Ove Kindvall

Ove Kindvall
Kindvall with Sweden during the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Bengt Ove Kindvall
Date of birth (1943-05-16) 16 May 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1966 IFK Norrköping 84 (70)
1966–1971 Feyenoord 144 (129)
1971–1975 IFK Norrköping 94 (30)
1975–1977 IFK Göteborg 58 (30)
Total 344 (259)
International career
1961 Sweden U19 3 (0)
1964 Sweden U21 2 (0)
1963–1964 Sweden B 2 (4)
1965–1974 Sweden 43 (16)
Managerial career
1979–1980 IFK Göteborg (chairman)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bengt Ove Kindvall (born 16 May 1943) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in 1966 and became professional. The same year, he won the Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year. He is regarded as one of Sweden's greatest ever players.[1] A full international between 1965 and 1974, he won 43 caps and scored 16 goals for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at the 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups.

  1. ^ "Greatest players". gopeking.net (unofficial IFK Norrköping fansite). Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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