death_date nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years death_place caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals clubs position managerclubs article_title
15 september 1995 33 1958 1967 -- 1970 1971 -- 1973 1974 1975 -- 1976 -- 1977 -- 1978 1979 -- 1980 1959 1959 -- 1961 1961 -- 1964 19 october 1921 1937 1949 -- 1956 1956 -- 1958 -- 1940 1940 -- 1944 1944 -- 1949 alghero , italy 41 77 95 257 34 68 56 93 210 15 230 1942 -- 1948 gunnar nordahl.jpg gunnar nordahl nordahl playing for ifk norrköping in 1948 hörnefors , sweden sweden 1.84 504 442 43 hörnefors if degerfors if ifk norrköping milan roma striker as ifk norrköping if saab ik sleipner Östers if aik fotboll roma ifk norrköping -lrb- player-manager -rrb- karlstads bik degerfors if gunnar nordahl

gunnar nordahl

gunnar nordahl -lrb- october 19 , 1921 -- september 15 , 1995 -rrb- was a swedish football player , best known for his spell at a.c. milan from 1949 to 1956 , in which he won two scudetto titles and an unprecedented five top scorer -lrb- `` capocannonieri '' -rrb- awards , more than any other player in the history of the serie a .
he is generally considered one of the greatest swedish football players of all-time .
he is the father of thomas nordahl .
