Top 15 Swedish footballers in history

According to Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm)

1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (born 1981)

2. Gunnar Nordahl (1921-1995)

3. Gunnar Gren (1920-1991)

4. Tomas Brolin (born 1969)

5. Henrik Larsson (born 1971)

6. Nils Liedholm (1922-2007)

7. Kurt Hamrin (born 1934)

8. Lennart ”Nacka” Skoglund (1929-1975)

9. Fredrik Ljungberg (born 1977)

10. Sven Rydell (1905-1975)

11. Ove Kindvall (born 1943)

12. Bosse Larsson (born 1944)

13. Glenn Hysén (born 1959)

14. Patrik Andersson (born 1971)

15. Ronnie Hellström (born 1949)

Female players:

1. Pia Sundhage (born 1960)

2. Lotta Schelin (born 1984)

3. Hanna Ljungberg (born 1979)

All-time topscorers of Swedish Allsvenskan

+50 goals per club:

13 IFK Göteborg

12 IFK Norrköping

10 Malmö FF

9 Elfsborg Borås

6 AIK Stockholm

5 Helsingborg, Landskrona

4 Örgryte Göteborg, Degerfors, Halmstad

3 Sleipner Norrköping, GAIS Göteborg

2 IFK Eskilstuna, Sandviken, Öster Växjö, Örebro, Hammarby Stockholm, Djurgården Stockholm

1 Häcken Göteborg, Åtvidaberg

Most times league topscorers

 

12 times : Josef "Pepi" Bican (11 Czechoslovakian League, 1 Austrian League)
9 : Gunnar Nordahl (5 Italian, 4 Swedish League)

8 : Lionel Messi (8 Spanish League)
8 : Ferenc Puskás (4 Hungarian, 4 Spanish League)
8 : Alfredo Di Stéfano (5 Spanish, 2 Colombian, 1 Argentine League)
8 : Carlos Bianchi (5 French, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Gerd Müller (7 German League)  
7 : Romário (3 Brazilian, 3 Dutch, 1 Spanish League)
7 : Eusébio (7 Portuguese League)
7 : Imre Schlosser (7 Hungarian League)
7 : Luis Artime (4 Uruguayan, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Fernando Morena (7 Uruguayan League)

Le pagelle del Milan 1954/55

Gare di Serie A. Voti: Corriere dello Sport.

6,80 Nils Liedholm

6,50 Juan Schiaffino

6,44 Gunnar Nordahl

6,40 Jørgen Leschly Sørensen

6,39 Lorenzo Buffon

6,38 Arturo Silvestri

6,37 Cesare Maldini

6,36 Mario Bergamaschi

6,33 Eros Beraldo

6,29 Eduardo Ricagni

6,15 Franco Pedroni

6,02 Amleto Frignani

6,00 Francesco Zagatti, Alfio Fontana

5,67 Albano Vicariotto

Most times league topscorers

 

12 times : Josef "Pepi" Bican (11 Czechoslovakian League, 1 Austrian League)
9 : Gunnar Nordahl (5 Italian, 4 Swedish League)
8 : Ferenc Puskás (4 Hungarian, 4 Spanish League)
8 : Alfredo Di Stéfano (5 Spanish, 2 Colombian, 1 Argentine League)
8 : Carlos Bianchi (5 French, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Gerd Müller (7 German League)  
7 : Romário (3 Brazilian, 3 Dutch, 1 Spanish League)
7 : Eusébio (7 Portuguese League)
7 : Imre Schlosser (7 Hungarian League)
7 : Luis Artime (4 Uruguayan, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Fernando Morena (7 Uruguayan League)

The 50 greatest Swedish footballers of all time

1. Gunnar Nordahl
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
3. Kurt Hamrin
4. Gunnar Gren
5. Nils Liedholm
6. Lennart "Nacka" Skoglund
7. Henry "Garvis" Carlsson
8. Henrik Larsson
9. Torbjörn Nilsson
10. Fredrik Ljungberg
11. Tomas Brolin
12. Bo Larsson
13. Jonas Thern
14. Ronnie Hellström
15. Ralf Edström
16. Patrik Andersson
17. Glenn Strömberg
18. Peter Larsson
19. Ove Kindvall
20. Glenn Hysén
21. Kennet Andersson
22. Hans Jeppson
23. Roger Magnusson
24. Sven Rydell
25. Calle Palmér
26. Arne Selmosson
27. Stefan Pettersson
28. Martin Dahlin
29. Agne Simonsson
30. Robert Prytz
31. Stefan Schwarz
32. Thomas Ravelli
33. Roland Sandberg
34. Nils-Åke "Kajan" Sandell
35. Bengt Lindskog
36. Jan Eriksson
37. Joachim Björklund
38. Ove Grahn
39. Andreas Isaksson
40. Kim Källström
41. Olof Mellberg
42. Emil Forsberg
43. Anders Svensson
44. Anders Limpar
45. Rudolf "Putte" Kock
46. Sven Jonasson
47. Andreas Granqvist
48. Tommy Holmgren
49. Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson
50. Klas Ingesson

Most times national topscorer.

12 times : Josef "Pepi" Bican (11 Czechoslovakian League, 1 Austrian League)
9 : Gunnar Nordahl (5 Italian, 4 Swedish League)
8 : Ferenc Puskás (4 Hungarian, 4 Spanish League)
8 : Alfredo Di Stéfano (5 Spanish, 2 Colombian, 1 Argentine League)
8 : Carlos Bianchi (5 French, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Gerd Müller (7 German League)  
7 : Romário (3 Brazilian, 3 Dutch, 1 Spanish League)
7 : Eusébio (7 Portuguese League)
7 : Imre Schlosser (7 Hungarian League)
7 : Luis Artime (4 Uruguayan, 3 Argentine League)
7 : Fernando Morena (7 Uruguayan League)

Football's all time top scorers.

According to El Gráfico magazine (Argentina), April 2012.

768: Romário (Brazil) 1985-2007
759: Josef Bican (Czechoslovakia) 1928-56
757: Pelé (Brazil) 1956-79
709: Ferenc Puskás (Hungary) 1943-66
680: Gerd Müller (West Germany) 1964-81
625: Eusébio (Portugal) 1957-79
576: Ferenc Deak (Hungary) 1940-54
568: Uwe Seeler (West Germany) 1953-72
538: Túlio (Brazil) 1988-2012
516: Zico (Brazil) 1971-94
500: Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina) 1945-66
498: Gunnar Nordahl (Sweden) 1937-58
493: Jimmy McGrory (Scotland) 1922-37
493: Roberto Dinamite (Brazil) 1971-93
492: Gyula Zsengellér (Hungary) 1935-53
486: Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) 1976-97
483: Jimmy Greaves (England) 1957-80
481: Ernest Wilimowski (Poland) 1933-59
476: Imre Schlosser (Hungary) 1906-28
470: Henrik Larsson (Sweden) 1988-2009
466: Artur Friedenreich (Brazil) 1911-35
454: Johann Krankl (Austria) 1970-89
453: "Dixie" Dean (England) 1923-40
434: Raúl (Spain) 1994-2012.

Goals in the national team, 1940s, 50s and 60s.

World Cup topscorers in bold text.

84 Puskás
77 Pelé
75 Kocsis
68 G. Müller
51 Tichy
49 B. Charlton
48 Lubanski
44 Greaves
43 G. Nordahl, Seeler
42 O. Madsen
41 Eusébio
39 Hidegkuti, Pol
38 Bobek
37 Galic
36 Bene
35 Riva, Jairzinho, Wilkes
33 F. Walter, Lenstra
32 Gren, Ademir, Tostão, Mitic
31 Albert
30 Zizinho, Fontaine, Finney, Lofthouse
29 Di Stéfano [Argentina/Colombia/Spain], Fatton, Enoksen, Deák
28 Veselinovic, E. Hof
27 Simonsson, Míguez, Sándor, Mermans, Cieslik
26 V. Ivanov 

Goals per appearance:
1,429 Fontaine -photo-
1,303 G. Nordahl
1,103 Kocsis
1,097 G. Müller
1,000 Zarra
0,960 Artime
0,944 Puskás
0,921 Wilkes
0,920 Mortensen
0,909 Lofthouse
0,848 Pol
0,840 O. Madsen
0,837 Pelé
0,833 Riva
0,821 Ademir
0,773 K. Aa. Hansen
0,772 Greaves
0,757 Veselinovic, E. Hof
0,750 Palotás
0,725 Galic
0,724 Sanfilippo
0,708 Tichy, Præst
0,707 Di Stéfano
0,702 Lenstra
0,692 Míguez
0,690 Ponedelnik
0,677 Zambata 
0,676 Hügi
0,641 Eusébio
0,640 Lubanski
0,611 Scherer
0,603 Bobek 
0,600 Cieslik
0,597 Seeler
0,593 Tostão
0,581 Hennum
0,566 Zizinho
0,565 Hidegkuti
0,564 Jair
0,561 Gren
0,548 Baltazar
0,547 Fatton
0,542 Mitic 
0,541 F. Walter
0,538 Abbadie
0,537 Enoksen
0,531 Hamrin
0,529 Simonsson, Hunt
0,525 Rahn
0,522 Liedholm
0,516 Ambrois
0,500 Sideris
0,490 Hurst
0,486 Piantoni
0,485 Milutinovic
0,482 Mermans
0,481 Julinho
0,478 Vincent
0,474 Bene, J. P. Hansen
0,469 Stojaspal
0,462 B. Charlton, Kotkov
0,459 Labruna
0,448 Machos
0,447 Coppens
0,440 Jarosik
0,438 L. Suárez
0,435 Tesourinha
0,433 V. Ivanov
0,432 Jairzinho
0,423 Mannion
0,422 O. Iversen
0,421 P. Vandenbergh
0,419 Corbatta
0,417 Anoul
0,400 Kopa, Moravčík
0,395 Finney, J. Charles
0,394 Haller
0,393 Rajkov
0,389 Cantwell
0,380 Asparukhov, Banishevski
0,377 Chislenko
0,372 Kindvall

Serie A: all time top scorers.

274 goals: Silvio Piola (-photo-, 1929–54) : 0,51 per match
224: Gunnar Nordahl (1948–58) : 0,77
216: Giuseppe Meazza (1929–47) : 0,59
216: José Altafini (1958–76) : 0,47
215: Francesco Totti (1992–2012) : 0,43
205: Roberto Baggio (1985–2004) : 0,45
190: Kurt Hamrin (1956–71) : 0,48
188: Giuseppe Signori (1991–2004) : 0,55
188: Alessandro Del Piero (1993–2012) : 0,39
184: Gabriel Omar Batistuta (1991–2003) : 0,58
178: Giampiero Boniperti (1946–61) : 0,40
174: Amedeo Amadei (1936–56) : 0,41
168: Giuseppe Savoldi (1965–82) : 0,41
165: Guglielmo Gabetto (1934–49) : 0,51
163: Roberto "Bonimba" Boninsegna (1965–79) : 0,45
156: Luigi "Gigi" Riva (1964–76) : 0,54
156: Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi (1995–2012) : 0,42
156: Roberto Mancini (1981–2000) : 0,29
155: Luís Vinício (1955–68) : 0,45
155: Carlo Reguzzoni (1929–48) : 0,39
153: István Nyers (1948–56) : 0,65
153: Antonio "Totò" Di Natale (2002–12) : 0,47
153: Hernán "Valdanito" Crespo (1996–2012) : 0,45
149: Adriano Bassetto (1946–58) : 0,45
146: Omar Enrique Sívori (1957–69) : 0,53
146: Alberto Gilardino (1999–2012) : 0,39
142: Christian "Bobo" Vieri (1991–2009) : 0,54
142: Benito "Veleno" Lorenzi (1947–59) : 0,43
142: Marco Di Vaio (1994–2012) : 0,42
142: Paolo Pulici (1967–85) : 0,35

Top scorers in Olympic tournaments 1908-2008.

2008
4: Giuseppe Rossi (Italy)
3: Moussa Dembélé (Belgium), Victor Nsofor Obinna (Nigeria)


2004
8: Carlos Tévez (Argentina)
5: José Cardozo (Paraguay)
4: Alberto Gilardino (Italy), Tenema N'Diaye (Mali), Fredy Bareiro (Paraguay)


2000
6: Iván Zamorano (Chile)
4: Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Reinaldo Navia (Chile), David Suazo (Honduras)


1996
6: Hernán Crespo (Argentina), Bebeto (Brazil)
5: Ronaldo (Brazil)

1992
7: Andrzej Juskowiak (Poland)
6: Kwame Ayew (Ghana)
5: Kiko (Spain)


1988
7: Romário (Brazil)
6: Igor Dobrovolski (Soviet Union), Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia)


1984
5: Daniel Xuereb (France), Borislav Cvetković & Stjepan Deverić (Yugoslavia)
4: Gilmar Popoca (Brazil)


1980
4: Sergey Andreyev (Soviet Union)
3: Ladislav Vízek (Czechoslovakia), Wolf-Rüdiger Netz (East Germany), Fyodor Cherenkov (Soviet Union)

1976
6: Andrzej Szarmach (Poland)
4: Hans-Jürgen Dörner (East Germany)
3: Grzegorz Lato (Poland), Vladimir Onišenko (Soviet Union), Michel Platini (France), Víctor Rangel (Mexico)

1972
9: Kazimierz Deyna (-photo-, Poland)
7: Antal Dunai (Hungary)
6: Oleh Blochin (Soviet Union), Robert Gadocha (Poland), Bernd Nickel (West Germany), Joachim Streich (East Germany)


1968
7: Kunishige Kamamoto (Japan)
6: Antal Dunai (Hungary)
4: Jehoshua Faygenbaum (Israel), Ladislav Petráš (Czechoslovakia), Lajos Szűcs (Hungary), Petar Žekov (Bulgaria)

1964
12: Ferenc Bene (Hungary)
8: Ibrahim Riad (Egypt)
6: Tibor Csernai (Hungary), Cornel Pavlovici (Romania)

1960
7: Milan Galić (Yugoslavia)
6: Borivoje Kostić (Yugoslavia), Harald Nielsen (Denmark)

1956
4: Neville Stephen D'Souza (India), Dimităr Milanov (Bulgaria), Todor Veselinović (Yugoslavia)
3: Ivan Kolev (Bulgaria), John Laybourne (Great Britain), Muhamed Mujić & Zlatko Papec (Yugoslavia)


1952
7: Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia)
6: Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Rajko Mitić (Yugoslavia)

1948
7: Gunnar Nordahl (-photo-, Sweden), John Hansen (Denmark)
5: Henry "Garvis" Carlsson & Kjell Rosén (Sweden), Francesco Pernigo (Italy)

1936
7: Annibale Frossi (Italy)
6: Teodoro "Lolo" Fernández (Peru)
5: Arne Brustad (Norway), Gerard Wodarz (Poland)

1928
11: Domingo Tarasconi (Argentina)
6: Adolfo Baloncieri (Italy), Manuel Ferreira (Argentina)


1924
7: Pedro Petrone (Uruguay)
6: Max Abegglen (Switzerland), Sven Rydell (Sweden)


1920
7: Herbert Karlsson (Sweden)
6: Antonín Janda (Czechoslovakia)
5: Bernardus Groosjohan (Holland)


1912
11: Harold Walden (Great Britain)
10: Gottfried Fuchs (Germany)
8: Jan Vos (Holland)


1908
11: Sophus "Krølben" Nielsen (Denmark)
8: Vilhelm Wolfhagen (Denmark)
6: Harold Stapley (Great Britain)



Topscorers per nation:
5: Yugoslavia
3: Argentina & Poland
2: Brazil, Sweden, Italy & Denmark
1: Chile, France, Soviet Union, Japan, Hungary, India, Bulgaria, Uruguay & Great Britain.