Gunnar Nordahl
1921 - 1995
HPI 74.2350 languages
Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish footballer who was most famous for his time with Italian club AC Milan. He helped them win the Serie A title in 1951 and 1952, and the Coppa Italia in 1953.
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The top 10 Soccer Players from Sweden trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
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Alexander Isak
b. 1999
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This page contains a list of the greatest Swedish Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 24,321 Soccer Players, 450 of which were born in Sweden. This makes Sweden the birth place of the 10th most number of Soccer Players behind Argentina and Netherlands.
Top 10 Swedish Soccer Players
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Swedish Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Swedish Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Swedish Soccer Players.
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Zlatan Ibrahimović
b. 1981
HPI 73.0399 languagesZlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for LA Galaxy. He is the most prolific Swedish scorer in history and the country's all-time leading goalscorer. He has played for a number of clubs, including Malmö FF, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, and...Read moreShow less
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for LA Galaxy. He is the most prolific Swedish scorer in history and the country's all-time leading goalscorer. He has played for a number of clubs, including Malmö FF, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, and Manchester United. He is the only player to have scored in six consecutive editions of the UEFA Champions League. He is also the only player to have scored for six different clubs in the Champions League.
#3 
Nils Liedholm
1922 - 2007
HPI 69.7243 languagesNils Liedholm is most famous for being a Swedish football player and coach. He played for the Swedish national team, winning the gold medal in the 1948 Olympics. He played for AC Milan, winning two Serie A titles and two European Cups. He coached AC Milan, winning two more Serie A titles.
#4 
Gunnar Gren
1920 - 1991
HPI 68.5238 languagesGunnar Gren is most famous for being a Swedish Olympic athlete who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He won a gold medal in the 110 meter hurdles and a silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles.
#5 
Kurt Hamrin
1934 - 2024
HPI 68.2837 languagesKurt Hamrin is most famous for his time spent playing for the Swedish National Team, where he was a prolific scorer. He also played professionally in Italy and the United States.
#6 
Freddie Ljungberg
b. 1977
HPI 65.9362 languagesSwedish association football player and manager
#7 
Henrik Larsson
b. 1971
HPI 64.6157 languagesSwedish association footballer and manager
#8 
Agne Simonsson
1935 - 2020
HPI 64.1430 languagesSwedish footballer
#9 
Ove Kindvall
1943 - 2025
HPI 64.0627 languagesSwedish footballer
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Harry Bild
1936 - 2025
HPI 63.4419 languagesSwedish association football player
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Overlapping Lives
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