Lothar van Gogh

In this article, Dutch capitalization is used for tussenvoegsels in Dutch family names. The first letter in Van Gogh is capitalized unless it is preceded by a name, initial or title of nobility.

In this Dutch name, the surname is van Gogh, not Gogh.

Lothar van Gogh ((1888 -02-07)7 February 1888 – (1945-05-28)28 May 1945) was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward. He was part of the Netherlands national team, playing two matches and scoring two goals. He played his first match on 14 April 1907.^[1]

Lothar van Gogh

Netherlands national football team in 1907. Van Gogh is seated right.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1888 -02-07)7 February 1888
Place of birth	Sukabumi, Dutch East Indies
Date of death	28 May 1945(1945-05-28) (aged 57)
Place of death	Cimahi, Dutch East Indies
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1906–1914	HFC Haarlem
International career
1907	Netherlands	2	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Van Gogh was the son of Jeanette Louise Vos (1854–1906) and Johannes van Gogh (1854–1913), a coffee grower on Java who was a full cousin of Vincent van Gogh.

A civilian colonial administrator in the Dutch East Indies before capture by the occupying Japanese in World War II, Van Gogh died in one of the Japanese-run internment camps in Cimahi on Java. He was buried in Dutch War Cemetery Leuwigajah in Cimahi.^[2]

See also

• List of Dutch international footballers