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Mats Nordgren

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Mats Göran Nordgren
Personal information
Full name Mats Nordgren
Date of birth (1955-04-09) 9 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Kristianstad, Sweden
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1970–1974 Vä IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1976 Hässleholms IF 20+ (4+)
1977–1982 Östers IF 121 (24)
1982–1984 Hessen Kassel 69 (8)
1984–1986 Östers IF 54 (7)
1987–1988 Mjällby AIF 13 (0)
1989 Vilans BoIF
1990 Hanaskogs IS
Total 277+ (43+)
International career
1978–1980 Sweden 19 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mats Göran Nordgren (born 9 April 1955) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a midfielder and made 19 appearances for the Sweden national team.[1][2]

Career

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Nordgren made his debut for Sweden on 1 September 1978 in a UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying match against France, in which he scored the opening goal for Sweden in the 2–2 draw. He went on to make 19 appearances, scoring 3 goals, before making his last appearance on 10 September 1980 in a 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Scotland, which finished as a 0–1 loss.[3]

Career statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year

Sweden[3]
Year Apps Goals
1978 2 1
1979 10 0
1980 7 2
Total 19 3

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 1 September 1978 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  France 1–0 2–2 UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
2 29 April 1980 Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden  Soviet Union 1–2 1–5 Friendly
3 22 May 1980 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1–0 2–0 1978–80 Nordic Football Championship

References

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  1. ^ Mats Nordgren at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Mats Nordgren". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Mats Nordgren". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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