Ove Kindvall

Ove Kindvall

Personal information
Date of birth	May 16, 1943 (1943-05-16) (age 68)
Place of birth	Norrköping, Sweden
Playing position	striker
Youth career
	IFK Norrköping
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1962–1966	IFK Norrköping	84	(50)
1966–1971	Feyenoord	144	(129)
1971–1975	IFK Norrköping	94	(30)
1975–1977	IFK Göteborg	22	(3)
National team
	Sweden	43	(16)
Teams managed
1979–1980	IFK Göteborg (chairman)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ove Kindvall (born May 16,1943 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a former Swedish footballer (forward).

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.

With Feyenoord he won two national championships as well as the 1970 European Cup. In the final against Celtic he scored the winning goal in extra time. In his five seasons with the club, Kindvall scored 129 league goals in 144 games. He returned to Sweden and Norrköping 1971, where he played for three years, until ending his career in IFK Göteborg.

He played 43 games with the national team and scored 16 goals. He participated in the 1970 and 1974 World Cup, playing a major role in the team's qualification for the former.

He is the father of former footballer Niclas Kindvall, and brother of Kaj Kindvall, a radio host.

Kindvall earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1969

References

• (Dutch) Profile
• (Dutch) History of Feyenoord

Awards
Preceded by Toini Gustafsson-Rönnlund	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1969	Succeeded by Gunnar Larsson

Persondata
Name	Kindvall, Ove
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 16, 1943
Place of birth	Norrköping, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death