Karl-Erik "Calle" Palmér (17 April 1929 – 2 February 2015) was a Swedish professional

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. He spent the majority of his club career in Italy, and earned 14 caps for Sweden, scoring 10 goals.

Career

Palmér represented

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, and

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during a club career that spanned between 1948 and 1960. He belonged to the legendary Malmö FF lineup, which won three straight championships in the 1948-49, 1949-50 and 1950-51 seasons and played 49

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matches in a row without a loss. After his first match playing for MFF, the daily newspaper

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reported on his playing style. "Perfect balls to his winger varied with calm back passes to the half-backs when the moment called for it. Time and again, his passes, which testified to his exquisite vision, drew ovation-like applause." A full international between 1949 and 1952, he won 14

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and scored ten goals for the Sweden national team. In the World Cup qualifying match against

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in 1949, Sweden won 3–1, with Palmér scoring all three goals. He scored three goals in five games at the

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as Sweden finished third. The successful World Cup winger trio Palmér- Jeppson- Skoglund was referred to in the press as Pal-Jep-Sko, a tribute that referred to the golden winger trio Gre-No-Li from the London Olympics and whose members, like this one, all ended up being recruited as professionals for Italy.

Personal life

After finishing his football career, Palmér was employed as a sports journalist, first at Arbetet and then at Sydsvenskan, where he worked until his retirement in 1994. 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 *

: 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51 Juventus *

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: 1958–59 Sweden *

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third place:

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Individual *

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: 1950

References

External links

Career summary by playerhistory.com
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Picture of his career
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