Gunnar Andersson

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Gunnar Andersson
Date of birth	14 August 1928
Place of birth	Arvika, Sweden
Date of death	1 October 1969 (aged 41)
Place of death	Marseille, France
Height	ft 0 in (0.00 m)
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
	IFK Arvika IFK Åmål
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1949-1950 1950 1950-1958 1958 1958-1960 1960-1961 1961-1962 1962-1963 1964	IFK Göteborg Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Olympique de Marseille SO Montpellier FC Girondins de Bordeaux AS Aix CALO Oran AS Gignac IFK Arvika^[1]	220 (169)
National team
	France (B team)	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Gunnar Andersson, (born 14 August 1928 in Arvika, Sweden-died 1 October 1969 in Marseille, France) was a football player from Sweden. He is widely considered as one of Olympique de Marseille best Striker, along with Josip Skoblar and Jean-Pierre Papin.

He started his career in Sweden were he was nicknamed Säffle, before playing for Danish side Kjøbenhavns Boldklub before being transferred to Olympique de Marseille where he became a key player, scoring a number of 169 goals in 220 matches in Division 1. With l'OM he was also Division 1 top goalscorer in 1951-1952 and 1952-1953 and runner-up in the Coupe de France 1953-1954.He also played for other French teams such as FC Girondins de Bordeaux or AS Aix. Despite his success in France, he never played for the Sweden national football team because players abroad, even though they were talentuous like Gunnar Nordahl, were not selected. However, as obtained French citizenship in 1954, he was capped once for the France B team, but was disappointing and was never called again.

He died in 1969, as he was heading to Stade Vélodrome, to see a match against Dukla Praha for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1969-70. He remains today one of the best players to wear l'OM uniform and one of the most appreciated by supporters.