Svend Aage Castella (15 March 1890 in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

– 28 November 1938 in

) was a Danish amateur

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player, who played for 13 games and scored one goal for the

Denmark national football team The Denmark national football team ( or ''herrelandsholdet'') represents Denmark and Greenland in men's international Association football, football competitions. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing body for ...

. Castella played his entire career with Copenhagen club KB, with whom he won several

Danish football champions The Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a varying form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have been found through the Danish Superliga championsh ...

hips. He made his Danish national team debut in October 1911, and was a part of the Danish team at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...

. He was an unused reserve player for the duration of the games, and was not awarded with a medal, as Denmark won

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s in the 1912 football tournament.

Honors

KB * Landsfodboldturneringen: Champions - 1912-1913, 1913-1914, 1916-1917, 1917-1918, 1921-1922 * Landsfodboldturneringen: Runners Up - 1915-1916

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* 1890 births 1938 deaths Danish men's footballers Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players Denmark men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Denmark Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Men's association football defenders Footballers from Copenhagen {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub