Grahn in the 1974 FIFA World Cup
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jan-Olof Grahn | ||
| Date of birth | (1943-05-09)9 May 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Norra Fågelås, Sweden | ||
| Date of death | 11 July 2007(2007-07-11) (aged 64) | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Norra Fågelås IF | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1960 | Norra Fågelås IF | 14 | (40) |
| 1961–1965 | IF Elfsborg | 91 | (53) |
| 1966–1971 | Grasshoppers | 133 | (70) |
| 1971–1973 | Lausanne Sports | 52 | (31) |
| 1973–1976 | Grasshoppers | 59 | (20) |
| 1976–1978 | Örgryte IS | 37 | (3) |
| Total | 386 | (217) | |
| International career | |||
| 1961 | Sweden U19 | 3 | (7) |
| 1964–1965 | Sweden U21 | 6 | (1) |
| 1962–1965 | Sweden B | 5 | (7) |
| 1962–1976 | Sweden | 45 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jan-Olof "Ove" Grahn (9 May 1943 – 11 July 2007) was a Swedish professional football player who played as a striker. He represented IF Elfsborg, Grasshoppers, Lausanne Sports, and Örgryte IS during a career that spanned between 1960 and 1978. A full international between 1962 and 1976, he won 45 caps and scored 10 goals for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups.
Grahn began his career with Norra Fågelås IFinDivision 4, where he scored 40 goals in 14 games during the 1960 season at only 17 years of age.[1][2] He then signed for IF ElfsborginAllsvenskan and played in four games as they won the 1961 Allsvenskan title.[1] He then went on to play professionally in Switzerland for 10 years before finishing up his career at Örgryte IS.[3][4]
Between 1962 and 1976, Grahn played 45 international games for Sweden, and represented his country at the 1970 and 1974 FIFA World Cups, where he scored the winning goal against Uruguay in the former.[5] He also represented the Sweden U19, U21, and B teams between 1961 and 1965.[5]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1962 | 2 | 1 |
| 1963 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1964 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1965 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1966 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1967 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1968 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1969 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1970 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1971 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1972 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1973 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1974 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1975 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1976 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 10 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 June 1962 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland |  Finland
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1–0 | 3–0 | 1960–63 Nordic Football Championship | [6] |
| 2 | 1 August 1968 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |  Soviet Union
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2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly | [7] |
| 3 | 19 June 1969 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Norway
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4–0 | 5–2 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | [8] |
| 4 | 24 September 1969 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden |  Hungary
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2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [9] |
| 5 | 10 June 1970 | Estadio Cuahtemoc, Puebla City, Mexico |  Uruguay
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1–0 | 1–0 | 1970 FIFA World Cup | [10] |
| 6 | 20 June 1971 | Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark
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1–0 | 3–1 | 1968–71 Nordic Football Championship | [11] |
| 7 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 8 | 23 May 1973 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden |  Austria
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2–1 | 3–2 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification | [12] |
| 9 | 19 May 1975 | Örjans Vall, Halmstad, Sweden |  Algeria
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2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly | [13] |
| 10 | 30 June 1975 | Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden | Norway
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3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 1976 qualification | [14] |
Elfsborg[1]
Grasshoppers
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