Henry Källgren (13 March 1931 – 21 January 2005) was a Swedish
footballer
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who played at both professional and international levels as a
striker
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.
Career
Club career
Källgren played club football for
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 ...
between 1951 and 1960, scoring a total of 126 goals in 181 games.
In 1960 Källgren made an controversial move to
Norrby IF
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Background
The club's best achievement was being promoted to Allsvenskan (top level of Swedish ...
where he played for 3 seasons before retiring from football in 1963.
Landslagsdatabasen Henry Källgren
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International career
Källgren represented the national team
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at the 1958 FIFA World Cup
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, and earned a total of eight caps between 1953 and 1958.
References
External links
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PlayerHistory.com
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1931 births
2005 deaths
Swedish men's footballers
Sweden men's international footballers
1958 FIFA World Cup players
IFK Norrköping players
Allsvenskan players
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from Norrköping