Karl-Erik "Calle" Palmér (17 April 1929 – 2 February 2015) was a Swedish professional football player who played as a

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. He represented

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, Legnano, and Juventus during a club career that spanned between 1948 and 1960. A full international between 1949 and 1952, he won 14

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and scored ten goals for the Sweden national team. He scored three goals in five games as Sweden finished third at the

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Personal life

Palmér was the father of former professional footballer Anders Palmér who also represented the Sweden national team and won the Swedish Championship with

Career statistics

International

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Palmér goal''.

Honours

Malmö FF * Allsvenskan: 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51 Juventus *

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: 1958–59 Sweden *

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third place:

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

Individual * Stor Grabb: 1950

References

External links

Career summary by playerhistory.com
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Picture of his career
''Sydsvenskan'' 1929 births 2015 deaths Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Italy Allsvenskan players Serie A players Malmö FF players A.C. Legnano players Juventus F.C. players 1950 FIFA World Cup players Association football midfielders Footballers from Malmö {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub