Paul Berth

Paul Berth

Berth with Denmark at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Paul Ludvig Laurits Berth
Date of birth	(1890-04-07)7 April 1890
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death	9 November 1969(1969-11-09) (aged 79)
Place of death	Gentofte, Denmark
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1908–1924	Akademisk Boldklub	142	(?)
International career
1911–1922	Denmark	26	(1)
Medal record Men's Football 1912 Stockholm Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Ludvig Laurits Berth (7 April 1890 in Copenhagen – 9 November 1969 in Gentofte) was a Danish amateur Association football player, who played 26 games and scored one goal for the Denmark national team, with whom he won a silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Berth played for Danish team Akademisk Boldklub (AB), when he made his Danish national team debut in October 1911. He was part of the Danish team at the 1912 Summer Olympics, in which he played all three matches as Denmark won the silver medals in the football tournament. With AB, he won the 1919 and 1921 Danish football championships. He was a part of the Danish squad at the 1920 Summer Olympics, but spent the tournament as an unused reserve. He ended his national team career in April 1922, having played 26 international games for Denmark, 14 of these as team captain.

External links

• Paul Berth national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• Paul Berth at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Paul Berth at Olympics.com