SOCCER PLAYER

Gunnar Gren

1920 - 1991

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Johan Gunnar Gren (pronounced [ˈɡɵ̌nːar ˈɡreːn]; 31 October 1920 – 10 November 1991) was a Swedish professional football player and coach. He is best remembered for playing for IFK Göteborg and AC Milan. A creative forward, known for his technical skill, vision, tactical intelligence, and passing ability as a playmaker, he was part of the famous "Gre-No-Li" trio of forwards at Milan and the Sweden national team. He was also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder, as an offensive–minded central midfielder, known as the mezzala role in Italian football jargon, or even as a striker. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Gren is the 198th most popular soccer player (down from 152nd in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 119th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

Gunnar Gren is most famous for being a Swedish Olympic athlete who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He won a gold medal in the 110 meter hurdles and a silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Gunnar Gren ranks 198 out of 21,273. Before him are Ernesto Valverde, Motoo Tatsuhara, Andreas Brehme, Tomohiko Ikoma, Paulino Alcántara, and Iker Casillas. After him are Carles Rexach, Helmut Schön, Grzegorz Lato, Bobby Robson, Javier Zanetti, and Yoshimatsu Oyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Gunnar Gren ranks 56. Before him are Lawrence Klein, Ravi Shankar, Kaysone Phomvihane, Sergei Bondarchuk, Mickey Rooney, and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. After him are Michèle Morgan, Alberto Sordi, E. Donnall Thomas, Jack Elam, Ștefan Kovács, and Takashi Kano. Among people deceased in 1991, Gunnar Gren ranks 39. Before him are Jerzy Kosiński, Wilhelm Kempff, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Stan Getz, Jean Tinguely, and Don Siegel. After him are Martha Graham, Claudio Arrau, Salvador Luria, Leo Fender, Alfonso García Robles, and Richard Stone.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Gren ranks 142 out of 1,879. Before him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Zarah Leander (1907), Eric X of Sweden (1180), Lasse Hallström (1946), Lennart Johansson (1929), and Birgit Nilsson (1918). After him are Ingrid Thulin (1926), Rudolf Kjellén (1864), Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (1912), Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896), Kurt Hamrin (1934), and Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (1977).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Gunnar Gren ranks 4. Before him are Gunnar Nordahl (1921), Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981), and Nils Liedholm (1922). After him are Kurt Hamrin (1934), Freddie Ljungberg (1977), Henrik Larsson (1971), Agne Simonsson (1935), Ove Kindvall (1943), Harry Bild (1936), Lennart Skoglund (1929), and Ronnie Hellström (1949).

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