player · international archive · 1965–1973

Ove Kindvall

Be the first in the stands

1943 – 2025forward / goalkeeper

Sweden

Photo: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo · CC0

Archive goals

for Sweden · 1 from the spot

Matches scored in

1 hat-trick among them

Tournaments

all in the FIFA World Cup qualification

Career span

1965–1973

first 1965-11-07 · last 1973-11-11

Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.

Bengt Ove Kindvall was a Swedish professional footballer who played as a striker. He started his career at IFK Norrköping, where he played until he joined Feyenoord in 1966 and became professional. The same year, he won the Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year. He is regarded as one of Sweden's greatest ever players. A full international between 1965 and 1974, he won 43 caps and scored 16 goals for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at the 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups. — Wikipedia

identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-09-06

In the line-ups

5 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1970–1974

The archive holds 5 team sheets naming Ove Kindvall in Sweden's starting line-up, from 1970-06-03 to 1974-06-23.

5 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.

International goals in our archive

9 goals across 6 scoring matches · 1 tournament · 1965–1973

Date	Opponent	Result	Minutes	Venue
1973-11-11	Malta	W2–1(a)	21'	Gżira
1973-06-13	Hungary	D3–3(a)	38'	Budapest
1969-10-15	France	W2–0(h)	32' (pen) 65'	Solna
1969-06-19	Norway	W5–2(a)	36'	Oslo
1968-10-09	Norway	W5–0(h)	38' 58' 61'hat-trick	Solna
1965-11-07	Cyprus	W5–0(a)	37'	Famagusta

Honours

9 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated

Marquee honours

European Cup

1969–70

Ballon d'Or fourth place

1969

Team honours9
	European Cup	×1	1969–70	Feyenoord
	Allsvenskan	×2	1962, 1963	IFK Norrköping
	Eredivisie	×2	1968–69, 1970–71	Feyenoord
	Intertoto Cup	×2	1967, 1968	Feyenoord
	Intercontinental Cup	×1	1970	Feyenoord
	KNVB Cup	×1	1968-69	Feyenoord
Individual honours7
Scoring titles · 4
	Eredivisie top scorer	×3	1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71
	Allsvenskan top scorer		1966
Player of the year · 1
	Ballon d'Or fourth place		1969
Teams of the season · 1
	FUWO European Team of the Season		1969
More honours · 1
	Guldbollen		1966

Ove Kindvall

In the line-ups

International goals in our archive

Honours

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