Mats Göran Nordgren
Personal information
Full name Mats Nordgren
Date of birth (1955-04-09) 9 April 1955
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

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

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

Sweden[3]
YearAppsGoals
197821
1979100
198072
Total193

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 September 1978Parc des Princes, Paris, France France1–02–2UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
229 April 1980Malmö Stadion, Malmö, Sweden Soviet Union1–21–5Friendly
322 May 1980Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Finland1–02–01978–80 Nordic Football Championship

References

  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. 1 2 3 "Mats Nordgren". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 February 2019.


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