Place of birth Hornefors, Sweden Role Footballer Place of death Follinge, Sweden Height 1.86 m | Years Team Name Knut Nordahl | |
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Full name Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl Date of birth (1920-01-13)13 January 1920 Date of death 28 October 1984(1984-10-28) (aged 64) Died October 28, 1984, Follinge, Sweden | ||
Knut Erik Alexander Nordahl (13 January 1920 – 28 October 1984) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder.
He played for IFK Norrköping and A.S. Roma. He won the gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics along with his brothers Bertil and Gunnar Nordahl. The two went to Italy after the Olympics (Bertil to Atalanta B.C. and Gunnar to A.C. Milan) and, due to playing in a professional football league while Swedish football was all amateur, they were not called to the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Knut stayed in Sweden and was called to the tournament.
After the World Cup, he was finally transferred to Italy, when he played for AS Roma.
He was capped 26 times for the Sweden national football team between 1945 and 1950.
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