Ingvar Svahn

Ingvar Svahn ( May 22nd, 1938 in Malmo, † 16 June 2008) was a Swedish football player. The midfielder, who aground 1961-1968 in 19 appearances for the Swedish national team, scoring two goals, denied his career in Sweden and Belgium.

Career

Svahn began playing football at Malmö FF, but moved to the youth to Kulladals FF. In the fall of 1956 he returned to Malmö FF and debuted the following year for his new club in Allsvenskan. He soon established himself as a regular in the left side of the offensive association of Skåne and played himself in the episode in the circle of the Swedish national team. On 9 August 1961, he ran in a 4-0 victory over the Finnish national team in Idrottsparken of Norrköping on the side of Rune Börjesson, Lennart Wing, Orvar Bergmark, Gösta Sandberg and Lennart Backman for the first time in the national jersey on and crowned his selection debut with the first two hits of the game. As a result, he was a regular in the national team for use, even in the 1-2 defeat in November of the year against the Swiss national team at Berlin's Olympic Stadium in the playoff to qualify for the 1962 World Cup in Chile on neutral ground.

After Svahn in the following years belonged infrequently the Swedish national team and has been used, he won in the season in 1965 with Malmö FF his first title when the team with two -point lead on IF Elfsborg won the von Rosen's Cup for the Swedish national champion. Two years later he led the team to the double of championship and winning the national cup. At the end of the year was his performance - he had prepared, among others, 19 of the 22 goals this season of league scorer Dag Szepanski - personally awarded when the Guldbollen he was presented for the Swedish football player of the year.

At the age of 30 years Svahn 1968 left his homeland and moved to Belgian club Royal Daring Club Molenbeek. For the club, who reached the final in 1970 moved to the Belgian National Cup against Club Brugge and you have to insert a 1:6 defeat there, he completed two seasons. In the summer of 1970 he returned to Malmö FF and won with the club at the end of the season in 1970 his third championship in Sweden. He then ended after a total of 414 games for the Swedish club 's active career.

The full-time firefighter who was promoted after an accident to the instructor, worked after his playing days at some amateur clubs in Scania, such as Eslövs IK as a coach.

Achievements

• Swedish Champion: 1965, 1967, 1970
• Swedish Cup winner: 1967
• Guldbollen: 1967