Owe Ohlsson

Owe Ohlsson
	Ohlsson in IFK Göteborg in 1958
Personal information
Full name	Sven Owe Ohlsson
Date of birth	19 August 1938
Place of birth	Hälsö, Sweden
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1948–1954	Hälsö BK
Senior career*
Years	Team
1954–1964	IFK Göteborg
1965–1971	AIK
1972–1974	IFK Stockholm
International career
1958–1959	Sweden U21
1958–1965	Sweden B
1958–1964	Sweden
Managerial career
1972–1974	IFK Stockholm
1975–1976	AIK (youth)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Sweden
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven Owe Ohlsson (born 19 August 1938) is a Swedish former football player who played as a forward and later became a manager. He most notably represented IFK Göteborg and AIK at the club level. He won 15 caps for the Sweden national team and was a squad member at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Ohlsson pictured second from the left in the back row for IFK Göteborg in 1958

Club career

Born in Hälsö, he played for local club Hälsö BK before moving to Swedish giants IFK Göteborg and AIK. He ended his career as player-coach of IFK Stockholm.[1] He is the first player to score five goals in a European Cup match, in the 1959–60 European Cup, against Linfield.[2] He won the 1957–58 Allsvenskan title while at IFK Göteborg.[1]

He was part of the Swedish squad at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He was capped 15 times, scoring 6 goals.[3] He also represented the Sweden U21 and B teams.[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden	1958	1	0
	1959	1	1
	1960	1	0
	1961	0	0
	1962	8	5
	1963	3	0
	1964	1	0
Total		15	6

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ohlsson goal.

List of international goals scored by Owe Ohlsson
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	21 May 1959	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Portugal	2–0	2–0	Friendly	[5]
2	19 June 1962	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	3–0	3–0	1960–63 Nordic Football Championship	[6]
3	28 October 1962	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Denmark	1–1	4–2	1960–63 Nordic Football Championship	[7]
4	28 October 1962	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	Denmark	2–2	4–2	1960–63 Nordic Football Championship	[7]
5	12 November 1962	Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	Israel	1–0	4–0	Friendly	[8]
6	16 November 1962	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–1	2–1	Friendly	[9]

IFK Göteborg

Sweden

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