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{{short description|Swedish footballer}}
{{short description|Swedish footballer (born 1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ove Kindvall
| name = Ove Kindvall
| fullname = Bengt Ove Kindvall
| full_name = Bengt Ove Kindvall
| image = Selectie Zweedse elftal voor WK voetbal in trainingskamp in Mönchen Gladblach n, Bestanddeelnr 927-2498.jpg
| image = Selectie Zweedse elftal voor WK voetbal in trainingskamp in Mönchen Gladblach n, Bestanddeelnr 927-2498.jpg
| caption = Kindvall with Sweden during the 1974 FIFA World Cup
| caption = Kindvall with Sweden during the 1974 FIFA World Cup
| image_size = 230
| image_size = 230
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|5|16|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|5|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Norrköping]], [[Sweden]]
| birth_place = [[Norrköping]], Sweden
| height = {{height|m=1.74}}
| height = 1.74 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| youthclubs1 = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| years1 = 1962–1966
| years1 = 1962–1966
| clubs1 = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| years2 = 1966–1971
| years3 = 1971–1975
| caps1 = 84
| years4 = 1975–1977
| goals1 = 70
| years2 = 1966–1971
| clubs1 = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| clubs2 = [[Feyenoord]]
| clubs2 = [[Feyenoord]]
| caps2 = 144
| clubs3 = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| goals2 = 129
| clubs4 = [[IFK Göteborg]]
| caps1 = 84
| years3 = 1971–1975
| clubs3 = [[IFK Norrköping]]
| caps2 = 144
| caps3 = 94
| caps3 = 94
| caps4 = 58
| goals3 = 30
| goals1 = 70
| years4 = 1975–1977
| goals2 = 129
| clubs4 = [[IFK Göteborg]]
| goals3 = 30
| caps4 = 58
| goals4 = 30
| goals4 = 30
| totalcaps = 344
| totalcaps = 344
| totalgoals = 259
| totalgoals = 259
| nationalyears1 = 1966–1974
| nationalyears1 = 1961
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]
| nationalteam1 = [[Sweden men's national under-19 football team|Sweden U19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 43
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 16
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1964
| manageryears1 = 1979–1980
| nationalteam2 = [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden U21]]
| managerclubs1 = [[IFK Göteborg]] (chairman)
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1963–1964
| nationalteam3 = [[Sweden national football B team|Sweden B]]
| nationalcaps3 = 2
| nationalgoals3 = 4
| nationalyears4 = 1965–1974
| nationalteam4 = [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
| nationalcaps4 = 43
| nationalgoals4 = 16
| manageryears1 = 1979–1980
| managerclubs1 = [[IFK Göteborg]] (chairman)
}}
}}


'''Bengt Ove Kindvall''' (born 16 May 1943) is a Swedish former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]]. He started his career at [[IFK Norrköping]], where he played until he joined [[Feyenoord Rotterdam|Feyenoord]] in 1966 and became professional. The same year, he won the [[Guldbollen]], as the best Swedish footballer of the year. He is regarded as one of Sweden's greatest ever players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gopeking.net/english_greatestplayers.php|publisher=gopeking.net (unofficial [[IFK Norrköping]] fansite)|access-date=15 March 2016|title=Greatest players |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073229/http://www.gopeking.net/english_greatestplayers.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 28 September 2007}}</ref> A full international between 1965 and 1974, he won 43 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] and scored 16 goals for the [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden national team]]. He represented his country at the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] and [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 FIFA World Cups]].
'''Bengt Ove Kindvall''' (born 16 May 1943) is a former Swedish [[Association football|footballer]] (forward).


==Club career==
He started his career at [[IFK Norrköping]], where he played until he joined [[Feyenoord Rotterdam|Feyenoord]] in [[1966 in sports|1966]] and became professional. The same year, he won the [[Guldbollen]], as the best Swedish footballer of the year. He is regarded as one of Sweden's greatest ever players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gopeking.net/english_greatestplayers.php|publisher=gopeking.net (unofficial [[IFK Norrköping]] fansite)|access-date=2016-03-15|title=Greatest players |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073229/http://www.gopeking.net/english_greatestplayers.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-09-28}}</ref>
With [[Feyenoord]] he won two [[Eredivisie|national championship]]s as well as the 1970 [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]. In the [[1970 European Cup Final|final]] against [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] he scored the winning goal in [[extra time]]. In his five seasons with the club, Kindvall scored 129 league goals in 144 games. He returned to Sweden and Norrköping 1971, where he played for three years, until ending his career in [[IFK Göteborg]].


He was the first non-Dutchman to be named [[Eredivisie]] top scorer, doing so in 1968, 1969 and 1971. No other foreigner achieved this until [[Romário]] in 1989.
==Early life==
[[File:Ove Kindvall with family 1970.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Ove Kindvall with family in 1970]]
He is the father of former footballers [[Niclas Kindvall]] and [[Tina Kindvall]],<ref>https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/sluta-jamfor-med-pappa/</ref> and brother of [[Kaj Kindvall]], a [[Radio programming|radio host]].


Kindvall earned the [[Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal]] in 1969. In that year, he was named as the fourth best player in Europe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy69.html|title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1969|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>
==Career==
With Feyenoord he won two [[Eredivisie|national championship]]s as well as the [[1970 in sports|1970]] [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]. In the [[1970 European Cup Final|final]] against [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] he scored the winning goal in [[extra time]]. In his five seasons with the club, Kindvall scored 129 league goals in 144 games. He returned to Sweden and Norrköping 1971, where he played for three years, until ending his career in [[IFK Göteborg]].


== International career ==
He was the first non-Dutchman to be named [[Eredivisie]] top scorer, doing so in 1968, 1969 and 1971. No other foreigner achieved this until [[Romário]] in 1989.
Kindvall played 43 games with the [[Sweden men's national football team|national team]] and scored 16 goals.<ref name=":0" /> He participated in the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] and [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], playing a major role in the team's qualification for the former.<ref name=":0" />


==Personal life==
Kindvall played 43 games with the [[Sweden national football team|national team]] and scored 16 goals. He participated in the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]] and [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], playing a major role in the team's qualification for the former.
[[File:Ove Kindvall with family 1970.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Kindvall with family in 1970]]
He is the father of former footballers [[Niclas Kindvall]] and [[Tina Kindvall]], and brother of [[Kaj Kindvall]], a [[Radio programming|radio host]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 1997 |title="Sluta jämför med pappa" |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/sluta-jamfor-med-pappa/}}</ref>


== Career statistics ==
Kindvall earned the [[Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal]] in 1969, in that year, he was named as the fourth best player in Europe.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy69.html|title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1969|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>


=== International ===
==Honours==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ove Kindvall - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/ove-kindvall/1e31dcae-1803-440d-a96e-67aea3a12d83/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]
|1965||3||1
|-
|1966||6||4
|-
|1967||0||0
|-
|1968||3||3
|-
|1969||3||4
|-
|1970||3||0
|-
|1971||4||1
|-
|1972||5||0
|-
|1973||10||3
|-
|1974||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!43!!16
|}


:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kindvall goal.''
===Club===

;IFK Norrköping
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Ove Kindvall<ref name="NFT">{{cite web |last1=Strack-Zimmermann |first1=Benjamin |title=Kim Källström |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6411/Kim_Kaellstroem.html |website=National Football Teams |language=en}}</ref>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|style="text-align:center"|1
|7 November 1965
|[[Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium|Dr. Fazil Kucuk Stadium]], [[Famagusta]], Cyprus
|{{fb|CYP}}
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|style="text-align:center"|5–0
|[[1966 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cypern - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/cypern-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568368/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|2
|27 April 1966
|[[Zentralstadion]], [[Leipzig]], East Germany
|{{fb|DDR}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–3
|style="text-align:center"|1–4
|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Östtyskland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/osttyskland-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568370/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|3
|rowspan="2"|30 June 1966
|rowspan="2"|[[Ullevi]], [[Gothenburg]], Sweden
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|BRA}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|rowspan="2"style="text-align:center"|2–3
|rowspan="2"|Friendly
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Brasilien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-brasilien-landskamper-herr-senior/1568377/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|4
|style="text-align:center"|2–3
|-
|style="text-align:center"|5
|5 October 1966
|[[Råsunda Stadium|Råsunda]], [[Solna Municipality|Solna]], Sweden
|{{fb|AUT}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|style="text-align:center"|4–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Österrike - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-osterrike-landskamper-herr-senior/1568380/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|6
|rowspan="3"|9 October 1968
|rowspan="3"|Råsunda, Solna, Sweden
|rowspan="3"|{{fb|NOR}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="3"style="text-align:center"|5–0
|rowspan="3"|[[1970 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|rowspan="3"|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Norge - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-norge-landskamper-herr-senior/1568410/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|7
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|8
|style="text-align:center"|4–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|9
|1 May 1969
|[[Malmö Stadion|Malmö Stadium]], [[Malmö]], Sweden
|{{fb|MEX}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Mexiko - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-mexiko-landskamper-herr-senior/1568414/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|10
|19 June 1969
|[[Ullevaal Stadion|Ullevaal Stadium]], [[Oslo]], Norway
|{{fb|NOR}}
|style="text-align:center"|3–0
|style="text-align:center"|5–2
|1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Norge - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/norge-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568419/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|11
|rowspan="2"|15 October 1969
|rowspan="2"|Råsunda, Solna, Sweden
|rowspan="2"|{{fb|FRA}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|rowspan="2"style="text-align:center"|2–0
|rowspan="2"|1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Frankrike - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-frankrike-landskamper-herr-senior/1568427/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|12
|style="text-align:center"|2–0
|-
|style="text-align:center"|13
|27 June 1971
|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
|{{fb|West Germany}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|style="text-align:center"|1–0
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Västtyskland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-vasttyskland-landskamper-herr-senior/1568456/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|14
|26 April 1973
|[[Idraetsparken|Parken]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
|{{fb|DEN}}
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|Friendly
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/danmark-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568478/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|15
|13 June 1973
|[[Nepstadion]], [[Budapest]], Hungary
|{{fb|HUN}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|style="text-align:center"|3–3
|[[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ungern - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/ungern-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568483/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|-
|style="text-align:center"|16
|11 November 1973
|[[Empire Stadium (Gżira)|Gżira Stadium]], [[Gżira]], Malta
|{{fb|MLT}}
|style="text-align:center"|1–1
|style="text-align:center"|2–1
|1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malta - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/malta-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568494/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}</ref>
|}

==Honours==
'''IFK Norrköping'''
*[[Allsvenskan]]: [[1962 Allsvenskan|1962]], [[1963 Allsvenskan|1963]]
*[[Allsvenskan]]: [[1962 Allsvenskan|1962]], [[1963 Allsvenskan|1963]]


;Feyenoord
'''Feyenoord'''

*[[Eredivisie]]: [[1968–69 Eredivisie|1968–69]], [[1970–71 Eredivisie|1970–71]]
* [[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1970 Intercontinental Cup|1970]]
* [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1970 European Cup Final|1969–70]]
* [[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]]: [[Intertoto Cup|1967]], [[Intertoto Cup|1968]]
* [[Eredivisie]]: [[1968–69 Eredivisie|1968–69]], [[1970–71 Eredivisie|1970–71]]
*[[KNVB Cup]]: [[KNVB Cup|1968-69]]
*[[KNVB Cup]]: [[KNVB Cup|1968-69]]
*[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1970 European Cup Final|1969–70]]
*[[Intercontinental Cup (football)|Intercontinental Cup]]: [[1970 Intercontinental Cup|1970]]
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup]]: [[Intertoto Cup|1967]], [[Intertoto Cup|1968]]


===Individual===
'''Individual'''
*[[Guldbollen]]: 1966
*[[Guldbollen]]: 1966
*[[List of Allsvenskan top scorers|Allsvenskan Top Scorer]]: 1966
*[[List of Allsvenskan top scorers|Allsvenskan top scorer]]: [[1966 Allsvenskan|1966]]
*[[Eredivisie#Top scorers|Eredivisie Top Scorer]]: 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71
*[[Eredivisie#Top scorers|Eredivisie top scorer]]: [[1967–68 Eredivisie|1967–68]], [[1968–69 Eredivisie|1968–69]], [[1970–71 Eredivisie|1970–71]]
*[[Ballon d'Or]] fourth place: [[1969 Ballon d'Or|1969]] (shared with [[Johan Cruyff]])
*''FUWO European Team of the Season'': 1969<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201970/Fuwo%201970%2002.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1970|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 08:20, 2 November 2024

Ove Kindvall
Kindvall with Sweden during the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Bengt Ove Kindvall
Date of birth (1943-05-16) 16 May 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1966 IFK Norrköping 84 (70)
1966–1971 Feyenoord 144 (129)
1971–1975 IFK Norrköping 94 (30)
1975–1977 IFK Göteborg 58 (30)
Total 344 (259)
International career
1961 Sweden U19 3 (0)
1964 Sweden U21 2 (0)
1963–1964 Sweden B 2 (4)
1965–1974 Sweden 43 (16)
Managerial career
1979–1980 IFK Göteborg (chairman)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bengt Ove Kindvall (born 16 May 1943) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in 1966 and became professional. The same year, he won the Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year. He is regarded as one of Sweden's greatest ever players.[1] A full international between 1965 and 1974, he won 43 caps and scored 16 goals for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at the 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups.

Club career

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With Feyenoord he won two national championships as well as the 1970 European Cup. In the final against Celtic he scored the winning goal in extra time. In his five seasons with the club, Kindvall scored 129 league goals in 144 games. He returned to Sweden and Norrköping 1971, where he played for three years, until ending his career in IFK Göteborg.

He was the first non-Dutchman to be named Eredivisie top scorer, doing so in 1968, 1969 and 1971. No other foreigner achieved this until Romário in 1989.

Kindvall earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1969. In that year, he was named as the fourth best player in Europe.[2]

International career

[edit]

Kindvall played 43 games with the national team and scored 16 goals.[3] He participated in the 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cup, playing a major role in the team's qualification for the former.[3]

Personal life

[edit]
Kindvall with family in 1970

He is the father of former footballers Niclas Kindvall and Tina Kindvall, and brother of Kaj Kindvall, a radio host.[4]

Career statistics

[edit]

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National team Year Apps Goals
Sweden 1965 3 1
1966 6 4
1967 0 0
1968 3 3
1969 3 4
1970 3 0
1971 4 1
1972 5 0
1973 10 3
1974 6 0
Total 43 16
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kindvall goal.
List of international goals scored by Ove Kindvall[5]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 7 November 1965 Dr. Fazil Kucuk Stadium, Famagusta, Cyprus  Cyprus 3–0 5–0 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier [6]
2 27 April 1966 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany  East Germany 1–3 1–4 Friendly [7]
3 30 June 1966 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  Brazil 1–1 2–3 Friendly [8]
4 2–3
5 5 October 1966 Råsunda, Solna, Sweden  Austria 2–0 4–1 Friendly [9]
6 9 October 1968 Råsunda, Solna, Sweden  Norway 1–0 5–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier [10]
7 3–0
8 4–0
9 1 May 1969 Malmö Stadium, Malmö, Sweden  Mexico 1–0 1–0 Friendly [11]
10 19 June 1969 Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway  Norway 3–0 5–2 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier [12]
11 15 October 1969 Råsunda, Solna, Sweden  France 1–0 2–0 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier [13]
12 2–0
13 27 June 1971 Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  West Germany 1–0 1–0 Friendly [14]
14 26 April 1973 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark  Denmark 2–1 2–1 Friendly [15]
15 13 June 1973 Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 1–1 3–3 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier [16]
16 11 November 1973 Gżira Stadium, Gżira, Malta  Malta 1–1 2–1 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier [17]

Honours

[edit]

IFK Norrköping

Feyenoord

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Greatest players". gopeking.net (unofficial IFK Norrköping fansite). Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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Awards
Preceded by Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal
1969 		Succeeded by
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