Gunnar Andersson

Gunnar Andersson

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Andersson started his career in Sweden, where he was nicknamed Säffle, before playing for Danish side Kjøbenhavns BK before being transferred to Olympique de Marseille, where he became a key player. Having scored 194 goals in 220 matches, he is the highest scorer of the club ahead of Jean-Pierre Papin (182) and Josip Skoblar (176). With l'OM he was also Division 1 top goalscorer in 1951–1952 and 1952–1953 and runner-up in the 1953–54 Coupe de France. He also played for other French teams such as FC Girondins de Bordeaux and AS Aix. Despite success in France, he never played for the Sweden national team because of a policy not to select players based outside Sweden, such as Andersson and Gunnar Nordahl. He obtained French nationality in 1954 and was capped once for the France B team in 1956. He died in 1969 heading to Stade Vélodrome to see a match against Dukla Prague in the 1969–70 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Club
IFK Göteborg (1949–1950)
Club
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (1950–1950)
Club
Olympique de Marseille (1950–1958)
Club
AS Aix-en-Provence (1960–1961)
Club
Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (1958–1958)
Club
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (1958–1960)
Club
CALO Oran (1961–1962)
Club
France B national football team (1954–1954)
Club
IK Arvika (1964–1964)
Club
IFK Åmål

Legacy

Honours

Marseille

Coupe de France runner-up: 1954 Coupe Charles Drago: 1957 Individual

Division 1 top goalscorer: 1951–1952, 1952–1953 Olympique de Marseille all-time top scorer: 194 goals

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Description

Swedish association football player (1928-1969)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Karl Gunnar "Säffle" Andersson was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker. He is widely considered one of Olympique de Marseille's best strikers, and is the highest scorer of the club. Born in Sweden, he played for the France national football B team once.

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