Sven Åke Albert Rydell (14 January 1905 – 4 April 1975) was a Swedish

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who played as a forward. He represented Holmens IS,

Örgryte IS Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...

, and Redbergslids IK during a club career that spanned between 1920 and 1934. A full international between 1923 and 1932, he won 43 caps and scored 49 goals for the Sweden national team. He scored five goals at the

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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 by

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in September 2014.

Club career

At club level, Rydell played for

, Redbergslids IK, and Holmens IS.Sven Rydell
Swedish Olympic Committee Rydell had scored a record of nine hat-tricks for Sweden.

International career

Rydell played in the 1920s and 30s, and scored 49 goals in only 43 matches for the

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. 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 the

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; his only appearance at the world stage came in the

, at which Sweden won a bronze medal. He was the all-time leading scorer for the Sweden national team until 4 September 2014, when

overtook him by scoring his 50th international goal. However, he holds the record of scoring nine hat-tricks for Sweden. Rydell was awarded the

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in 1931 after an impressive performance in an international game against

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in 1931.

Personal life

Rydell's daughter Eva represented Sweden as a gymnast in the 1960 and

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Olympics. Rydell died on 4 April 1975. He is buried at Östra kyrkogården in Gothenburg.

Career statistics

International

International goals ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rydell goal.''

Honours

Sweden *

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bronze medal: 1924 Individual *

Nordic Football Championship The Nordic Football Championship ( da, Nordisk Mesterskab, no, Nordisk Mesterskap, sv, Nordiska Mästerskapet, fi, Pohjoismaiden-mestaruusturnaus, commonly abbreviated NM or PM) was an international football competition contested by the men's ...

top scorer: 1924–1928 * Swedish Football Hall of Fame inductee: 2003 Records * Most hat-tricks for the Sweden national team: nine

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