William Kanerva

{{short description|Finnish footballer (1902-1956)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = William Kanerva | image = WilliamKanerva.png | upright = 0.7 | caption = Kanerva in HPS shirt in 1927 | full_name = Yrjö William Kanerva | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|11|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Impilahti, Grand Duchy of Finland | death_date = {{death date and age|1956|10|10|1902|11|26|df=y}} | death_place = Helsinki, Finland | height = | position = Midfielder | years1 = 1919–1923 | clubs1 = HJK | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1923–1941 | clubs2 = HPS | caps2 = 113 | goals2 = 33 | nationalyears1 = 1922–1938 | nationalteam1 = Finland | nationalcaps1 = 51 | nationalgoals1 = 13 }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fin-recintlp.html|title=Finland - International Player Records|accessdate=7 November 2009|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> Kanerva played club football for HJK and HPS,<ref>{{NFT player|pid=46371|accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref> and he competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/william-kanerva-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182240/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/william-kanerva-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=William Kanerva|accessdate=7 November 2009|publisher=Sports Reference}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=51828/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622193541/http://fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=51828/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2008|title=William KANERVA|accessdate=7 November 2009|publisher=FIFA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24990 |title=William Kanerva |work=Olympedia |access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kasila |first=Markku |title=Pelimiehet |last2=Vuorinen |first2=Juha |publisher=Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö |isbn=978-952-99075-9-5 |page=117}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanerva, William}} Category:1902 births Category:1956 deaths Category:People from Pitkyarantsky District Category:Finnish men's footballers Category:Finland men's international footballers Category:Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Category:Helsingin Palloseura footballers Category:Olympic footballers for Finland Category:Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Footballers from Helsinki Category:20th-century Finnish sportsmen