Stig Sundqvist
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 19 July 1922 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Boden, Sweden | ||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 August 2011 | (aged 89)||||||||||||
Place of death | Jönköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker/Midfielder | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
–1949 | Vittjärvs IK | ||||||||||||
1949–1950 | IFK Norrköping | ||||||||||||
1950–1953 | Roma | 78 | (20) | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1949–1950 | Sweden | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||
1955–1958 | GIF Sundsvall | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Stig "Vittjärv" Sundqvist (19 July 1922 – 3 August 2011) was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a forward or midfielder.[1] He played 11 games for the Swedish national team and scored 3 goals in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, helping Sweden to a third-place finish and their first ever world cup medal. After the World Cup he left Swedish side IFK Norrköping for the Italian club A.S. Roma, where he remained until 1953. Upon returning to Sweden he was active in coaching, among other teams Jönköpings Södra IF, for several years.
During his active days he was known by the nickname "Vittjärv", after the Swedish village where he grew up.
Career statistics[]
International[]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Sweden | 1949 | 5 | 0 |
1950 | 6 | 3 | |
Total | 11 | 3 |
- Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sundqvist goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 29 June 1950 | Estadio Durival de Brito, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil | Paraguay | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1950 FIFA World Cup | [3] |
2 | 13 July 1950 | Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil | Uruguay | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1950 FIFA World Cup | [4] |
3 | 16 July 1950 | Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil | Spain | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1950 FIFA World Cup | [5] |
Honours[]
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1950
References[]
- ^ Andersson, Lars-Henrik (2011-08-04). "Fotbollslegendaren Stig "Vittjärv" Sundqvist avled natten mot onsdagen " (in Swedish). Norrländska Socialdemokraten. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "Stig Sundqvist - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "Sverige - Paraguay - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "Sverige - Uruguay - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
- ^ "Sverige - Spanien - Matchfakta - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-03-29.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1922 births
- 2011 deaths
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Allsvenskan players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- A.S. Roma players
- IFK Norrköping players
- GIF Sundsvall players
- 1950 FIFA World Cup players
- People from Boden Municipality
- Swedish football managers
- GIF Sundsvall managers
- Swedish football midfielder stubs
- Swedish football forward stubs
- Association football midfielders
- Association football forwards