Heini Hald

Heini Hald
Personal information
Full name Poul Heini Hald[1]
Date of birth (1942-06-04) 4 June 1942
Place of birth Aalborg, Denmark
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1970 AaB 199 (10)
1970–1971 Randers Freja
International career
1960 Denmark U19 2 (2)
1963 Denmark U21 3 (0)
1965–1966 Denmark B 3 (0)
1965 Denmark 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Poul Heini Hald (born 4 January 1942) is a Danish former footballer who won two caps for the Denmark national football team in 1965. Primarily a midfielder, he was also used as a full-back and was part of the AaB team that won the Danish Cup in 1966, the club's first national title.[2][3]

Club career

Hald was born in Aalborg.[4] An AaB player of local origin, he developed into a combative and versatile player who featured mainly in midfield, though he could also play in defence.[1][4] He went on to make 199 appearances and score 10 goals for AaB.[4]

He played an important role in one of the defining moments in the club's early history, when AaB defeated KB 3–1 after extra time in the 1966 Danish Cup final.[1][4] Hald scored the decisive goal for 2–1, helping secure AaB's first national trophy.[1][4] According to later accounts, he played much of the match with a broken arm or hand, before receiving treatment after the team's return to Aalborg.[1][4] His performance in the final later earned him a special plaque from AaB's supporters' association.[4]

AaB was also a runner-up in the cup in 1967.[4] In 1969, after taking up a teaching post in Randers, he moved to Randers Freja.[1][4] He helped the club win promotion to the first division for the first time, but ended his playing career the following year at the age of 28.[1]

International career

Hald represented Denmark at several levels, including youth, under-21, B international and full international level, and also played for selected teams of the Jutland Football Association.[4] He made his debut for the Denmark national team on 5 July 1965 in a 3–1 win over Iceland.[1][4]

He won his second and final cap later the same year in a 2–2 draw away to Norway.[1] In that match, he came on after his AaB teammate Kjeld Thorst was injured after 20 minutes.[1]

Later life

Outside football, Hald worked as a schoolteacher and later became a school inspector in Randers.[1][4] He retired from that role in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Kjærbøl, Michael. "A-landsholdspillere – Heini Hald (357)". Haslund (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 February 2026. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Heini Hald". EU Football. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Heini Hald". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB). Heini Hald. År 1966". arkiv.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 30 March 2026. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
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