Sven-Gunnar Larsson

Sven-Gunnar Larsson
Larsson in the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-05-10) 10 May 1940 (age 84)
Place of birth Sweden
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1961 IF SAAB
1962–1975 Örebro SK
1976–1978 Grankulla IFK
International career
1965–1974 Sweden[1] 27 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven-Gunnar Larsson (born 10 May 1940) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Larson represented Örebro SK and made 273 appearances in Allsvenskan from 1962 to 1975.

He was capped 27 times for the Sweden national team and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the 1974 FIFA World Cup as a 2nd goalkeeper.

In November 1965 he was signed as an amateur by the City of Stoke of the English first division. The move was vetoed by the Football Association. He made only one appearance, in a friendly against Moscow Dynamo.

References

  1. ^ "Sven-Gunnar Larsson". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 6 February 2023.


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