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Ove Grahn scored his first international goal in his debut match on 19 Jun 1962

Football player Ove Grahn

Göte Jan-Olof Grahn

Ove Grahn

Born on 9 May 1943, Hjo
Died on 11 July 2007, Alingsås (aged 64)

National team appearances of Ove Grahn

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Sweden	1962 - 1976	45		1	1	10	1	0.222
Total:		45		1	1	10	1	0.222

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
IF Elfsborg, Borås	19 Jun 1962 - 31 Oct 1965	5			1		0.200
Grasshopper Club, Zürich	27 Jun 1968 - 27 Jun 1971	15	1		6		0.400
FC Lausanne-Sports, Lausanne	09 Oct 1971 - 25 Jun 1973	7			1		0.143
Grasshopper Club, Zürich	11 Nov 1973 - 13 Aug 1975	15			2	1	0.133
Örgryte IS, Göteborg	11 May 1976 - 16 Jun 1976	3		1

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Pen.

Goals/ Caps

Nordic Championship (NC)

0.500

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

0.167

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

0.182

World Cup final tournament (WC)

0.125

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.214

Total:

0.222

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
19 Jun 1962	Finland	debut; first goal	19 years 1 month 10 days
16 Jun 1976	Norway	last appearance	33 years 1 month 7 days

Record of Ove Grahn'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
Denmark	2		1		1			2.000	4	0.500
Norway	2	1	2	2				1.000	6	0.333
Soviet Union	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Algeria	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Uruguay	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Austria	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Finland	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
Hungary	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
(+) other teams									23
Total:	10	1	9	8	1	0	0	1.111	45	0.222

Record of national team matches played by Ove Grahn

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Sweden football team	45	24	9	12	74	48	63.4

Ove Grahn's international caps

as player of IF Elfsborg, Borås:

debut age, age when scoring first goal - 19 years 1 month 10 days

19 Jun 1962 19:00 (+2:00)

Helsinki, Helsingin Olympiastadion

0-3

Finland vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1960-1963

1х

16 Nov 1962

Bangkok, Supachalasai (National) Stadium

1-2

Thailand vs Sweden

Friendly International

30 Jun 1965 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-2

Sweden vs Brazil

Friendly International

26 Sep 1965 13:30 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-2

Sweden vs West Germany

1966 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 2

31 Oct 1965 13:30 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

0-0

Sweden vs Norway

Nordic Football Championship 1964-1967

as player of Grasshopper Club, Zürich:

27 Jun 1968 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

2-1

Sweden vs Denmark

Nordic Football Championship 1968-1971

01 Aug 1968 19:00 (+1:00)

Gothenburg, Ullevi Stadion

2-2

Sweden vs Soviet Union

Friendly International

1х

09 Oct 1968 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

5-0

Sweden vs Norway

1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

26 Feb 1969 15:30 (+1:00)

Split, Stadion pod Marjanom

2-1

Yugoslavia vs Sweden

Friendly International

22 May 1969 19:00 (+1:00)

Växjö, Värendsvallen

4-0

Sweden vs Finland

Nordic Football Championship 1968-1971

19 Jun 1969 19:00 (+1:00)

Oslo, Ullevaal Stadion

2-5

Norway vs Sweden

1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

1х

24 Sep 1969 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

2-0

Sweden vs Hungary

Friendly International

1х

15 Oct 1969 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

2-0

Sweden vs France

1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

01 Nov 1969 15:30 (+1:00)

Paris, Parc des Princes

3-0

France vs Sweden

1970 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 5

03 Jun 1970 16:00 (+6:00)

Toluca de Lerdo, Estadio Luis Gutiérrez Dosal (La Bombonera)

1-0

Italy vs Sweden

1970 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 2

10 Jun 1970 16:00 (+6:00)

Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Estadio Cuauhtémoc

0-1

Uruguay vs Sweden

1970 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 2

1х

14 Oct 1970 20:00 (+1:00)

Dublin, Dalymount Park

1-1

Rep. of Ireland vs Sweden

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 6

28 Oct 1970 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-0

Sweden vs Rep. of Ireland

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 6

20 Jun 1971 13:30 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

1-3

Denmark vs Sweden

Nordic Football Championship 1968-1971

2х

27 Jun 1971 18:00 (+1:00)

Gothenburg, Ullevi Stadion

1-0

Sweden vs West Germany

Friendly International

as player of FC Lausanne-Sports, Lausanne:

09 Oct 1971 14:30 (+1:00)

Milan, Stadio San Siro

3-0

Italy vs Sweden

UEFA Euro 1972 Qualifying, Group 6

26 Apr 1972 20:30 (+1:00)

Geneva, Stade des Charmilles

1-1

Switzerland vs Sweden

Friendly International

25 May 1972 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

0-0

Sweden vs Hungary

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

26 Apr 1973 19:00 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Københavns Idrætspark

1-2

Denmark vs Sweden

Friendly International

23 May 1973 19:00 (+1:00)

Gothenburg, Ullevi Stadion

3-2

Sweden vs Austria

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

1х

13 Jun 1973 18:00 (+1:00)

Budapest, Népstadion

3-3

Hungary vs Sweden

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

25 Jun 1973 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-0

Sweden vs Brazil

Friendly International

as player of Grasshopper Club, Zürich:

11 Nov 1973 14:30 (+1:00)

Gżira, The Stadium

1-2

Malta vs Sweden

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

27 Nov 1973 20:00 (+1:00)

Gelsenkirchen, Parkstadion

1-2

Austria vs Sweden

1974 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group Extra

01 May 1974 16:00 (+1:00)

Hamburg, Volksparkstadion

2-0

West Germany vs Sweden

Friendly International

09 Jun 1974 19:30 (+1:00)

Malmö, Malmö Stadion

0-0

Sweden vs Switzerland

Friendly International

15 Jun 1974 16:00 (+1:00)

Dusseldorf, Rheinstadion

0-0

Bulgaria vs Sweden

1974 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 3

19 Jun 1974 19:30 (+1:00)

Dortmund, Westfalenstadion

0-0

Netherlands vs Sweden

1974 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 3

23 Jun 1974 16:00 (+1:00)

Dusseldorf, Rheinstadion

0-3

Uruguay vs Sweden

1974 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group 3

26 Jun 1974 19:30 (+1:00)

Stuttgart, Neckarstadion

1-0

Poland vs Sweden

1974 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group B

30 Jun 1974 19:30 (+1:00)

Dusseldorf, Rheinstadion

4-2

West Germany vs Sweden

1974 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group B

03 Jul 1974 19:30 (+1:00)

Dusseldorf, Rheinstadion

2-1

Sweden vs Yugoslavia

1974 FIFA World Cup Final Tournament, Group B

04 Sep 1974 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-5

Sweden vs Netherlands

Friendly International

19 May 1975 14:00 (+1:00)

Halmstad, Örjans Vall

4-0

Sweden vs Algeria

Friendly International

1х

04 Jun 1975 19:00 (+1:00)

Solna, Råsunda Fotbollstadion

1-2

Sweden vs Yugoslavia

UEFA Euro 1976 Qualifying, Group 3

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Ove Grahn's most often teammates

Björn Nordqvist (1965 - 1976) - 37 games
Ronnie Hellström (1968 - 1976) - 31 games
Bosse Larsson (1965 - 1974) - 27 games
Roland Grip (1968 - 1974) - 24 games
Roland Sandberg (1971 - 1976) - 24 games

Sweden players born on 18 May

Birger Dahlgren (1894) - 1 cap
Dennis Schiller (1965) - 14 caps, 1 goal
Peter Eriksson (1969) - 1 cap