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Knut Nordahl

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Knut Nordahl
Knut Nordahl in 1949
Personal information
Full name Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl
Date of birth (1920-01-13)13 January 1920
Place of birth Hörnefors, Sweden
Date of death 28 October 1984(1984-10-28) (aged 64)
Place of death Föllinge, Sweden
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941–1950 IFK Norrköping
1950–1952 A.S. Roma 61 (1)
1952–1953 Degerfors IF
International career
1945–1950 Sweden[1] 26 (1)
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1948 London
FIFA World Cup
Third place1950 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl (13 January 1920 – 28 October 1984) was a Swedish footballer. He played as a midfielder for IFK Norrköping and AS Roma.[2] He was also capped 26 times for Sweden between 1945 and 1950, and played for them at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he won a gold medal,[3] and the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

He was the brother of Swedish international footballers Bertil and Gunnar Nordahl.[3]

References

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  1. "Sweden men's national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2012-06-06.
  2. "Knut Nordahl" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Knut Nordahl". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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