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Kalle Svensson

1925 - 2000

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Karl-Oskar Svensson (11 November 1925 – 15 July 2000), often nicknamed Rio-Kalle, was a Swedish football goalkeeper from Helsingborg. He played on elite level for Helsingborgs IF during his whole career, debuting in Allsvenskan only 18 years old on 4 June 1944. He stood between the posts in 349 Allsvenskan matches, from his debut to the spring of 1959, after which he quit playing on elite level. He continued to play for local team Gunnarstorps IF, but made a comeback in Helsingborgs IF in June 1961, playing there until his last match on 21 October 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kalle Svensson is the 1,203rd most popular soccer player (down from 955th in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 361st in 2019) and the 20th most popular Swedish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Kalle Svensson ranks 1,203 out of 21,273. Before him are Kennet Andersson, Jérôme Boateng, Enrique Collar, Wilson da Silva Piazza, Carlos Pachamé, and Anfilogino Guarisi. After him are Gordon Milne, Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, José Costa, Didier Six, Jair da Rosa Pinto, and Wolfgang Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Kalle Svensson ranks 193. Before him are Klaus Roth, Mike Connors, José Napoleón Duarte, Ernst Stojaspal, Silvana Pampanini, and Eleonora Rossi Drago. After him are Johnny Horton, Roy Medvedev, Theodore Hall, Andrei Sinyavsky, Solomon Perel, and Peter Hirsch. Among people deceased in 2000, Kalle Svensson ranks 121. Before him are Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Walter Krupinski, Patrick O'Brian, Efstathios Chorafas, Oleg Yefremov, and Adamantios Androutsopoulos. After him are Yevgeny Khrunov, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, W. D. Hamilton, Alexandros Nikolopoulos, L. Sprague de Camp, and Hidetoki Takahashi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Kalle Svensson ranks 423 out of 1,879. Before him are Ralf Edström (1952), Ola Ullsten (1931), Kennet Andersson (1967), Alice Babs (1924), Johan Tobias Sergel (1740), and Peter Artedi (1705). After him are Vilhelm Moberg (1898), Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846), Åke Seyffarth (1919), Sven Andersson (1907), Petra Mede (1970), and Björn at Haugi (832).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Sweden

Among soccer players born in Sweden, Kalle Svensson ranks 20. Before him are Viktor Gyökeres (1998), Tore Keller (1905), Sven Rydell (1905), Bo Larsson (1944), Ralf Edström (1952), and Kennet Andersson (1967). After him are Sven Andersson (1907), Knut Nordahl (1920), Björn Nordqvist (1942), Erik Nilsson (1916), Bengt Gustavsson (1928), and Knut Kroon (1906).

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