Carl Jan Olof "Olle" Nordin (born 23 November 1949) is a Swedish former

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coach and former player. He represented

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, and

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during a playing career that spanned between 1970 and 1980. A full international between 1976 and 1979, he won 19

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for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the

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. As a coach, he is best remembered for leading the Sweden national team at the

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, as well as for his stints with IFK Norrköping and AIK.

Playing career

At the club level, Nordin represented

, and

. He was capped 19 times for the Sweden national team and played at the

Coaching career

As national team coach, Nordin led Sweden to the

— its first World Cup since Nordin participated as a player. The tournament was a failure, however, as Sweden lost all three matches with 1–2. Nordin was fired shortly thereafter. He managed Norwegian clubs (

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) as well as Swedish

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and AIK. The latest club he managed was

IFK Malmö Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Malmö, more commonly known as IFK Malmö, is a Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Malmö. The club was founded on 23 April 1899. The football department of IFK Malmö is one of the oldest footb ...

in 2016.

Career statistics

International

: ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Nordin goal''.

References

External links

* 1949 births Living people People from Älmhult Municipality Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers 1978 FIFA World Cup players IFK Göteborg players IFK Sundsvall players IFK Norrköping players Men's association football midfielders Swedish football managers Västra Frölunda IF managers Vålerenga Fotball managers Sweden men's national football team managers 1990 FIFA World Cup managers Lyn Fotball managers Al Wasl F.C. managers IFK Norrköping managers AIK Fotboll managers Jönköpings Södra IF managers IFK Malmö Fotboll managers Swedish expatriate football managers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate football managers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Footballers from Kronoberg County 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Eliteserien managers {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub