Sten Pålsson (born 4 December 1945) is a Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a forward.

Career

Pålsson began his playing career in

Stångenäs AIS Stångenäs AIS is a Sweden, Swedish Association football, football and multisports club located in Brastad. Background Stångenäs AIS currently plays in Swedish football Division 4, Division 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland which is the sixth tier of S ...

, after that he played for

Kungshamns IF Kungshamns IF is a Swedish football club located in Kungshamn. Background Kungshamns IF currently plays in Division 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Kungshamnsvallen in Kungsha ...

. In January 1968 he began to play with

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and played for the club in

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

and the second division until 1981. He played 149 matches and scored 40 goals in allsvenskan and, scored 41 goals in 145 division 2 appearances. Pålsson made 19 appearances as a striker for the

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and was a part of the squad in the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...

References

External links

Pålsson site from GAIS website
* 1945 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers 1970 FIFA World Cup players GAIS players Men's association football forwards 20th-century Swedish sportsmen Allsvenskan players {{sweden-footy-forward-stub