Sven Lindman

Sven Lindman
Personal information
Date of birth (1942-04-19) 19 April 1942
Place of birth Ormsjö, Sweden
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Ormsjö IF Uven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
0000–1961 Ormsjö IF Uven
1961–1965 Lycksele IF
1965–1968 Djurgårdens IF 57 (27)
1968–1969 SK Rapid Wien[1] 14 (1)
1969–1980 Djurgårdens IF 255 (24)
1981 Helenelunds IF
National team
Sweden U23[2] 2 (0)
Sweden B[2] 1 (1)
1967–1974 Sweden[3] 21 (1)
Teams managed
1982–1986 Karlstads BK
1987–1991 Norrstrands IF
1983–1994 Malungs IF

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Sven Henrik Lindman (born 19 April 1942 in Ormsjö[4]) is a former Swedish footballer who played mainly for Djurgårdens IF. He played there between 1965–1980 and made 312 appearances in Allsvenskan which is a record for the club. During his time at the club he scored 49 goals. He was capped 21 times scoring 1 goal for the Swedish national football team.

Playing career

Club

Sven Lindman started his career in local Ormsjö team Ormsjö IF Uven. In 1961, he joined Lycksele IF and later became the top scorer of Swedish football Division 2.[5] In 1965, Lindman continued to Djurgårdens IF and was a part of the 1966 Allsvenskan winning team and scored the match-winning goal in the final match against IFK Norrköping,[6] In 1968, he moved to SK Rapid Vienna, where he stayed for one season. He ended his contract and rejoined Djurgården, and finished his career there in the 1980 season.[5] He made 175 consecutive appearances for Djurgårdens IF between 1970 and 1977.[6]

International

Lindman made his international A debut in 1967 and played 21 matches for the Sweden national football team, in which he scored one goal.[3] He was selected in Sweden's 1974 FIFA World Cup squad, however he didn't play in the tournament.[5]

Management career

After his playing career, Sven Lindman took over Karlstads BK for five seasons and later Norrstrands IF for another five seasons as a manager.[5]

Career statistics

Club statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Djurgården 1965 Allsvenskan 2 1 — 2 1
1966[7] 22 12 — 2 0 24 12
1967[8] 22 6 2 0 2 0 26 6
1968 11 8 0 0 11 8
Total 57 27 2 0 4 0 63 27
SK Rapid Vienna 1968–69[9] Nationalliga 14 1 4 2 3 2 21 5
Total 14 1 4 2 3 2 21 5
Djurgården 1969[10] Allsvenskan 11 2 0 0 11 2
1970 20 2 20 2
1971 22 6 2 0 24 6
1972 22 3 22 3
1973 26 6 26 6
1974 26 0 4 0 30 0
1975 26 1 2 0 28 1
1976 26 1 2 0 28 1
1977 18 0 18 0
1978 25 0 25 0
1979 23 1 23 1
1980 10 2 10 2
Total 255 24 0 0 10 0 265 24
Career total 326 52 6 2 17 2 349 56

Honours

Club

Djurgårdens IF

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". rapidarchiv.at. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken [100 years: Swedish Football Association's centenary 1904-2004, part 2: statistics] (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
  3. 1 2 "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish).
  4. ↑ "Untitled Document". algonet.se.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Sven Lindman – hjälte över hela stan". dif.se.
  6. 1 2 Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 91-86184-69-5.
  7. ↑ "Årets fotboll 1967" [1967 Football of the year].
  8. ↑ "Årets fotboll 1968" [1968 Football of the year].
  9. ↑ "Sven Lindman". rapidarchiv.at.
  10. ↑ "Årets fotboll 1970" [1970 Football of the year].

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