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Gunnar Nordahl scored his first international goal in his debut match on 28 Jun 1942
Scored 5 hat-tricks in international matches

Football player Gunnar Nordahl

Nils Gunnar Nordahl

Gunnar Nordahl

Born on 19 October 1921, Hörnefors
Died on 15 September 1995, Åby (aged 73)

National team appearances of Gunnar Nordahl

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Sweden	1942 - 1948	33				43		1.303
Total:		33				43		1.303

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Degerfors IF, Degerfors	28 Jun 1942 - 07 Nov 1943	9				7		0.778
IFK Norrköping, Norrköping	24 Jun 1945 - 14 Nov 1948	24				36		1.500

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Goals

Goals/ Caps

Nordic Championship (NC)

2.400

Friendly matches and other tournaments

1.107

Total:

1.303

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
28 Jun 1942	Denmark	debut; first goal	20 years 8 months 9 days
21 Oct 1945	Norway	first hat-trick	24 years 2 days
13 Aug 1948	Yugoslavia	Olympic Games final (winner)	26 years 9 months 25 days
19 Sep 1948	Norway	5th hat-trick	26 years 11 months
14 Nov 1948	Austria	last appearance	27 years 26 days

Record of Gunnar Nordahl's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Norway	15		4		1		3	3.750	4	3.750
Denmark	10		9	8	1			1.111	12	0.833
South Korea	4		1				1	4.000	1	4.000
Hungary	4		2		2			2.000	2	2.000
Finland	3		1			1		3.000	2	1.500
Poland	2		1		1			2.000	1	2.000
Austria	2		1		1			2.000	3	0.667
England	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Yugoslavia	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Switzerland	1		1	1				1.000	4	0.250
(+) other teams									2
Total:	43		22	11	6	1	4	1.955	33	1.303

Record of national team matches played by Gunnar Nordahl

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Sweden national team	33	23	2	8	118	54	72.8

Gunnar Nordahl's international caps

as player of Degerfors IF, Degerfors:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 20 years 8 months 9 days

28 Jun 1942 13:30 (+2:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

0-3

Denmark vs Sweden

Friendly International

1х

20 Sep 1942 16:00 (+2:00)

Berlin, Olympiastadion

2-3

Germany vs Sweden

Friendly International

04 Oct 1942 14:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

2-1

Sweden vs Denmark

Friendly International

1х

15 Nov 1942 14:30 (+1:00)

Zurich, Hardturm

3-1

Switzerland vs Sweden

Friendly International

14 Jun 1943 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-0

Sweden vs Switzerland

Friendly International

20 Jun 1943 13:30 (+2:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

3-2

Denmark vs Sweden

Friendly International

1х

12 Sep 1943 15:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

2-3

Sweden vs Hungary

Friendly International

2х

03 Oct 1943 14:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-1

Finland vs Sweden

Friendly International

07 Nov 1943 15:00 (+1:00)

Budapest, Üllői út

2-7

Hungary vs Sweden

Friendly International

2х

as player of IFK Norrköping, Norrköping:

24 Jun 1945 18:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

2-1

Sweden vs Denmark

Friendly International

1х

01 Jul 1945 13:30 (+2:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

3-4

Denmark vs Sweden

Friendly International

1х

30 Sep 1945 14:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

4-1

Sweden vs Denmark

Friendly International

1х

21 Oct 1945 14:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

10-0

Sweden vs Norway

Friendly International

4х

25 Nov 1945 14:45 (+1:00)

Geneva, Stade des Charmilles

3-0

Switzerland vs Sweden

Friendly International

23 Jun 1946 13:30 (+2:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

3-1

Denmark vs Sweden

Friendly International

07 Jul 1946 18:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

7-2

Sweden vs Switzerland

Friendly International

1х

06 Oct 1946 15:00 (+1:00)

Gothenburg, Ullevi Stadion

3-3

Sweden vs Denmark

Friendly International

1х

15 Jun 1947 13:30 (+2:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

1-4

Denmark vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

2х

26 Jun 1947 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

6-1

Sweden vs Denmark

Suomen Palloliitto 40th Anniversary Tournament, Semifinal

1х

28 Jun 1947 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

1-5

Norway vs Sweden

Suomen Palloliitto 40th Anniversary Tournament, Final

4х

24 Aug 1947 13:30 (+1:00)

Borås, Ryavallen

7-0

Sweden vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

3х

14 Sep 1947 15:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

5-4

Sweden vs Poland

Friendly International

2х

05 Oct 1947 15:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

4-1

Sweden vs Norway

Nordic Football Championship 1937-1947

2х

19 Nov 1947 14:30

London, Highbury (Arsenal) Stadium

4-2

England vs Sweden

Friendly International

1х

09 Jun 1948 19:00 (+1:00)

Amsterdam, Olympisch Stadion

1-0

Netherlands vs Sweden

Friendly International

11 Jul 1948 18:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

3-2

Sweden vs Austria

Friendly International

02 Aug 1948 18:30 (+1:00)

Tottenham, White Hart Lane

0-3

Austria vs Sweden

XIV. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1948, First round

2х

05 Aug 1948 18:30 (+1:00)

Croydon, Selhurst Park

12-0

Sweden vs South Korea

XIV. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1948, Quarterfinal

4х

10 Aug 1948 18:30 (+1:00)

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

2-4

Denmark vs Sweden

XIV. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1948, Semifinal

13 Aug 1948 18:30 (+1:00)

Wembley, British Empire Exhibition Stadium

3-1

Sweden vs Yugoslavia

XIV. Olympic Games Final Tournament 1948, Final

1х

19 Sep 1948 13:15 (+1:00)

Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion

3-5

Norway vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1948-1951

5х

10 Oct 1948 15:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-0

Sweden vs Denmark

Nordic Football Championship 1948-1951

14 Nov 1948 14:00 (+1:00)

Vienna, Praterstadion (Wiener Stadion)

2-1

Austria vs Sweden

Friendly International

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Gunnar Nordahl's most often teammates

Gunnar Gren (1942 - 1948) - 31 games
Henry Karlsson (1942 - 1948) - 20 games
Harry Nilsson (1942 - 1947) - 19 games
Kjell Rosén (1943 - 1948) - 16 games
Nils Liedholm (1947 - 1948) - 16 games

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