Ove Kindvall

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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 1966 and became professional. The same year, 1966, he won Guldbollen, as the best Swedish footballer of the year.

With Feyenoord he managed to win two national championships as well as the 1970 European Cup. In the final against Celtic he scored the winning goal. 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 World Cup and 1974 World Cup, playing a major role in the team's qualification for the former.

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

Kindvall earned the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1969

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• (Dutch) Profile

	Sweden squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup
1 Hellström | 2 Selander | 3 Axelsson | 4 Nordqvist | 5 Grip | 6 Svensson | 7 B. Larsson | 8 Eriksson | 9 Kindvall | 10 Grahn | 11 Persson | 12 S. Larsson | 13 Cronqvist | 14 Kristensson | 15 Målberg | 16 Nordahl | 17 Pettersson | 18 Turesson | 19 Nicklasson | 20 Olsson | 21 Ejderstedt | 22 Pålsson | Coach: Bergmark

	Sweden squad - 1974 FIFA World Cup
1 Hellström | 2 Olsson | 3 Karlsson | 4 Nordqvist | 5 Andersson | 6 Grahn | 7 B. Larsson | 8 Torstensson | 9 Kindvall | 10 Edström | 11 Sandberg | 12 S. Larsson | 13 Grip | 14 Tapper | 15 Magnusson | 16 Ejderstedt | 17 Hagberg | 18 Augustsson | 19 Cronqvist | 20 Lindman | 21 Persson | 22 Ahlström | Coach: Ericson

Preceded by Toini Gustafsson-Rönllund	Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1969	Succeeded by Gunnar Larsson
Preceded by Johan Cruijff	Dutch Eredivisie Topscorer 1967-1969	Succeeded by Willy van der Kuijlen
Preceded by Willy van der Kuijlen	Dutch Eredivisie Topscorer 1970-1971	Succeeded by Johan Cruijff