Gösta Lundell

Gösta Lundell
Gösta Lundell with Hammarby in 1963.
Personal information
Full name Karl Hilding Gösta Lundell
Date of birth (1934-10-14)14 October 1934[1]
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death 27 February 2024(2024-02-27) (aged 89)
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1949–1954 IF Ulvarna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1965 Hammarby IF 167 (3)
Total 167 (3)
International career
1958–1963 Sweden B 5 (0)
1962–1963 Sweden 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gösta Lundell (14 October 1934 – 27 February 2024)[3] was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder, best known for representing Hammarby IF.

A full international between 1962 and 1963, he won 7 caps for the Sweden national team.[1]

Club career

Lundell was born in Stockholm and started to play football with local club IF Ulvarna in the Swedish lower divisions.[4][1]

On 14 May 1955, Lundell made his senior debut for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan, Sweden's top tier, scoring one goal in a 2–5 home loss against GAIS.[5][4]

He broke into the side as a regular starter in 1957, in a season where Hammarby got relegated to Division 2, and soon became known as a technically gifted playmaker in the midfield position.[5][6]

In 1957–58, Lundell helped the club to win a promotion back to Allsvenskan; the team scored an impressive 117 goals in 33 fixtures throughout the season.[7] He played a major part in establishing Hammarby in the top tier during the next four seasons.[8]

Lundell decided to retire from football due to injuries at the end of 1965, aged 31, playing his last game for Hammarby on 24 October in a 2–4 home loss against IFK Norrköping.[5] In total, he made 167 league appearances for the club, scoring 3 goals.[9]

Lundell (left) playing for Sweden in a friendly against Hungary in 1963.

International career

In 1962, Lundell was first called up to the Sweden national team for the first time together with teammate Tom Turesson,[citation needed] by the former Hammarby-coach Lennart Nyman who had been appointed manager of the national team the same year.[10]

He won 7 caps for his country in total, with the only competitive appearance coming on 21 June 1962 in a 2–0 away win against Norway in a European Nations' Cup qualifier.[11]

Other sports

In 1956, Lundell played bandy for one season with Hammarby IF.[12][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Landslagsdatabasen: Gösta Lundell" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  2. ^ "BSK 90 år - Äntligen, tjejerna med på tåget" (in Swedish). Bankeryds SK. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ^ Death notice
  4. ^ a b "1955" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Framåt mot det förflutna- Del Tre" (in Swedish). SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. ^ "1957" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ^ "1958" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Hammarby IF:s historia" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Lundell, Gösta". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  10. ^ "1962" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  11. ^ "National football team player Gösta Lundell". EU Football Stats. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. ^ "1956" (in Swedish). HIF Historia. Retrieved 30 October 2020.