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Key facts
- Full name
- Ralf Sigvard Edström
- Date of birth
- ( 1952-10-07 ) 7 October 1952 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Degerfors , Sweden
- Height
- 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
- Position
- Forward
- 0000 1971
- Degerfors IF
- Years
- Team
- 1968 1970
- Degerfors IF
- 1971 1973
- Åtvidabergs FF
- 1973 1977
- PSV Eindhoven
- 1977 1979
- IFK Göteborg
- 1979 1981
- Standard Liège
- 1981 1983
- AS Monaco
- 1983 1985
- Örgryte IS
- 1969 1971
- Sweden U19
- 1971 1972
- Sweden U21
- 1972 1980
- Sweden
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ralf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Degerfors
- Occupation
- association football player
- Award
- Guldbollen
- Participant in
- 1978 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Sweden
- Image
- Ralf Edström.jpg
- Height
- 191
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- Ralf Edström
- date of birth
- 1952-10-07
- start of work period
- 1971-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ralf Edström scoring 1–0 against West Germany in the 1974 FIFA World Cup
Ralf Sigvard Edström (born 7 October 1952) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as Sweden's best player in the 1970s, he started off his career with Degerfors IF in the late 1960s and went on to represent Åtvidabergs FF, PSV Eindhoven, IFK Göteborg, Standard Liege, and AS Monaco before retiring at Örgryte IS in 1985. A full international between 1972 and 1980, he won 40 caps for the Sweden national team and scored 15 goals. He represented his country at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups and was awarded Guldbollen as Sweden's best player in 1972 and 1974.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ralf Edström” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.