Sven-Ove Svensson

Swedish football player

Sven-Ove Svensson
Personal information
Sven-Ove Svensson playing for Helsingborgs IF against Halmstads BK at Olympia in July 1944.
Date of birth	(1922-06-09)9 June 1922^[1]
Date of death	21 December 1986(1986-12-21) (aged 65)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1958	Helsingborgs IF
International career
1951–1956	Sweden	31	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven-Ove Svensson (9 June 1922 – 21 December 1986) was a Swedish footballer who played as a midfielder for Helsingborgs IF and the Sweden national team.

Career

Svensson played most of his career in Helsingborgs IF in Allsvenskan. Having made his debut in the Sweden national team in 1951 he was capped 31 times scoring 8 goals.^[2] He won guldbollen in 1954. In 1956 he was injured and his career was destroyed.