Ove Andersson (footballer)

{{short description|Swedish footballer}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ove Andersson

| image = OveAndersson.jpg

| fullname = Ove Andersson

| caption = Ove Andersson

| height =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|3|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Malmö, Sweden

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1983|1916}}

| death_place = Borås, Sweden

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = BK Frigg

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Malmö IS

| years1 = 1935–1939

| clubs1 = Malmö FF

| caps1 = 47

| goals1 = 20

| years2 = {{0|0000}}–1948

| clubs2 = Rapax

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

}}

Ove Andersson (14 March 1916, Malmö – 1983, Borås) was a Swedish footballer. He is notable for being first Allsvenskan top scorer for Malmö FF, sharing the title with Yngve Lindgren of Örgryte IS and Erik Persson of AIK with 16 goals each for the 1938–39 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/100ar/article557215/Forste-skyttekungen-kom-pa-1930-talet.html|title=Förste skyttekungen kom på 1930-talet|publisher=Sydsvenskan|access-date=3 January 2012|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108155159/http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/fotboll/mff/100ar/article557215/Forste-skyttekungen-kom-pa-1930-talet.html|archive-date=8 January 2010}}