Sven Åke Albert Rydell (14 January 1905 – 4 April 1975) was a Swedish

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who played as a

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. He represented

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during a club career that spanned between 1920 and 1934. A full international between 1923 and 1932, he won 43

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and scored 49 goals for the Sweden national team. He scored five goals at the 1924 Summer Olympics where Sweden finished third. He was the all-time leading scorer for the Sweden national team for more than 80 years before his record was overtaken by

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in September 2014.

Club career

At club level, Rydell played for

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Swedish Olympic Committee Rydell had scored a record of nine

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for Sweden.

International career

Rydell played in the 1920s and 30s, and scored 49 goals in only 43 matches for the Swedish national team. 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

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; his only appearance at the world stage came in the 1924 Summer Olympics, at which Sweden won a bronze medal. He was the all-time leading scorer for the Sweden national team until 4 September 2014, when

overtook him by scoring his 50th international goal. However, he holds the record of scoring nine hat-tricks for Sweden. Rydell was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1931 after an impressive performance in an international game against

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in 1931.

Personal life

Rydell's daughter

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represented Sweden as a gymnast in the

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and

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Olympics. Rydell died on 4 April 1975. He is buried at Östra kyrkogården in Gothenburg.

Career statistics

International

International goals ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rydell goal.''

Honours

Sweden * Summer Olympics bronze medal:

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top scorer: 1924–1928 * Swedish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2003 Records * Most

for the Sweden national team: nine

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