1. Gunnar Nordahl still holds the record for goals per appearance in Italy.
11 Facts About Gunnar Nordahl
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Gunnar Nordahl had several nicknames in Italy, whereof the most famous was Il Cannoniere.
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Gunnar Nordahl was known as Il Pompiere and Il Bisonte.
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Gunnar Nordahl represented his country at the 1948 Summer Olympics, where he was the joint top scorer alongside Denmark's John Hansen as Sweden won gold.
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Gunnar Nordahl is considered to be one of the greatest Swedish players and one of the best strikers of all-time.
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Gunnar Nordahl is the father of former footballer Thomas Nordahl.
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Gunnar Nordahl started out at Hornefors IF in Sweden before moving to first Degerfors IF and then IFK Norrkoping.
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Gunnar Nordahl won four Swedish championships with IFK Norrkoping and once scored seven goals in one game.
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Gunnar Nordahl is the third-highest Serie A goalscorer of all time, with 225 goals in 291 matches, only behind Silvio Piola and Francesco Totti.
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Gunnar Nordahl was nicknamed Il Pompiere, because of his former job while he played in Sweden.
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Gunnar Nordahl was first called up to the Sweden national team in 1942.