Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl (13 January 1920 – 28 October 1984) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder.
 Knut Nordahl in 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1920 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hörnefors, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 October 1984 (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
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editNordahl played for IFK Norrköping and A.S. Roma.[2] He won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics along with his brothers Bertil and Gunnar Nordahl.[3] The two went to Italy after the Olympics (Bertil to Atalanta B.C. and Gunnar to A.C. Milan) and, due to playing in a professional football league while Swedish football was all amateur, they were not called to the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[4] Knut stayed in Sweden and was called to the tournament. After the World Cup, he was finally transferred to Italy, when he played for A.S. Roma. He was capped 26 times for the Sweden men's national football team between 1945 and 1950.
References
edit- ^ "Sweden men's national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012.
- ^ "Knut Nordahl" (in Italian). Enciclopedia del Calcio. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Knut Nordahl". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Nordahl: 'Il pompiere d'oro', André Melsohn Dayan, Trivela.com Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Knut Nordahl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.