Ingvar Svahn

{{short description|Swedish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ingvar Svahn

| image = Svahn67.jpg

| image_size = 250

| fullname = Ingvar Svahn

| caption = Ingvar Svahn in 1967

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|5|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Malmö, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2008|6|16|1938|5|22}}

| death_place = Malmö, Sweden

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = –1957

| youthclubs1 = Kulladals FF

| years1 = 1957–1968

| years2 = 1968–1970

| years3 = 1970

| years4 = 1971–1972

| clubs1 = Malmö FF

| clubs2 = Royal Daring

| clubs3 = Malmö FF

|clubs4 = Eslövs BK

| caps1 = 217

| caps2 =

| caps3 = 11

| caps4 =

| goals1 = 62

| goals2 =

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 =

| nationalyears1 = 1959–1961

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U21

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| nationalyears2 = 1958–1965

| nationalteam2 = Sweden B

| nationalcaps2 = 13

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 1961–1970

| nationalteam3 = Sweden

| nationalcaps3 = 19

| nationalgoals3 = 2

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

Ingvar Svahn (22 May 1938 – 16 June 2008) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Svahn played 255 matches for Malmö FF. He became Swedish champion three times and capped 19 times for the national team.{{Cite web|title=Ingvar Svahn - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se./spelarfakta/ingvar-svahn/56f84943-ef82-4b21-98d2-411a821d37eb|access-date=2020-09-05|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv}} In 1967, Svahn won the award for Swedish Footballer of the Year, Guldbollen. Svahn was famous for being a very fair player, he wasn't given a red or yellow card for ten seasons.{{cite web | url = http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/guldbollen/1967.html | title = Guldbollen 1967 | language = Swedish | work = aftonbladet.se}}

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