Sven Dahlkvist
Personal information
Full name Sven Anders Peter Dahlkvist
Date of birth (1955-05-30) 30 May 1955
Place of birth Mockfjärd, Sweden
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1963–1974 Gagnefs IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1987 AIK 256 (38)
1988–1992 Örebro SK 79 (8)
Total 335 (46)
International career
1979–1985 Sweden[1] 39 (4)
Managerial career
1993–1999 Örebro SK
2001–2002 Eskilstuna City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sven Anders Peter "Dala" Dahlkvist (born 30 May 1955) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a centre back. He represented AIK and Örebro SK during a career that spanned between 1974 and 1992. A full international between 1979 and 1985, he won 39 caps and scored four goals for the Sweden national team.

In 1984, he was awarded Guldbollen as Sweden's best footballer of the year.

Career

Sven was a successful forward and defender who began his career in Allsvenskan with AIK in 1974. He was a key player for the club until 1987. He then played for Örebro SK 1988–1992.

He played 39 games for the Swedish national team, scored four goals and won the Guldbollen in 1984.[2]

After his playing career he has worked as a coach and club director for Örebro SK 1993–1999, then as a coach for Eskilstuna City FK.

Personal life

His daughter Lisa Dahlkvist is a professional footballer who has played for Umeå IK and the Swedish women's national team.[3]

Career statistics

International

International goals

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.21 February 1982Lahden suurhalli, Lahti, Finland Finland2–1LostFriendly
2.16 November 1983Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago0–5WonFriendly
3.19 November 1983Barbados National Stadium, Saint Michael, Barbados Barbados0–4WonFriendly
4.23 February 1984Tipshallen, Jönköping, Sweden United States4–0WonFriendly

Honours

AIK[4]

Individual

  • Guldbollen: 1984[4]
  • Stor Grabb: 1983[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Sweden national football team stats". passagen.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2001-06-09.
  2. ↑ Henrik Brändh (30 May 2015). "Dala fylelr 60 år" (in Swedish). Nerikes Allehanda. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  3. ↑ (in Swedish) SVD - "Swedish champions Umeå"
  4. 1 2 "500 AIK:are - Sven Dahlkvist". www.aik.se. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  5. ↑ "Stora Grabbars Märke - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-11-10.
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