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Ove Kindvall

{{short description|Swedish footballer (born 1943)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ove Kindvall

| full_name = Bengt Ove Kindvall

| image = Selectie Zweedse elftal voor WK voetbal in trainingskamp in Mönchen Gladblach n, Bestanddeelnr 927-2498.jpg

| caption = Kindvall with Sweden during the 1974 FIFA World Cup

| image_size = 230

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|5|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Norrköping, Sweden

| height = 1.74 m

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = IFK Norrköping

| years1 = 1962–1966

| clubs1 = IFK Norrköping

| caps1 = 84

| goals1 = 70

| years2 = 1966–1971

| clubs2 = Feyenoord

| caps2 = 144

| goals2 = 129

| years3 = 1971–1975

| clubs3 = IFK Norrköping

| caps3 = 94

| goals3 = 30

| years4 = 1975–1977

| clubs4 = IFK Göteborg

| caps4 = 58

| goals4 = 30

| totalcaps = 344

| totalgoals = 259

| nationalyears1 = 1961

| nationalteam1 = Sweden U19

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1964

| nationalteam2 = Sweden U21

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1963–1964

| nationalteam3 = Sweden B

| nationalcaps3 = 2

| nationalgoals3 = 4

| nationalyears4 = 1965–1974

| nationalteam4 = Sweden

| nationalcaps4 = 43

| nationalgoals4 = 16

| manageryears1 = 1979–1980

| managerclubs1 = IFK Göteborg (chairman)

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.gopeking.net/english_greatestplayers.php|publisher=gopeking.net (unofficial IFK Norrköping fansite)|access-date=15 March 2016|title=Greatest players |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073229/http://www.gopeking.net/english_greatestplayers.php |archive-date = 28 September 2007}} 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.

Club career

With Feyenoord he won two national championships as well as the 1970 European Cup. In the final against Celtic he scored the winning goal in extra time. In his five seasons with the club, Kindvall scored 129 league goals in 144 games. He returned to Sweden and Norrköping 1971, where he played for three years, until ending his career in IFK Göteborg.

He was the first non-Dutchman to be named Eredivisie top scorer, doing so in 1968, 1969 and 1971. No other foreigner achieved this until Romário in 1989.

Kindvall earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1969. In that year, he was named as the fourth best player in Europe.{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy69.html|title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1969|publisher=RSSSF|access-date=15 March 2016}}

International career

Kindvall played 43 games with the national team and scored 16 goals. He participated in the 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cup, playing a major role in the team's qualification for the former.

Personal life

File:Ove Kindvall with family 1970.jpg

He is the father of former footballers Niclas Kindvall and Tina Kindvall, and brother of Kaj Kindvall, a radio host.{{Cite web |date=23 October 1997 |title="Sluta jämför med pappa" |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/sport/sluta-jamfor-med-pappa/}}

Career statistics

= International =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{Cite web |title=Ove Kindvall - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/ove-kindvall/1e31dcae-1803-440d-a96e-67aea3a12d83/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se. |language=sv}}

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="10"|Sweden

|1965

31
196664
196700
196833
196934
197030
197141
197250
1973103
197460
colspan="2"|Total4316

:Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kindvall goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Ove Kindvall{{cite web |last1=Strack-Zimmermann |first1=Benjamin |title=Kim Källström |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/6411/Kim_Kaellstroem.html |website=National Football Teams |language=en}}

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

!scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center"|1

|7 November 1965

|Dr. Fazil Kucuk Stadium, Famagusta, Cyprus

|{{fb|CYP}}

|style="text-align:center"|3–0

|style="text-align:center"|5–0

|1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier

|{{Cite web |title=Cypern - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/cypern-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568368/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|2

|27 April 1966

|Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany

|{{fb|DDR}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–3

|style="text-align:center"|1–4

|Friendly

|{{Cite web |title=Östtyskland - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/osttyskland-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568370/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|3

|rowspan="2"|30 June 1966

|rowspan="2"|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|BRA}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–1

|rowspan="2"style="text-align:center"|2–3

|rowspan="2"|Friendly

|rowspan="2"|{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Brasilien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-brasilien-landskamper-herr-senior/1568377/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|4

|style="text-align:center"|2–3

style="text-align:center"|5

|5 October 1966

|Råsunda, Solna, Sweden

|{{fb|AUT}}

|style="text-align:center"|2–0

|style="text-align:center"|4–1

|Friendly

|{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Österrike - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-osterrike-landskamper-herr-senior/1568380/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|6

|rowspan="3"|9 October 1968

|rowspan="3"|Råsunda, Solna, Sweden

|rowspan="3"|{{fb|NOR}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–0

|rowspan="3"style="text-align:center"|5–0

|rowspan="3"|1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier

|rowspan="3"|{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Norge - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-norge-landskamper-herr-senior/1568410/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|7

|style="text-align:center"|3–0

style="text-align:center"|8

|style="text-align:center"|4–0

style="text-align:center"|9

|1 May 1969

|Malmö Stadium, Malmö, Sweden

|{{fb|MEX}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–0

|style="text-align:center"|1–0

|Friendly

|{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Mexiko - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-mexiko-landskamper-herr-senior/1568414/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|10

|19 June 1969

|Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway

|{{fb|NOR}}

|style="text-align:center"|3–0

|style="text-align:center"|5–2

|1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier

|{{Cite web |title=Norge - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/norge-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568419/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|11

|rowspan="2"|15 October 1969

|rowspan="2"|Råsunda, Solna, Sweden

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|FRA}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–0

|rowspan="2"style="text-align:center"|2–0

|rowspan="2"|1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier

|rowspan="2"|{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Frankrike - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-frankrike-landskamper-herr-senior/1568427/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|12

|style="text-align:center"|2–0

style="text-align:center"|13

|27 June 1971

|Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden

|{{fb|West Germany}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–0

|style="text-align:center"|1–0

|Friendly

|{{Cite web |title=Sverige - Västtyskland - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/sverige-vasttyskland-landskamper-herr-senior/1568456/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|14

|26 April 1973

|Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark

|{{fb|DEN}}

|style="text-align:center"|2–1

|style="text-align:center"|2–1

|Friendly

|{{Cite web |title=Danmark - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/danmark-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568478/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|15

|13 June 1973

|Nepstadion, Budapest, Hungary

|{{fb|HUN}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–1

|style="text-align:center"|3–3

|1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier

|{{Cite web |title=Ungern - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/ungern-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568483/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

style="text-align:center"|16

|11 November 1973

|Gżira Stadium, Gżira, Malta

|{{fb|MLT}}

|style="text-align:center"|1–1

|style="text-align:center"|2–1

|1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier

|{{Cite web |title=Malta - Sverige - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll |url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/matchfakta/malta-sverige-landskamper-herr-senior/1568494/ |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=www.svenskfotboll.se |language=sv}}

Honours

IFK Norrköping

Feyenoord

Individual

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20130127164340/http://www.beijen.net/frank/cvs/kindvall-o.htm Profile]
  • {{in lang|nl}} [https://www.feyenoordgeschiedenis.net/p/hall-of-fame-ove-kindvall.html History of Feyenoord]

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External links

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