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Björn Axel Göte Nordqvist (born 6 October 1942) is a Swedish former professional
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as a defender.


Career

During the 1960s and 1970s Nordqvist was captain of the Sweden national team. He played at the
1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...
,
1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the ...
and
1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t ...
and in total won 115 international caps, which was a world record at the time. Nordqvist was the most capped Swedish player until over taken by
Thomas Ravelli Thomas Ravelli (; born 13 August 1959) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His 21-year professional career was almost exclusively associated with Öster and Göteborg, for whom he appeared in a combined 416 ...
and others. At club level, Nordqvist won the Swedish title with
IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...
and also won Dutch league and cup winners medals with
PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; en, Philips Sports Association ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football department, whi ...
. He was awarded the
Guldbollen Guldbollen (''Golden Ball'') is a Swedish football award given by ''Aftonbladet'' and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year. History The award was created by Bengt Liljedahl and between 1946 to 1965 it was ...
as Swedish footballer of the year in 1968 and was later inducted to the Hall of Fame of Swedish football. Nordqvist also played
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
and
bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
on a national level.


See also

* List of footballers with 100 or more caps


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NASL Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nordqvist, Bjorn 1942 births Living people People from Hallsberg Municipality Swedish footballers Association football defenders Allsvenskan players Eredivisie players IFK Göteborg players PSV Eindhoven players Landskrona BoIS players IFK Norrköping players Örgryte IS players Sweden international footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players 1974 FIFA World Cup players 1978 FIFA World Cup players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Minnesota Kicks players FIFA Century Club Swedish expatriate footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Sportspeople from Örebro County