja he played 113 matches and scored 33 times for HPS. In total he scored 55 goals for them, rest of the goals coming in cup-formatted Finnish championship tournaments. For HJK he scored 11 goals in 3 tournaments.[6]
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- ^ "William Kanerva". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ "William Kanerva". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "William KANERVA". FIFA. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
- ^ "William Kanerva". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Kasila, Markku; Vuorinen, Juha. Pelimiehet. Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö. p. 117. ISBN 978-952-99075-9-5.