 Rydell in 1923 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sven Åke Albert Rydell | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1905-01-14)14 January 1905 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gothenburg, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 April 1975(1975-04-04) (aged 70) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Gothenburg, Sweden | |||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1920–1924 | Holmens IS | 37 | (38) | |||||||||||
| 1924–1930 | Örgryte IS | 179 | (122) | |||||||||||
| 1930–1931 | Redbergslids IK | 20 | (10) | |||||||||||
| 1931–1934 | Örgryte IS | 24 | (20) | |||||||||||
| Total | 260 | (190) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1929 | Sweden B | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1923–1932 | Sweden | 43 | (49) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1934–1935 | Örgryte IS | |||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Sven Åke Albert Rydell (14 January 1905 – 4 April 1975) was a Swedishfootballer who played as aforward. He representedHolmens IS,Örgryte IS, andRedbergslids IK during a club career that spanned between 1920 and 1934. A full international between 1923 and 1932, he won 43caps and scored 49 goals for theSweden national team. He scored five goals at the1924 Summer Olympics where Sweden finished third. He was the all-time leading scorer for the Sweden national team for more than 80 years before his record was overtaken byZlatan Ibrahimović in September 2014.
At club level, Rydell played forÖrgryte IS,Redbergslids IK, andHolmens IS.[1] Rydell had scored a record of ninehat-tricks for Sweden.[2]
Rydell played in the 1920s and 30s, and scored 49 goals in only 43 matches for theSweden national team.[3] His 49 goals stood as the national record for over 80 years. Because his career spanned the nascent years of international football, he never got a chance to play in theWorld Cup; his only appearance at the world stage came in the1924 Summer Olympics,[4] at which Sweden won a bronze medal.[5] He was the all-time leading scorer for theSweden national team until 4 September 2014, whenZlatan Ibrahimović overtook him by scoring his 50th international goal. However, he holds the record of scoring nine hat-tricks for Sweden.
Rydell was awarded theSvenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1931 after an impressive performance in an international game againstDenmark in 1931.[6]
Rydell's daughterEva represented Sweden as a gymnast in the1960 and1964 Olympics.[7] Rydell died on 4 April 1975. He is buried atÖstra kyrkogården inGothenburg.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 1923 | 2 | 2 |
| 1924 | 9 | 18 | |
| 1925 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1926 | 4 | 2 | |
| 1927 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1928 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1929 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1930 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1931 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1932 | 4 | 3 | |
| Total | 43 | 49 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 June 1923 | Strömvallen,Gävle, Sweden |  Finland | 1–0 | 5–4 | Friendly | [9] |
| 2 | 16 September 1923 | Gressbanen,Oslo, Norway |  Norway | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly | [10] |
| 3 | 18 May 1924 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium,Stockholm, Sweden |  Poland | 1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly | [11] |
| 4 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 5 | 5–1 | ||||||
| 6 | 29 May 1924 | Stade de Colombes,Paris, France |  Belgium | 2–0 | 8–1 | 1924 Summer Olympics | [12] |
| 7 | 6–0 | ||||||
| 8 | 8–1 | ||||||
| 9 | 1 June 1924 | Stade Pershing, Paris, France |  Egypt | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1924 Summer Olympics | [13] |
| 10 | 9 June 1924 | Stade de Colombes, Paris, France |  Netherlands | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1924 Summer Olympics | [14] |
| 11 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 12 | 15 June 1924 | Parken,Copenhagen, Denmark |  Denmark | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship | [15] |
| 13 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 14 | 29 June 1924 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden | Egypt | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly | [16] |
| 15 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 16 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 17 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 18 | 21 September 1924 | Råsunda Stadium,Solna, Sweden | Norway | 4–1 | 6–1 | 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship | [17] |
| 19 | 5–1 | ||||||
| 20 | 6–1 | ||||||
| 21 | 5 July 1925 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden |  Austria | 1–4 | 2–4 | Friendly | [18] |
| 22 | 12 July 1925 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden |  Hungary | 2–0 | 6–2 | Friendly | [19] |
| 23 | 5–2 | ||||||
| 24 | 23 August 1925 | Gräsbanen, Oslo, Norway | Norway | 1–1 | 7–3 | 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship | [20] |
| 25 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 26 | 4–2 | ||||||
| 27 | 5–2 | ||||||
| 28 | 9 June 1926 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden | Norway | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship | [21] |
| 29 | 3–2 | ||||||
| 30 | 3 April 1927 | Duden Park,Brussels, Belgium | Belgium | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly | [22] |
| 31 | 29 May 1927 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden |  Latvia | 2–0 | 12–0 | Friendly | [23] |
| 32 | 8–0 | ||||||
| 33 | 12–0 | ||||||
| 34 | 26 June 1927 | Gressbanen, Oslo, Norway | Norway | 1–1 | 5–3 | 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship | [24] |
| 35 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 36 | 4–1 | ||||||
| 37 | 6 November 1927 | Letzigrund,Zürich, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly | [25] |
| 38 | 7 October 1928 | Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1924–28 Nordic Football Championship | [26] |
| 39 | 9 June 1929 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden | Netherlands | 2–0 | 6–2 | Friendly | [27] |
| 40 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 41 | 5–1 | ||||||
| 42 | 28 July 1929 | Malmö IP,Malmö, Sweden | Latvia | 2–0 | 10–0 | Friendly | [28] |
| 43 | 28 June 1931 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden | Denmark | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1929–32 Nordic Football Championship | [29] |
| 44 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 45 | 26 July 1931 | Arosvallen,Västerås, Sweden | Latvia | 4–0 | 6–0 | Friendly | [30] |
| 46 | 8 November 1931 | Üllöi utca,Budapest, Hungary | Hungary | 1–1 | 1–3 | Friendly | [31] |
| 47 | 16 May 1932 | Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden | Finland | 1–1 | 7–1 | Friendly | [32] |
| 48 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 49 | 6–1 |
Sweden
Individual
Records
| Preceded by | Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal 1931 | Succeeded by |
|  | |
