Sven Henrik Lindman (born 19 April 1942) is a Swedish former

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who played mainly for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is name ...

. He played there between 1965 and 1980 and set a club record by making 312 appearances in Allsvenskan . During his time he scored 49 goals for the club. He was

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21 times and scoring one goal for the Sweden national team. He was a member of Sweden's 1974 FIFA World Cup squad.

Club career

Sven Lindman started his career in local Ormsjö team Ormsjö IF Uven. In 1961, he joined Lycksele IF and later became the top scorer of

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. In 1965, Lindman continued to

and was a part of the

1966 Allsvenskan Statistics of Allsvenskan in season 1966. Overview The league was contested by 12 teams, with Djurgårdens IF Fotboll Djurgårdens IF Fotbollsförening – commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården Fotboll (official name), Djurgården ...

winning team and scored the match-winning goal in the final match against

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 thei ...

, In 1968, he moved to SK Rapid Vienna, where he stayed for one season. He ended his contract and rejoined Djurgården. He finished his career there in the 1980 season. He made 175 consecutive appearances for

between 1970 and 1977.

International career

Lindman made his international A debut in 1967 and played 21 matches for the Sweden national team, in which he scored one goal. He was selected in Sweden's 1974 FIFA World Cup squad, however, he didn't play in the tournament.

Managerial career

After his playing career, Lindman took over

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for five seasons and later Norrstrands IF for another five seasons as a manager.

Personal life

Lindman is the brother of

Djurgården Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, ''Kungliga Djurgården'' (), is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum ...

footballer Jörgen Lindman.

Career statistics

Honours

; Djurgårdens IF: * Allsvenskan:http://www.difarkivet.se/dif_sm_guld_seniorer.pdf 1966

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* * 1942 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Allsvenskan players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players SK Rapid Wien players Sweden men's international footballers 1974 FIFA World Cup players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Men's association football midfielders Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub