Ingvar Svahn

Ingvar Svahn
Ingvar Svahn in 1967
Personal information
Full name Ingvar Svahn
Date of birth (1938-05-22)22 May 1938
Place of birth Malmö, Sweden
Date of death 16 June 2008(2008-06-16) (aged 70)
Place of death Malmö, Sweden
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–1957 Kulladals FF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1968 Malmö FF 217 (62)
1968–1970 Royal Daring
1970 Malmö FF 11 (1)
1971–1972 Eslövs BK
International career
1959–1961 Sweden U21 3 (3)
1958–1965 Sweden B 13 (1)
1961–1970 Sweden 19 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ingvar Svahn (22 May 1938 – 16 June 2008) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Svahn played 255 matches for Malmö FF. He became Swedish champion three times and capped 19 times for the national team.[1] In 1967, Svahn won the award for Swedish Footballer of the Year, Guldbollen. Svahn was famous for being a very fair player, he wasn't given a red or yellow card for ten seasons.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ingvar Svahn - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se. (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Guldbollen 1967". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish).