Knut Nordahl

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 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. 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, and the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

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

References

  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. Retrieved 31 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. 1 2 "Knut Nordahl". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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