Sven Rydell

Sven Rydell

Sven Rydell in 1924
Personal information
Full name	Sven Åke Albert Rydell
Date of birth	(1905-01-14)14 January 1905
Place of birth	Göteborg, Sweden
Date of death	4 April 1975(1975-04-04) (aged 70)
Place of death	Göteborg, Sweden
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920–1924		37	(38)
1924–1930	Örgryte IS	179	(122)
1930–1931	Redbergslids IK	20	(10)
1931–1934	Örgryte IS	24	(20)
National team
1929	Sweden B	1	(1)
1923–1932	Sweden	43	(49)
Teams managed
1934–1935	Örgryte IS
Honours Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1924 Paris Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sven Åke Albert Rydell (14 January 1905 – 4 April 1975) was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward. He was the all-time leading scorer for the Swedish national team until 4 September 2014, when Zlatan Ibrahimović overtook him by scoring his 50th international goal. However, he holds the record of scoring nine hat-tricks for Sweden.^[1]

Football career[]

Rydell played in the 1920s and 30s, and scored 49 goals in only 43 matches for the Swedish national team.^[2] His 49 goals stood as the national record for over 80 years. Because his career spanned the nascent years of international football, he never got a chance to play in the World Cup; his only appearance at the world stage came in the 1924 Summer Olympics,^[3] at which Sweden won a bronze medal.^[4] At club level, Rydell played for Örgryte IS, Redbergslids IK, and .^[5]

Rydell won the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1931.

Personal life[]

Rydell's daughter Eva represented Sweden as a gymnast in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.^[6] Sven died on 4 April 1975. He is buried at Östra kyrkogården in Gothenburg.

Career statistics[]

International goals[]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 June 1923	Gävle, Sweden	Finland	5–4	Won	Friendly
2.	16 September 1923	Oslo, Norway	Norway	3–2	Won	Friendly
3.	18 May 1924	Stockholm, Sweden	Poland	5–1	Won	Friendly
4.
5.
6.	29 May 1924	Paris, France	Belgium	8–1	Won	1924 Summer Olympics
7.
8.
9.	1 June 1924	Paris, France	Egypt	5–0	Won	1924 Summer Olympics
10.	9 June 1924	Paris, France	Netherlands	3–1	Won	1924 Summer Olympics
11.
12.	15 June 1924	Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	3–2	Won	Nordic Championship
13.
14.	29 June 1924	Stockholm, Sweden	Egypt	5–0	Won	Friendly
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16.
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18.	21 September 1924	Stockholm, Sweden	Norway	6–1	Won	Nordic Championship
19.
20.
21.	5 July 1925	Stockholm, Sweden	Austria	2–4	Loss	Friendly
22.	12 July 1925	Stockholm, Sweden	Hungary	6–2	Won	Friendly
23.
24.	23 August 1925	Oslo, Norway	Norway	7–3	Won	Nordic Championship
25.
26.
27.
28.	9 June 1926	Stockholm, Sweden	Norway	3–2	Won	Nordic Championship
29.
30.	3 April 1927	Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–2	Loss	Friendly
31.	29 May 1927	Stockholm, Sweden	Latvia	12–0	Won	Friendly
32.
33.
34.	26 June 1927	Oslo, Norway	Norway	5–3	Won	Nordic Championship
35.
36.
37.	6 November 1927	Zürich, Switzerland	Switzerland	2–2	Drew	Friendly
38.	7 October 1928	Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	1–3	Loss	Nordic Championship
39.	9 June 1929	Stockholm, Sweden	Netherlands	6–2	Won	Friendly
40.
41.
42.	28 July 1929	Malmö, Sweden	Latvia	10–0	Won	Friendly
43.	28 June 1931	Stockholm, Sweden	Denmark	3–1	Won	Nordic Championship
44.
45.	26 July 1931	Västerås, Sweden	Latvia	6–0	Won	Friendly
46.	8 November 1931	Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1–3	Loss	Friendly
47.	16 May 1932	Stockholm, Sweden	Finland	7–1	Won	Friendly
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