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Sven-Gunnar Larsson (born 10 May 1940) is a Swedish former
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 le ...
who played as a
goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
. Larson represented
Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn A ...
and made 273 appearances in
Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...
from 1962 to 1975. He was capped 27 times for the Swedish national team and participated in 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 ...
and the
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 ...
as a 2nd goalkeeper. In November 1965 he was signed as an amateur by Stoke City of the English first division : but the move was vetoed by the Football Association and he made only one appearance, in a friendly against Moscow Dynamo.


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* 1940 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players 1974 FIFA World Cup players Allsvenskan players Ă–rebro SK players Grankulla IFK players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub