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Björn Nordqvist

1942 - Today

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Björn Axel Göte Nordqvist (born 6 October 1942) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. A full international between 1963 and 1978, he won 115 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1970, 1974, and 1978 FIFA World Cups. In 1968, he was awarded Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Björn Nordqvist is the 1,294th most popular soccer player (down from 1,025th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 374th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Björn Nordqvist ranks 1,294 out of 21,273. Before him are Raphaël Varane, Władysław Żmuda, Fernandinho, Masuzo Madono, Sergei Salnikov, and Ernest Payne. After him are Hidetoki Takahashi, Heinz Flohe, Károly Palotai, Hristo Bonev, Ratomir Dujković, and Amedeo Amadei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Björn Nordqvist ranks 265. Before him are Oscar Bonavena, Guy Edwards, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Edward Luttwak, Marta Kubišová, and Ivan Mládek. After him are Graham Nash, Montserrat Figueras, Phil Esposito, Gunilla Bergström, Gijs van Lennep, and Colin Groves.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Björn Nordqvist ranks 443 out of 1,879. Before him are Klas Lestander (1931), Arvid Posse (1820), Knut Nordahl (1920), Carola Häggkvist (1966), Ebba Brahe (1596), and Alexander Skarsgård (1976). After him are Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), Martin van Meytens (1695), Bernhard Karlgren (1889), Jenny Nyström (1854), Erik Nilsson (1916), and Per Oscarsson (1927).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Björn Nordqvist ranks 23. Before him are Bo Larsson (1944), Ralf Edström (1952), Kennet Andersson (1967), Kalle Svensson (1925), Sven Andersson (1907), and Knut Nordahl (1920). After him are Erik Nilsson (1916), Bengt Gustavsson (1928), Knut Kroon (1906), Conny Torstensson (1949), Sigge Parling (1930), and Sven Tumba (1931).

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